Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV series) explained

Genre:Jidaigeki
Runtime:45 minutes (per episode)
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Num Episodes:15
Company:Fuji TV, Shochiku
Network:Fuji TV
Director:Eiichi Kudo
Kōsei Saitō
Starring:Tsutomu Yamazaki
Atsuo Nakamura
Renji Ishibashi
Shigeru Kōyama
Ken Nishida
Tetsurō Tamba
Sei Hiraizumi
Narrated:Masane Tsukayama
Theme Music Composer:Shigeru Umebayashi
Endtheme:Shigeru Umebayashi

is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995 on Fuji TV.[1] It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title.[2] It stars Tsutomu Yamazaki.[3]

Plot

In the Kyōhō period, there was a group of bandits called Kumokiri from the people of Edo.[4] Tokugawa shogunate appoints Abe Shikibu a head post of the Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata to arrest Kumokiri clan.[5] [6]

Cast

Other adaptation

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%9B%B2%E9%9C%A7%E4%BB%81%E5%B7%A6%E8%A1%9B%E9%96%80-706182. 雲霧仁左門. kotobank. 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Kumokiri Nizaemon. Jidaigeki.com. June 3, 2017 .
  3. Web site: Kumokiri Nizaemon. 松竹. December 31, 2020 .
  4. Web site: 池波正太郎プレミアム. TV愛知. August 5, 2021.
  5. 時代劇マガジン 2005 vol12 51 能村洋一インタビュー
  6. Web site: Kumokiri Nizaemon. ドラマデータ. December 31, 2020 .