Alt Name: | Edo no Gekito |
Genre: | Jidaigeki |
Runtime: | 46 minutes (per episode) |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
Num Episodes: | 26 |
Company: | Fuji TV, Toho Company, Tsuburaya Productions |
Network: | Fuji TV |
Director: | Masahiro Takase |
Starring: | Keiju Kobayashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Takeo Chii Yosuke Natsuki |
Theme Music Composer: | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
is a Japanese jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1979.[1] It aired on Nippon Golden Network as The Fierce Battles of Edo. This drama was inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai[2] and produced by the same film company. The lead stars are Keiju Kobayashi and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi.[3]
Hanasaki (Kobayashi) and Kemanai (Tsuyuguchi) are Yoriki of Edo machi-bugyō. One day, bugyō orders them to establish an unofficial battle group of ronin to protect Edo city from villains.[4] The battle group is called Edo no Yougekitai. Ronin receive 5 kobans from Edo machi-bugyō as a reward for each battle.[5]