Edo no Kaze (江戸の旋風) was a Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) broadcast on prime-time television that ran from 1975 to 1981. Its lead star was Yūzō Kayama.[1][2][3][4]
| Edo no Kaze | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 江戸の旋風 |
| Genre | Jidaigeki |
| Directed by | Kazuo Mori Tokuzō Tanaka Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Starring | Yūzō Kayama Keiju Kobayashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Kunie Tanaka Masaya Oki Yasuaki Kurata Eitaro Ozawa Hiroya Morita Taisaku Akino Mie Hama Takeo Chii Ryō Ikebe |
| Theme music composer | Katsuhisa Hattori |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 210 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 46 minutes (per episode) |
| Production companies | Fuji TV, Toho Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | April 1975 – August 28, 1981 |
The series was based on Kazuo Shimada's novel of the same title. It became a popular broadcast, leading to the production of five series and a two-hour special.[5]
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (August 2017) |
Characters
edit- Yūzō Kayama[6] as Chiaki Joenosuke
- Keiju Kobayashi as Hayashida Magobei
- Minoru Chiaki as Hayami Shigetaro
- Yousuke Kondō as Takase
- Masaaki Tsusaka as Sanai
- Ryō Ikebe as Nezu (first series, episodes 14-49)
- Kunie Tanaka as Yura (first series)
- Takeo Chii as Mihoki (first series)
- Mie Hama as Oyou (first series)
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Shimazu Hanzō (series II-IV)
- Masaya Oki as Tachibana Seiichirō (Shin Edo no Kaze)[7]
- Yasuaki Kurata as Todō Ken (Shin Edo no Kaze)
- Atsushi Watanabe as Higure Shinsaku (Shin Edo no Kaze)
Seasons
edit- Edo no Kaze (1975–76) - 49 episodes
- Edo no Kaze II (1976–77) - 53 episodes
- Edo no Kaze III (1977–78) - 50 episodes
- edo no Kaze IV (1978–79) - 26 episodes
- Shin edo no Kaze (1980–81) - 31 episodes
- Edo no Kaze Special (1983) - two-hour special
References
edit- ^ "Edo no Kaze". Jidaigeki.Com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Masahiho Takase Senbon no Dramatachi p.142-144
- ^ "Edo no Kaze". ドラマデータ. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Edo no Kaze". kotobank. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Masahiho Takase Senbon no Dramatachi p.142
- ^ "加山雄三 Yuzo Kayama biography" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Shin Edo no Kaze". bsフジ. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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