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Amigasa Jūbei (編笠十兵衛) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast from 1974 to 1975. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel by the same title.[1][2] It depicts the stories of Tsukimori Jūbei and the Forty-seven rōnin.[3] A remake was aired in 1997 on Fuji television.[4][5]
Amigasa Jūbei | |
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Japanese | 編笠十兵衛 |
Genre | Jidaigeki |
Directed by | Tokuzō Tanaka Kazuo Ikehiro |
Starring | Hideki Takahashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Mikio Narita Ryūtarō Ōtomo Yūnosuke Itō Yoshi Katō Chiezō Kataoka |
Theme music composer | Takeo Watanabe |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Running time | 45 minutes (per episode) |
Production companies | Fuji TV, TOEI |
Original release | |
Network | Fuji TV |
Release | October 1974 – April 1975 |
Tsukimori Jūbei is an Onmitsu(Oniwaban). He and Masafuyu Nakane help Forty-seven rōnin′s revenge.[6] On the other hand, Kobayashi Haihachi attempts to stop it and protect Kira Yoshinaka in various ways by Uesugi Noritsuna's(Kira Yoshinaka's son.) order.
In addition, Funazu challenges Jūbei to a duel again and again, and tries to kill Jūbei persistently.[7]
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