Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV series)

Kumokiri Nizaemon
Also known as雲霧仁左衛門
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byEiichi Kudo
Kōsei Saitō
StarringTsutomu Yamazaki
Atsuo Nakamura
Renji Ishibashi
Shigeru Kōyama
Ken Nishida
Tetsurō Tamba
Sei Hiraizumi
Narrated byMasane Tsukayama
Theme music composerShigeru Umebayashi
Ending themeShigeru Umebayashi
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes15
Production
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesFuji TV, Shochiku
Original release
NetworkFuji TV
ReleaseNovember 29, 1995 (November 29, 1995) –
March 1995 (March 1995)

Kumokiri Nizaemon (雲霧仁左衛門) 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

References

  1. ^ "雲霧仁左門". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Kumokiri Nizaemon". Jidaigeki.com. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Kumokiri Nizaemon". 松竹. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  4. ^ "池波正太郎プレミアム". TV愛知. Retrieved 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. ^ "Kumokiri Nizaemon". ドラマデータ. Retrieved December 31, 2020.


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