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[[Image:Kurama-Tengu-banner.jpg|thumb|400px|Kurama Tengu]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 鞍馬天狗
*'''Title (romaji):''' Kurama Tengu
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Jidaigeki
*'''Episodes:''' 8
*'''Viewership ratings:''' 11.3 (Kanto)
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2008-Jan-17 to 2008-Mar-06
*'''Air time:''' Thursday 22:00-22:43

==Synopsis==
A story about a masked samurai who takes sides with the good and wipes out the evil. In the late Edo period in Kyoto, samurai are killing each other because of the differences of their beliefs in the Tokugawa shogunate, and commoners are struck with terror. Kurama Tengu, a masked samurai, appears on the scene and helps innocent people from trouble. --''NHK''

==Cast==
*[[Nomura Mansai]] as Kurama Tengu / Ono Munefusa / Kurata Tenzen
*[[Kyono Kotomi]] as Shiragikuhime
*[[Hada Michiko]] as [[Wikipedia:ja:木戸松子|Ikumatsu]]
*[[Ishihara Yoshizumi]] as [[Wikipedia:ja:桂小五郎|Katsura Kogoro]]
*[[Sugimoto Tetta]] as [[Wikipedia:ja:土方歳三|Hijikata Toshizo]]
*[[Ogata Naoto]] as [[Wikipedia:ja:近藤勇|Kondo Isami]]
*[[Tokui Yuu]] as Kurohime no Kichibei
**;''[[Kurama_Tengu/Cast-Guests|Supporting Cast & Guests]]''

==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' [[Wikipedia:Jirō Osaragi|Osaragi Jiro]] ''Kurama Tengu'' (novel)
*'''Screenwriters:''' [[Furuta Motomu]] (古田求) (ep1-2,7-8), [[Kawakami Hideyuki]] (川上英幸) (ep3-6)
*'''Chief producer:''' [[Furukawa Hoichiro]] (古川法一郎)
*'''Visual director:''' [[Nishioka Yoshinobu]] (西岡善信)
*'''Directors:''' [[Noda Yusuke]] (野田雄介) (eps1-3,7-8), [[Yoshikuni Isao]] (吉國勲) (ep6), [[Tanaka Masa]] (田中正) (eps4-5)
*'''Music:''' [[Hattori Takayuki]]
*'''Musical performance:''' コンセール・レニエ

==Episode Information==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Episode
! width=200 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Subtitle (English)
! width=125 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Original Work
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings<br>(Kanto)
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings (Kansai)
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings (Nationwide)
|- align=center
|01 || Enter the Tengu ||Kimen no Rojo || 12.7 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|02 || Fated Enemies ||Ginkiseru || 13.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|03 || The Stone-Throwing Lady || Jorogumo || 11.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|04 || Tale of the Sangakuto, Part I || Sangakuto Kidan || 10.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|05 || Tale of the Sangakuto, Part II || Sangakuto Kidan || 10.3 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|06 || The Tengu and the Lullaby || -- || 10.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|07 || Kakubee-jishi, Part I || Kakubee-jishi || 11.3 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
|08 || Kakubee-jishi, Part II || Kakubee-jishi || 09.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
!Average || -- || -- || 11.3 || ??.? || ??.?
|}
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==External Links==
*[http://www.nhk.or.jp/jidaigeki/kuramatengu/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:鞍馬天狗 (NHK木曜時代劇)|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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