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[[Image:Yukinojo Henge.jpg|frame|Yukinojo Henge DVD cover]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 雪之丞変化
*'''Title (romaji):''' Yukinojo Henge
*'''Also known as:''' An Actor's Revenge
*'''Format:''' Tanpatsu
*'''Genre:''' Jidaigeki
*'''Viewership ratings:''' 09.7
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast date:''' 2008-Jan-03
*'''Air time:''' Thursday 21:00-22:45

==Synopsis==
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome ''onnagata'' (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid expression of his stage face is a deep grudge for the men responsible for dishonoring his parents' names and leading them to suicide when he was still a child. When he discovers that the mastermind behind those crimes has come to see him act onstage, he begins in earnest to plot his revenge. With the help of a renowned Robin Hood-like thief named Yamitaro, he makes out his first target: the daughter of the man who orchestrated his parents' demise.

==Cast==
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*[[Takizawa Hideaki]] as Nakamura Yukinojo/Yamitaro
*[[Toda Erika]] as Namiji
*[[Takaoka Saki]] as Ohatsu
*[[Ichikawa Sadanji]] as Nakamura Kikunojo
*[[Osugi Ren]] as Matsuuraya Seizaemon
*[[Honda Hirotaro]] as Nagasakiya Saburobei
*[[Izumiya Shigeru]] as Wakita Isshosai
*[[Nakao Akira]] as Dobe Sansai
*[[Shimada Kyusaku]] as Kadokura Heima
*[[Ishii Kenichi]] as Hiromiya Tokuemon
*[[Kashima Noritoshi]] (嘉島典俊) as the newsboy
*[[Era Jun]] (江良潤) as the Nakamuraza Troupe clerk
*[[Kato Kazuko]] as Matsushima
*[[Imamura Keiko]] as Osada
*[[Masuko Shizue]] as Fujikawa
*[[Sogawa Rumiko]] (曽川留三子) as Tamashima
*[[Hannojo]] (帆之亟) as Gisaku
*[[Ichikawa Sajiro]] (市川左字郎) as a kabuki costar
*[[Ryu Kotaro]] (竜小太郎) as a kabuki costar
*[[Oshima Usaburo]] (大島宇三郎) as the priest
*[[Kimura Shogo]] (木村彰吾) as Jintaro
*[[Kawana Chiaki]] (川奈千晃) as Hiromiya's wife
*[[Emi Hiroshi]] (江見啓志) as the Dobe Family servant
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*[[Kosugi Yukihiko]] (小杉幸彦) as the Nakamuraza Troupe's doorman
*[[Matsuda Machiko]] (松田真知子) as an audience member
*[[Tanaka Mitsutaka]] (田中允貴) as Kikunojo's attendant
*[[Toyofujimi]] (豊藤美) as the shamisen player
*[[Sakuragawa Shichiko]] (櫻川七好) as the entertainer
*[[Midorikawa Yuki]] (翠川ゆき) as a geisha
*[[Fujima Asayo]] (藤間朝誉) as a geisha
*[[Sasaki Mika]] (佐々木美加) as a geisha
*[[Kawagishi Kanae]] (川岸叶枝) as an attendant
*[[Yamashita Ayako]] (山下絢子) as an attendant
*[[Tobita Hikari]] (飛田光里) as Yukitaro
*[[Matsubara Hirono]] (松原ひろの)
*[[Nakamura Masato]] (中村正人)
*[[Saito Keisuke]] (斉藤圭祐)
*[[Shimazaki Ryuichiro]] (島﨑隆一郎, 島崎隆一郎)
*[[Shimazaki Yayoi]] (島﨑弥生)
*[[Aiba Takaharu]] (相場貴晴)
*[[Satonaka Ryuji]] (里中龍児)
*[[Sukegawa Yoshitaka]] (助川嘉隆)
*[[Takeshiba Joji]] (竹柴正二) as the kyogen writer
*[[Shibata Masatoshi]] (鏡味仙太) as the tsukeuchi
*[[Kagami Senta]] (鏡味仙太) as a street performer
*[[Kagami Senji]] (鏡味仙次) as a street performer
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==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' Mikami Otokichi (三上於菟吉) ''Yukinojo Henge'' (novel)
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Nakajima Takehiro]] (中島丈博)
*'''Chief producers:''' [[Taniguchi Takahiro]] (谷口卓敬), [[Yasuhara Yuto]] (安原裕人)
*'''Director:''' [[Mayuzumi Rintaro]] (黛りんたろう)
*'''Music:''' [[Sumitomo Norihito]] (住友紀人)

==Notes==
*The drama is based on a 1935 film of the same name, but the story is better known by the 1963 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057710/ remake] directed by Ichikawa Kon, which featured Hasegawa Kazuo as Yukinojo/Yamitaro.

==External Links==
*[http://www3.nhk.or.jp/drama/ NHK announcement]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:雪之丞変化|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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