Kurama Tengu

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Kurama Tengu

Details

• Title: 鞍馬天狗
• Title (romaji): Kurama Tengu
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 8
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-17 to
• 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 (野村萬斎) as Kurama Tengu / Ono Munefusa / Kurata Tenzen
• Kyono Kotomi as Shiragikuhime
• Hada Michiko as Ikumatsu
• Ishihara Yoshizumi as Katsura Kogoro
• Murai Kunio as Ono Muneyuki
• Kariya Shunsuke as Urabe Jindai
• Sugimoto Tetta as Hijikata Toshizo
• Ogata Naoto as Kondo Isami
• Tokui Yuu as Kurohime no Kichibei
• Ichioka Yuto (一岡裕人)
• Ichiki Mikiko (一木美貴子)

Guests

• Shinkado Yuuki (新角友規) as Ono Munefusa (child) (ep1)
• Izumi Chinu (和泉ちぬ) as Okichi (ep1,3-4)
• Nishimura Tatsuya (西村龍弥) as Sano Jinsuke (ep1-2)
• Naniwa Yuji (浪花勇二) as Okawara Juzo (ep1-2)
• Ogawa Minoru (小川稔) as Watanabe Kazuma (ep1-2)
• Iwasaki Naoaki (岩崎なおあき) as the demon-masked old lady (ep1)
• Karaki Futoshi (唐木太) as the man with the spear (ep1)
• Ota Masayuki (太田雅之) (ep1-4)
• Nakagawa Mineo (中川峰男) (ep1)
• Naito Kazuya (内藤和也) (ep1)
• Kusaki Hiroyuki (草木宏之) (ep1)
• Ine Kenji (稲健二) (ep1)
• Doi Reina (土井玲奈) (ep1)
• Ogasawara Machiko (小笠原町子) (ep1)
• Hirose Nobuo (広瀬信夫) (ep1)
• Hayashi Kinuyo (林絹代) (ep1)
• Uenaka Shinya (上中進矢) as Sasaki Kunimitsu (ep2)
• Matsu Norihiko (松のりひこ) (ep2)
• Adachi Hirokazu (足立寛和) (ep2)
• Asahiya Koutarou (旭屋光太郎) (ep2)
• Kuwahara Ryouji (桑原良二) (ep2)
• Hijikata Kinnosuke (土方錦之助) (ep2)
• Yamaguchi Makiya as Nakahara Tomisaburo (ep2)
• Nishikawa Tadashi (西川忠志) as Fujikura Hyoma (ep3)
• Shirai Tetsuya (白井哲也) as Murakami Zennosuke (ep3)
• Haruna Mai (春留奈舞) as Ikuno (ep3)
• Katsuno Kenzo (勝野賢三) as Oyakata (ep3)
• Nakayama Kokoro (中山心) as Okiyo (child) (ep3)
• Imori Makoto (藺森誠) (ep3)
• Azuma Kohei (東康平) (ep3)
• Kinoshita Kiyohiro (木下聖浩) (ep3)
• Doi Taiji (ドヰタイジ) (ep3)
• Shibasaki Tatsuji (柴崎辰治) (ep3)
• Murakami Hiroki (村上博紀) (ep3)
• Uemura Takeshi (上村剛史) (ep3)
• Tachikawa Takahiro (立川貴博) (ep3)
• Noichi Yutaka (乃一裕) (ep3)
• Wakayagi Mayuka (若柳繭由香) (ep3-4)
• Wakayagi Mikasa (若柳美香佐) (ep3-4)
• Kurotani Tomoka as Okiyo (ep3)
• Seki Hideto (関秀人) as Ibe Ryuzo (ep4)
• Mimatsu Akihito (三松明人) as Ishikawa Chuzaburo (ep4)
• Kudo Masahiko (工藤雅彦) (ep4)
• Morikawa Takashi (森川隆士) (ep4)
• Komatsu Toshimasa (小松利昌) (ep4)
• Matsumoto Hajime (松本元) (ep4)
• Kurata Misao (倉田操) (ep4)
• Kawanami Namio (川浪ナミヲ) (ep4)
• Inazuki Sho (稲月祥) (ep4)
• Yamamoto Tetsuro (山本哲郎) (ep4)
• Honda Hiroyoshi (本田大善) (ep4)
• Ishiguro Ken as Mishimaya Seizaemon (ep4)
• Ishii Kenichi as Komagine-kenmotsu (ep4)
• Suzuki Kosuke as Otsuka Tatsuma (ep4)
• Kitami Toshiyuki (北見敏之) as Imamura Shokei (ep4)

Production Credits

• Original writing: Osaragi Jiro Kurama Tengu (novel)
• Screenwriter: Furuta Motomu (古田求) (ep1-2), Kawakami Hideyuki (川上英幸) (ep3-4)
• Chief producer: Furukawa Hoichiro (古川法一郎)
• Visual director: Nishioka Yoshinobu (西岡善信)
• Director: 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

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle (English)	Original Work	Ratings (Kanto)	Ratings (Kansai)	Ratings (Nationwide)
01	Enter the Tengu	Kimen no Rojo	12.7	??.?	??.?
02	Fated Enemies	Ginkiseru	13.1	??.?	??.?
03	The Stone-Throwing Lady	Jorogumo	11.4	??.?	??.?
04	Tale of the Sangakuto, Part I	Sangakuto Kidan	10.6	??.?	??.?
05	Tale of the Sangakuto, Part II	Sangakuto Kidan	10.3	??.?	??.?
06			??.?	??.?	??.?
07			??.?	??.?	??.?
08			??.?	??.?	??.?
Average	--	--	??.?	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia