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==Details==
 
==Details==
 
*'''Title:''' 蝉しぐれ
 
*'''Title:''' 蝉しぐれ
 
*'''Title (romaji):''' Semishigure
 
*'''Title (romaji):''' Semishigure
*'''Also Known As:''' In Chorus of Cicadas
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*'''Also known as:''' Love and War of a Samurai / In Chorus of Cicadas / Bunshiro and Fuku
*'''Episodes:''' 7
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*'''Episodes:''' 7 x 43 min. or 3 x 89 mins.
*'''Genre:''' Human drama
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*'''Genre:''' Jidaigeki renzoku
 
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
 
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2004-Dec-29 to 2004-Dec-30
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*'''Broadcast period:''' 2003
*'''Theme Song:'''
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*'''Theme song:''' ''Distant Love...'' by Futenma Kaori
  
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
A story of a young samurai, Bunshiro Maki from small Unasaka Domain in Tohoku region in the Edo Period. In spite of poverty and many difficulties, he finally avenges his father's death by struggling through his fate with a warm feeling towards the woman of his first love, Fuku. Based on a novel written by Shuhei Fujisawa. ''Fuji TV''
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Based on the jidaigeki novel, ''Semishigure'', written by Fujisawa Shuhei. Duty and honor were the principles of the samurai, but just like others throughout history, greed and power motivated some while friendship, truth and love guided others. This is the story of Bunshiro, a true warrior who survives tragedy in his youth to become a great swordsman and defender of the weak, and Fuku, the love of his life. They first fall in love as teenagers, but her poverty and his tragedy separate them. After a corrupt official forces Bunshiro's father to commit suicide, he is treated like an outcast. Later, the same official tries to use Bunshiro in a plot to kill Fuku, who has become a wife of the local lord, but he turns the tables, saving Fuku and her child and uncovering the corruption. Many years later Bunshiro and Fuku meet again to reminisce about their lives, and the love that remains smoldering in their hearts. -- NHK
  
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
*[[Uchino Masaaki]]
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<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
*[[Mizuno Maki]]
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*[[Uchino Masaaki]] as Maki Bunshiro
*[[Katsuno Hiroshi]]
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:[[Moriwaki Fumito]] as Bunshiro (as a boy)
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*[[Mizuno Maki]] as Fuku
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:[[Ito Miki]] as Fuku (as a girl)
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*[[Kudo Kankuro]] as Shimazaki Yonosuke
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*[[Katsuno Hiroshi]] as Maki Shukezaemon
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*[[Kudo Kankuro]] as Shimazaki Yonosuke
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*[[Suzuki Anju]] as Yada Yoshie
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*[[Arai Norihito]] as Inukai Hyoma
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*[[Ishibashi Renji]] as Owada Ippei
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*[[Murakami Hiroaki]] as Yada Sakunojo
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*[[Riju Go]] as Aoki Magozo
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*[[Shiomi Sansei]] as Isogai Kazue
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*[[Godai Michiko]] as Owada Michi
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*[[Kaibe Tsuyoshi]] as Fuse Tsurunosuke
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*[[Kobayashi Katsuya]] as Tojiro
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*[[Fuke Norimasa]] as Nose Ikunoshin
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*[[Itao Itsuji]] as Yamane Seijiro
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*[[Emoto Akira]] as Yokgama Matasuke
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*[[Ishibashi Renji]] as Ishiguri Yazaemon
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*[[Onimaru]] as Murakami
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*[[Takeshita Keiko]] as Maki Toyo
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*[[Hira Mikijiro]] as Satomura Sanai
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</div>
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<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
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*[[Uehara Makiko]]
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*[[Ooshima Youko|Oshima Yoko]]
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*[[Tatsuyama Tomohiro]]
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*[[Matsuo Toshinobu]]
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*[[Hisa Ren]]
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*[[Hara Maria]]
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*[[Tsuneizumi Tadamichi]]
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*[[Arano Shoji]]
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*[[Nozaki Kaitaro]]
 
*[[Takeshita Keiko]]
 
*[[Takeshita Keiko]]
 
*[[Ishibashi Tamotsu]]
 
*[[Ishibashi Tamotsu]]
*[[Kudo Kankuro]]
 
*[[Murakami Hiroaki]]
 
*[[Suzuki Anju]]
 
*[[Kaibe Tsuyoshi]]
 
*[[Arai Norihito]]
 
*[[Ishibashi Renji]]
 
*[[Emoto Akira]]
 
*[[Hira Mikijiro]]
 
 
*[[Saitou Yosuke]]
 
*[[Saitou Yosuke]]
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*[[Otsuka Taishin]]
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*[[Kawasaki Kazuma]]
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*[[Ishihara Tatsumi]]
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*[[Matsunaga Noriko]]
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*[[Maki Toru]]
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*[[Oshio Takeshi]]
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*[[Sekiguchi Nobuhiko]]
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</div><br clear="all"/>
  
 
==Production Credits==
 
==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:'''
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*'''Original writing:''' Fujisawa Shuhei
*'''Producer:'''
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Kurotsuchi Mitsuo]]
*'''Director:'''
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*'''Producer:''' [[Sugano Takayuki]], [[Akiyama Shigeki]]
*'''Music:'''
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*'''Director:''' [[Sato Mikio]], [[Tanaka Kenji]]
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*'''Music:''' [[Komuro Hitoshi]]
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*'''Narrator:''' [[Kusabue Mitsuko]]
  
==Trivia==
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==Awards==
The drama won 2 Golden Nymph awards in the 44th Monte Carlo Television Festival Mini Series section for Best Mini-Series and Best Performance by Actor, which was held in July 2004.
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*Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Prizes 2004 - ABU Prize for Drama (TV)
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*44th Monte Carlo Television Festival - Gold Nymph for Best Mini-Series
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*44th Monte Carlo Television Festival - Gold Nymph for Best Performance by an Actor (Uchino Masaaki)
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://jdorama.com/drama.881.htm JDorama.com]
 
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.881.htm JDorama.com]
  
[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2004]] [[Category:NHK]]
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[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2003]] [[Category:NHK]]
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Revision as of 23:27, 23 August 2006

Semishigure

Details

  • Title: 蝉しぐれ
  • Title (romaji): Semishigure
  • Also known as: Love and War of a Samurai / In Chorus of Cicadas / Bunshiro and Fuku
  • Episodes: 7 x 43 min. or 3 x 89 mins.
  • Genre: Jidaigeki renzoku
  • Broadcast network: NHK
  • Broadcast period: 2003
  • Theme song: Distant Love... by Futenma Kaori

Synopsis

Based on the jidaigeki novel, Semishigure, written by Fujisawa Shuhei. Duty and honor were the principles of the samurai, but just like others throughout history, greed and power motivated some while friendship, truth and love guided others. This is the story of Bunshiro, a true warrior who survives tragedy in his youth to become a great swordsman and defender of the weak, and Fuku, the love of his life. They first fall in love as teenagers, but her poverty and his tragedy separate them. After a corrupt official forces Bunshiro's father to commit suicide, he is treated like an outcast. Later, the same official tries to use Bunshiro in a plot to kill Fuku, who has become a wife of the local lord, but he turns the tables, saving Fuku and her child and uncovering the corruption. Many years later Bunshiro and Fuku meet again to reminisce about their lives, and the love that remains smoldering in their hearts. -- NHK

Cast

Moriwaki Fumito as Bunshiro (as a boy)
Ito Miki as Fuku (as a girl)


Production Credits

Awards

  • Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Prizes 2004 - ABU Prize for Drama (TV)
  • 44th Monte Carlo Television Festival - Gold Nymph for Best Mini-Series
  • 44th Monte Carlo Television Festival - Gold Nymph for Best Performance by an Actor (Uchino Masaaki)

External Links