Akō Rōshi (TV series)

Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a 1964 Japanese television series. It is the 2nd NHK taiga drama.[1][2]

Akō Rōshi
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Genzō Murakami
Directed by	Makoto Ohara etc
Starring	Kazuo Hasegawa Shinsuke Ashida Chikage Awashima Takahiro Tamura Jukichi Uno Katsuo Nakamura Takashi Shimura Yoichi Hayashi Jun Tazaki Masakazu Tamura Kanjūrō Arashi Osamu Takizawa Isuzu Yamada
Theme music composer	Yasushi Akutagawa
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Release
Original network	NHK
Original release	April 5 – December 27, 1964
Chronology
Followed by	Taikōki

Story

Akō Rōshi deals with the Edo period. Based on Jirō Osaragi's novels "Hana no Shōgai".[3]

It depicts the stories of the Forty-seven rōnin.[4][5]

Cast

• Kazuo Hasegawa as Ōishi Kuranosuke
• Shinsuke Ashida as Kobayashi Heihichi
• Chikage Awashima as Osen
• Takahiro Tamura as Takada Gunbei
• Masakazu Tamura
• Jukichi Uno
• Katsuo Nakamura as Ōishi Chikara
• Takashi Shimura as Onodera Junai
• Yoichi Hayashi as Hotta Yayato
• Kyoko Kishida as Aguri
• Kei Taguchi as kayano Wasuke
• Kazuo Funaki as yato Emohichi
• Takuya Fujioka as Oishi Sezaemon
• Ichiro Sugai as Ono Kurobei
• Rokkō Toura as Takebayashi Takashige
• Masato Yamanouchi as Uesugi Tsunanori
• Morita Kan'ya XIV as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
• Kyoko Kishida as Aguri
• Jun Tazaki
• Junzaburō Ban as Maruoka Bokuan
• Akira Kume as Wakizaka Awaji no Kami
• Fubuki Koshiji as Ukiyo daou
• Kō Nishimura as Aizawa Shinbei
• Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Horiuchi
• Kanjūrō Arashi as Hosokawa Echu no Kami
• Osamu Takizawa as Kira Kōzuke no suke
• Isuzu Yamada as Ōishi Riku

References

1. 日本放送協会 編 『NHK年鑑'64』 日本放送出版協会、1964年 P.144
2. 『NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド』 NHK出版、2011 P.85
3. "連載「大河ドラマ誕生55周年の秘話」". DOT朝日. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
4. "赤穂浪士". NHKアーカイブ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
5. "赤穂浪士". ドラマ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.

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