Edo no Kaze
1975 Japanese TV series or program
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Edo no Kaze (江戸の旋風) was a Japanese jidaigeki broadcast on prime-time television that ran from 1975 to 1981. Its lead star was Yūzō Kayama.[1][2][3][4]
Also known as江戸の旋風
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byKazuo Mori
Tokuzō Tanaka
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Tokuzō Tanaka
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
StarringYūzō Kayama
Keiju Kobayashi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kunie Tanaka
Masaya Oki
Yasuaki Kurata
Eitaro Ozawa
Hiroya Morita
Taisaku Akino
Mie Hama
Takeo Chii
Ryō Ikebe
Keiju Kobayashi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kunie Tanaka
Masaya Oki
Yasuaki Kurata
Eitaro Ozawa
Hiroya Morita
Taisaku Akino
Mie Hama
Takeo Chii
Ryō Ikebe
| Edo no Kaze | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 江戸の旋風 |
| Genre | Jidaigeki |
| Directed by | Kazuo Mori Tokuzō Tanaka Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Starring | Yūzō Kayama Keiju Kobayashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Kunie Tanaka Masaya Oki Yasuaki Kurata Eitaro Ozawa Hiroya Morita Taisaku Akino Mie Hama Takeo Chii Ryō Ikebe |
| Theme music composer | Katsuhisa Hattori |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 210 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 46 minutes (per episode) |
| Production companies | Fuji TV, Toho Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | April 1975 – August 28, 1981 |
The series was based on Kazuo Shimada's novel of the same title. It became a popular broadcast, leading to the production of five series and a two-hour special.[5]
Plot
Characters
- Yūzō Kayama[6] as Chiaki Joenosuke
- Keiju Kobayashi as Hayashida Magobei
- Minoru Chiaki as Hayami Shigetaro
- Yōsuke Kondō as Takase
- Masaaki Tsusaka as Sanai
- Ryō Ikebe as Nezu (first series, episodes 14-49)
- Kunie Tanaka as Yura (first series)
- Takeo Chii as Mihoki (first series)
- Mie Hama as Oyō (first series)
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Shimazu Hanzō (series II-IV)
- Masaya Oki as Tachibana Seiichirō (Shin Edo no Kaze)[7]
- Yasuaki Kurata as Todō Ken (Shin Edo no Kaze)
- Atsushi Watanabe as Higure Shinsaku (Shin Edo no Kaze)
Seasons
- Edo no Kaze (1975–76) - 49 episodes
- Edo no Kaze II (1976–77) - 53 episodes
- Edo no Kaze III (1977–78) - 50 episodes
- Edo no Kaze IV (1978–79) - 26 episodes
- Shin Edo no Kaze (1980–81) - 31 episodes
- Edo no Kaze Special (1983) - two-hour special
