Haru no Sakamichi (TV series)

*Haru no Sakamichi*
Haru no Sakamichi
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Gihō Sugiyama
Starring	Nakamura Kinnosuke; Chitose Kobayashi; Yoshio Harada; Isamu Nagato; Masakazu Tamura; Ryō Tamura; Rumi Matsumoto; Hiroshi Akutagawa; Atsuo Nakamura; Go Wakabayashi; Koji Shimizu; Yoshio Tsuchiya; Shōgo Shimada; Hideki Takahashi; Kazuo Funaki; Kyōko Kishida; Tomoko Naraoka; Yoko Tsukasa; Ichikawa Ebizō X; So Yamamura
Theme music composer	Akira Miyoshi
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 3 –; December 26, 1971

GenreTaiga drama

Written byGihō Sugiyama

StarringNakamura Kinnosuke
Chitose Kobayashi
Yoshio Harada
Isamu Nagato
Masakazu Tamura
Ryō Tamura
Rumi Matsumoto
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Atsuo Nakamura
Go Wakabayashi
Koji Shimizu
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Shōgo Shimada
Hideki Takahashi
Kazuo Funaki
Kyōko Kishida
Tomoko Naraoka
Yoko Tsukasa
Ichikawa Ebizō X
So Yamamura

Theme music composerAkira Miyoshi

Haru no Sakamichi (春の坂道) is a 1971 Japanese television series. It is the ninth NHK taiga drama.^[1]

Average viewership rating: 21.7%, with highest rating peaking at 27.5%.^[2] No footage in full color is said to still exist, and only the 52nd episode still remains in black and white due to recording technology at the time.

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Haru no Sakamichi (TV series)

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Toyotomi Clan

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