Details
Title: 忠臣蔵
Title (romaji): Chushingura
Genre: Historical, samurai
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Related drama: Chushingura ~Sono Gi Sono Ai~
Season 1
Episodes: 9
Broadcast period: 2004-Oct-18 to 2004-Dec-13
Synopsis
Chushingura is actually better known as the tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin. It is a prototypical Japanese story. Described by one noted Japan scholar as the country's "national legend", it recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushido, and vividly expresses a significant part of the traditional Japanese world-view.
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (became ronin) after their master, Lord Asano (Sawamura Ikki) was forced to commit ritual suicide for assaulting a court official, Lord Kira (Ito Shiro), who earlier insulted him. Oshishi Kuranosuke (Matsudaira Ken) leads the ronin in an effort to seek revenge for their beloved Lord's wrongful death. --- groink
Cast
Matsudaira Ken as Ohishi Kuranosuke
Sawamura Ikki as Asano Takuminokami
Ito Shiro as Kira Kozukenosuke
Tsugawa Masahiko as Tokugawa Tsuyanoshi
Haraizumi Sei as Kakogawa Honzo
Naraoka Tomoko as the narrator
Kobayashi Tsubasa
Natsuyagi Isao
Watanabe Dai
Otake Shinobu
Terajima Susumu
SP
Subtitle: 忠臣蔵〜その男、大石内蔵助
Subtitle (romaji): Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
Format: Tanpatsu
Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-25
Air time: 21:00 - 23:21
Cast
Tamura Masakazu as Oishi Kuranosuke
Tamayama Tetsuji as Asano Takuminokami
Iwashita Shima as Oishi Riku
