Details
Title: 雪之丞変化
Title (romaji): Yukinojo Henge
Also known as: An Actor's Revenge
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Jidaigeki
Viewership ratings: 09.7
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast date: 2008-Jan-03
Air time: Thursday 21:00-22:45
Synopsis
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid expression of his stage face is a deep grudge for the men responsible for dishonoring his parents' names and leading them to suicide when he was still a child. When he discovers that the mastermind behind those crimes has come to see him act onstage, he begins in earnest to plot his revenge. With the help of a renowned Robin Hood-like thief named Yamitaro, he makes out his first target: the daughter of the man who orchestrated his parents' demise.
Cast
Takizawa Hideaki as Nakamura Yukinojo/Yamitaro
Toda Erika as Namiji
Takaoka Saki as Ohatsu
Ichikawa Sadanji as Nakamura Kikunojo
Osugi Ren as Matsuuraya Seizaemon
Honda Hirotaro as Nagasakiya Saburobei
Izumiya Shigeru as Wakita Isshosai
Nakao Akira as Dobe Sansai
Shimada Kyusaku as Kadokura Heima
Ishii Kenichi as Hiromiya Tokuemon
Kashima Noritoshi (嘉島典俊) as the newsboy
Era Jun (江良潤) as the Nakamuraza Troupe clerk
Kato Kazuko as Matsushima
Imamura Keiko as Osada
Masuko Shizue as Fujikawa
Sogawa Rumiko (曽川留三子) as Tamashima
Hannojo (帆之亟) as Gisaku
Ichikawa Sajiro (市川左字郎) as a kabuki costar
Ryu Kotaro (竜小太郎) as a kabuki costar
Oshima Usaburo (大島宇三郎) as the priest
Kimura Shogo (木村彰吾) as Jintaro
Kawana Chiaki (川奈千晃) as Hiromiya's wife
Emi Hiroshi (江見啓志) as the Dobe Family servant
Kosugi Yukihiko (小杉幸彦) as the Nakamuraza Troupe's doorman
Matsuda Machiko (松田真知子) as an audience member
Tanaka Mitsutaka (田中允貴) as Kikunojo's attendant
Toyofujimi (豊藤美) as the shamisen player
Sakuragawa Shichiko (櫻川七好) as the entertainer
Midorikawa Yuki (翠川ゆき) as a geisha
Fujima Asayo (藤間朝誉) as a geisha
Sasaki Mika (佐々木美加) as a geisha
Kawagishi Kanae (川岸叶枝) as an attendant
Yamashita Ayako (山下絢子) as an attendant
Tobita Hikari (飛田光里) as Yukitaro
Matsubara Hirono (松原ひろの)
Nakamura Masato (中村正人)
Saito Keisuke (斉藤圭祐)
Shimazaki Ryuichiro (島﨑隆一郎, 島崎隆一郎)
Shimazaki Yayoi (島﨑弥生)
Aiba Takaharu (相場貴晴)
Satonaka Ryuji (里中龍児)
Sukegawa Yoshitaka (助川嘉隆)
Takeshiba Joji (竹柴正二) as the kyogen writer
Shibata Masatoshi (鏡味仙太) as the tsukeuchi
Kagami Senta (鏡味仙太) as a street performer
Kagami Senji (鏡味仙次) as a street performer
Production Credits
Original writing: Mikami Otokichi (三上於菟吉) Yukinojo Henge (novel)
Screenwriter: Nakajima Takehiro (中島丈博)
Chief producers: Taniguchi Takahiro (谷口卓敬), Yasuhara Yuto (安原裕人)
Director: Mayuzumi Rintaro (黛りんたろう)
Music: Sumitomo Norihito (住友紀人)
Notes
The drama is based on a 1935 film of the same name, but the story is better known by the 1963 remake directed by Ichikawa Kon, which featured Hasegawa Kazuo as Yukinojo/Yamitaro.
