Kaze to Kumo to Niji to

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| genre = Taiga drama

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| writer = Yoshiyuki Fukuda

| director = Makoto Ohara

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| starring = Go Kato
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Takashi Yamaguchi
Masao Kusakari
Isamu Nagato
Yuriko Hoshi
Joe Shishido
Seiji Miyaguchi
Yumi Takigawa
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Tomoko Naraoka
Minori Terada
Keizō Kanie
Kunishirō Hayashi
Kiwako Taichi
Kō Nishimura
Michiyo Aratama
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Keiju Kobayashi
Ken Ogata

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| opentheme = NHK Symphony Orchestra

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| composer = Naozumi Yamamoto

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

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| num_episodes = 52

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| runtime = 45 minutes

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| channel = NHK

| first_aired = {{start date|1976|1|4|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1976|12|26|df=y}}

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{{Nihongo|Kaze to kumo to Niji to |風と雲と虹と|Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow}} is a 1976 Japanese historical television series. It is the 14th NHK taiga drama.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/archives/search/special/detail/?d=taiga017|publisher=NHK|title=Kaze to Kumo to Niji to|accessdate=3 June 2017}}

Average viewing rating was 24.0%, with highest peaking at 30.1%. It is the oldest NHK Taiga drama to date where all 52 episodes have been preserved.

Plot

Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji's novels Taira no Masakado and Umi to Kaze to Niji to.{{Cite web |title=風と雲と虹と」に主演した加藤剛が語る"極悪人"平将門の魅力とは？ |date=29 October 2017 |url=https://dot.asahi.com/dot/2017102700064.html |accessdate=12 October 2018 |publisher=AERA}}{{Cite web |title=風と雲と虹とは？ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A2%A8%E3%81%A8%E9%9B%B2%E3%81%A8%E8%99%B9%E3%81%A8-701359 |accessdate=12 October 2018 |publisher=kotobank}} The drama was made with Go Kato's request after NHK abandoned the initial project of having the 1976 drama be about Katō Kiyomasa, which they already cast Go Kato for the lead role.{{Cite web |title=風と雲と虹と」に主演した加藤剛が語る"極悪人"平将門の魅力とは？ |date=29 October 2017 |url=https://dot.asahi.com/dot/2017102700064.html |accessdate=12 October 2018 |publisher=AERA}}

The story chronicles the life of Taira no Masakado.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jidaigeki.com/forum/peri/kagyo/20080418_1794.html|publisher=Jidaigeki.com|title=Kaze to Kumo to Niji to|accessdate=3 June 2017}}

The story begins with Masakado's childhood. Masakado happens to meet Fujiwara no Hidesato, and he thinks that he want to be great Samurai like Hidesato in the future.