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Nemuri Kyōshirō (TV series)

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| alt_name = {{noitalic|{{lang|ja|眠狂四郎}}}}

| genre = Jidaigeki

| runtime = 45 minutes (per episode)

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

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| num_episodes = 26

| company = Toei Company

| network = Kansai Telecasting Corporation

| director = Kazuo Ikehiro
Akira Inoue
Tokuzō Tanaka

| starring = Masakazu Tamura

| narrated = Masaya Takahashi

| producer =

| theme_music_composer = Takeo Watanabe

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1972|10|03|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1973|03|27|df=yes}}{{cite web|URL=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-13336 |title=眠狂四郎 |publisher=Drama Data |accessdate=10 August 2017}}

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{{nihongo|Nemuri Kyōshirō|眠狂四郎}} is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1972 to 1973.{{cite news|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2021051801276/|title=Japanese Actor Masakazu Tamura Dies at 77|work=Nippon.com|date=2021-05-18|accessdate=2021-06-11}} It is based on series of Nemuri Kyōshirō novels by Renzaburō Shibata.{{cite web|URL=https://www.jidaigeki.com/forum/peri/nagyo/20101001_1914.html |title=眠狂四郎 |publisher= Jidaigeki.Com |accessdate=10 August 2017}}{{Cite press release|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2017/170602-i175.html|title=田村正和×眠狂四郎が帰ってきた！|work=とれたてフジテレビ|agency=FUJI TV|date=2017-06-02|accessdate=2019-01-22}} Masakazu Tamura played the role of Nemuri Kyōshirō. Tamura's older brother Takahiro Tamura and younger brother Ryo Tamura appeared as a guest in the episode 6. Five special editions of the drama were produced later also Tamura played the role on the stage in 1973 and 1981. The complete DVD box was released on April 10, 2019. The original soundtrack was released on August 11, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.soundtrack-lab.co.jp/products/cd/STLC042.html|title=眠狂四郎 サウンドトラック|publisher= SOUNDTRACK PUB|access-date=23 May 2022}}

Plot

Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the eleventh Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Ienari. Nemuri Kyōshirō is a master of the sword, but he is a man who shuts his mind and heart because of his unhappy background: Kyōshirō's father was a Dutch missionary who became an apostate and his mother was the daughter of Matsudaira Mondonoshoū, the Tokugawa shogunate's upper superintendent officer. He was an unwanted child conceived during a Black Mass ceremony, and Kyōshirō's mother killed herself soon after Kyōshirō`s birth.{{Cite news|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%9C%A0%E7%8B%82%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E-1099940|title=眠狂史郎|newspaper=コトバンク|accessdate=2019-09-22}} Although he hates being involved with incidents and people, he is always involved in them no matter where he goes. Some people challenge him to a duel to see his unusual Engetsu Sappō (Full Moon cut) sword style,{{Cite news|url= https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%9C%A0%E7%8B%82%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BADVD-HD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E7%89%88-%E7%94%B0%E6%9D%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%92%8C/dp/B07L5PZGGY |title=眠狂史郎 DVD BOX|newspaper=Amazon Japan|accessdate=2019-09-22}} while others try to use him because he is a half-breed. He solves incidents with both his intelligence and his Musō Masamune sword.{{Cite news|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2091761/full/|title=田村正和主演『眠狂四郎』約半世紀ぶり復活「大事な作品」|newspaper=Oricon News|date=2017-06-02|accessdate=2019-01-22}}

Cast

Episode list

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EpisodeTitleDirected byGuest starringsOriginal airdate
1{{nihongo|"Youyake ni Hadaga Chiru"|夕焼けに肌が散る|My Skin Glows in the Sunset}}Akira InoueKōji Nanbara, Fumio Watanabe{{Start date|1972|10|03}}
2{{nihongo|"Nyoen ni Kengatsuita"|女怨に剣が哭いた|The Sword that Cried for the Vengeance of Women}}Tokuzō TanakaReiko Ohara, Yoshi Katō, Jūkei Fujioka{{Start date|1972|10|10}}
3{{nihongo|"Katanawa Shigureni Nureta"|刃は時雨に濡れた|The Sword Soaked in Drizzle}}Kimiyoshi YasudaKikko Matsuoka, Tatsuo Endō{{Start date|1972|10|17}}
4{{nihongo|"Engetsu Junaiwo Keru"|円月 殉愛を斬る|Crescent Moon Cuts Pure Love}}Tokuzō TanakaMariko Kaga, Gorō Mutsumi, Kantarō Suga, Shinjirō Ehara{{Start date|1972|10|24}}
5{{nihongo|"Adabana ni Tsuyuga Kirameku"| 仇花に露が煌めく |The Dew That Shines on the Enemy Flower}}Juniji KurataMiyoko Akaza, Goro Ibuki, Hideyo Amamoto, Kei Taguchi{{Start date|1972|10|31}}
6{{nihongo|"Yoin ni Onnawosaku"|夜陰に女を裂く|Ripping Apart a Woman in the Darkness of the Night}}Akira InoueTakahiro Tamura, Ryo Tamura{{Start date|1972|11|07}}
7{{nihongo|"Tougemichi ni Akaimiwo Utsu"|峠路に赤い実を撃つ|Shooting at the Red Berries at the Crossroads}}Junji KurataKyoko Yoshizawa, Hideo Murota, Rokkō Toura{{Start date|1972|11|14}}
8{{nihongo|"Seibo wa Honouni Kieta"|聖母は炎に消えた|The Virgin Mary Disappears in Flames}}Kazuo IkehiroTōru Minegishi, Kaku Takashina, Taketoshi Naito{{Start date|1972|11|21}}
9{{nihongo|"Ijin no Kenga Hoeru"|異人の剣が吠える|The Sword of the Stranger Roars}}Kimiyoshi YasudaMiwa Takada, Isamu Nagato{{Start date|1972|11|28}}
10{{nihongo|"Kōya ni Jorobanaga Saku"|荒野に女郎花が咲く|The Woman Who Cries in the Desert}}Akira InoueMasayo Utsunomiya, Kei Satō{{Start date|1972|12|05}}
11{{nihongo|"Rajo ni Kamiwomita"|裸女に神を見た|I Saw God in a Naked Woman}}Kazuo IkehiroMasumi Okada{{Start date|1972|12|12}}
12{{nihongo|"Senketsu wa Aiwosometa"|鮮血は愛を染めた|Love Stained by Fresh Blood}}Akira InoueKohji Moritsugu{{Start date|1972|12|19}}
13{{nihongo|"Kyo no Ame Beni no Hadani Musebu"|京の雨 紅の肌に咽ぶ|Rain in Kyoto Drowns in Red Skin}}Tokuzō TanakaKayo Matsuo, Nobuo Kawai{{Start date|1972|12|26}}
14{{nihongo|"Engetsu Shoshunni Mau"|円月 初春に舞う|Crecent Moon Dances in Early Spring}}Tokuzō TanakaMari Shiraki, Saburo Date, Takuzo Kawatani{{Start date|1973|01|02}}
15{{nihongo|"Sandogasa no On'na Wa Moeta"|三度笠の女は燃えた|The Woman with the Straw Hat Burns}}Junji KurataReiko Oshida, Takeo Chii, Shinsuke Mikimoto{{Start date|1973|01|09}}
16{{nihongo|"Oshare kyōjo ga utau"|お洒落狂女が歌う|The Stylish Madwoman's Song}}Junji KurataRyūtarō Ōtomo, Jun Tazaki{{Start date|1973|01|16}}
17{{nihongo|"Okappiki Dobu ga Kita"|岡っ引どぶが来た|Dobu the Hireling Thief Has Arrived}}Akira InoueTsutomu Yamazaki, Takeshi Kusaka{{Start date|1973|01|23}}
18{{nihongo|"Kanashimi wa Yamini Kieta"|悲しみは闇に消えた|Sorrow Vanished Into Darkness}}Akira InoueTamao Nakamura, Hideko Yoshida{{Start date|1973|01|30}}
19{{nihongo|"Mashō no Onna ni Otokoga Tsuku"|魔性の女に男が哭く|A Man Cries for a Demonic Woman}}Tokuzō TanakaMako Midori, Kō Nishimura{{Start date|1973|02|06}}
20{{nihongo|"Akai Kuchibiru ni Kyōshirō wa Shinda"|紅い唇に狂四郎は死んだ|Kyōshirō Dies under Crimson Lips}}Tokuzō TanakaSadako Sawamura{{Start date|1973|02|13}}
21{{nihongo|"Onna no Tsubomi wa Nido Hiraku"|女の蕾は二度ひらく|A Woman's Bud Opens Twice}}Junji KurataTappie Shimokawa{{Start date|1973|02|20}}
22{{nihongo|"Amadera ni Enjiga Niou"|尼寺に臙脂が匂う|Crimson Glow in the Convent}}Junji KurataMari Nakayama, Yoshi Katō{{Start date|1973|02|27}}
23{{nihongo|"Nazo no Onnawa Yamiwo Uranda"|謎の女は闇を恨んだ|The Mysterious Woman Hated the Darkness}}Yuji MakiguchiFumio Watanabe, Junkichi Orimoto{{Start date|1973|03|06}}
24{{nihongo|"Kinjirareta Hadani Naku"|禁じられた肌に泣く|Crying on Forbidden Skin}}Akira InoueJun Fujimaki, Kei Satō{{Start date|1973|03|13}}
25{{nihongo|"Kurokamiga Koroshiwo Yonda"|黒髪が殺しを呼んだ|The Black Hair Called Death}}Toshimi YodaGoro Ibuki, Yoshi Katō{{Start date|1973|03|20}}
26{{nihongo|"Kyōshirō ni Asuwanai"|狂四郎に明日はない|Kyoshiro Has No Tomorrow}}Akira InoueShinsuke Ashida, Rinichi Yamamoto{{Start date|1973|03|27}}

TV Specials

= Nemuri Kyoshirō (1989) =

Kyoshirō becomes involved in a political power struggle when he uncovers a plot to subvert the Shogunate succession by replacing the Shogun's heir with a double.

Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

= Nemuri Kyōshirō: Conspiracy at Edo Castle (1993) =

Kyoshirō, who has returned to Edo after three years, protects Lady Mihoyo, who exactly resembles his late mother, as rival Elders struggle to destroy each other over the proposed marriage of the Shogun's heir.

Directed by Akira Inoue

= Nemuri Kyoshirō: The Man with No Tomorrow (1996) =

Kyoshirō is asked to help save the Akita Clan from a plot which could end in the clan's extermination.

Directed by Sadao Nakajima

= Nemuri Kyoshirō: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshirō (1998) =

Kyoshirō's Full Moon Cut technique becomes the focus for both an artist who wants Kyoshirō to use that style to kill his wife and a lord who is obsessed with Kyoshirō.

Directed by Akira Inoue

= Nemuri Kyoshirō: The Final (2018) =

Kyoshirō has returned to Edo after an absence of ten years, only to learn of the murder of his former teacher Priest Kunen. While Kyoshirō tries to hold himself aloof, one day a young girl named Misao suddenly appears to him claiming that he is her father. Kyoshirō doubts that Misao is really his daughter, but that is the least of the plots he must unravel, leading to a face-to-face confrontation with perhaps the most dangerous opponent he has ever faced ... a man who intends to utterly destroy the world Kyoshirō knows in order to create his ideal of Utopia and who also knows and can use the Full-Moon Cut sword style as well as Kyoshirō does!{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2104400/full/|language=japanese|title=吉岡里帆『眠狂四郎』で時代劇初挑戦 田村正和と共演「一生忘れることのない時間」|work=Oricon News|date=January 21, 2018|access-date=February 2, 2019}}

Directed by Tomohiko Yamashita

On the Stage

  • Nemuri Kyōshirō Buraihikae 1973
  • Nemuri Kyōshirō 1973
  • Nemuri Kyōshirō Curuz no Hahano Komoriuta 1981

References

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External links

  • [https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nemuri-kyoshiro/ - Nemuri Kyōshirō at Toei Video]

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