is a Japanese
manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is ...
series written and illustrated by
George Akiyama. It has been serialized by
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the ...
in ''
Big Comic Original'' from 1973 to 2017 and collected in 112
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
volumes. ''Haguregumo'' received the 1979
Shogakukan Manga Award for the general category.
It was adapted into a television series on
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Comp ...
in 1978, airing for 20 episodes and an anime film in 1982 by
Madhouse Studios and
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slu ...
. Directed by
Mori Masaki, it premiered in Japan on the 24 April 1982.
Plot
Set at the end of the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...
, the series depicts Cloud's family with his wife, Turtle, their 11-year-old son, and 8-year-old daughter. The Clouds are always ignoring work and playing. Cloud is notorious for womanising.
Characters
* is the protagonist of the series. He is a famous womaniser and rarely works.
* is the wife of Cloud and often joins her husband in his idling.
* is the 11-year-old son of Cloud and Turtle. His personality is completely opposite to that of his father's.
* is the 8-year-old daughter of Cloud and Turtle. She is a tomboy and has a serious attitude, opposite to those of her parents.
Manga
Volume list
Television series 1978
*
Tetsuya Watari as Kumo
*
Kaori Momoi
is a Japanese actress.
Life and career
Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 12, she traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years, she returned to Tokyo. She graduated from Japan's Bungakuza School of ...
as Kame Onna
* Toshio Shiba as Aota
*
Rinichi Yamamoto as Shunjyu Oyabun
* Hideji Otaki as Chojyuro Suzuki
*
Chishū Ryū
was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting 65 years, appeared in over 160 films and about 70 television productions.
Early life
Ryū was born in Tamamizu Village, Tamana County, a rural area of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, the most southe ...
as Shibusawa
*
Yujiro Ishihara as Iwakichi
*Written by
Sō Kuramoto.
References
External links
*
Official Madhouse ''Haguregumo'' movie website
*
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