is a Japanese jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1984. It is also known as "A Samurai's Sorrow." It is based on
Goseki Kojima and
Kazuo Koike's manga of the same title.
The lead star is
Masakazu Tamura. Masakazu Tamura's elder brother
Takahiro Tamura and younger brother
Ryo Tamura also appeared.
Three special editions of the drama were produced.
Masakazu Tamura played the role on stage.
Plot
Kainage Mondo is a secret child of
Tokugawa Yoshimune and is a skilled swordsman. His job is a part to test food for poison for Yoshimune. He was on a journey but he goes to
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
to see Yoshimune.
The
Owari han
The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces. Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rated at ...
have longed for the post of shogun and try to murder Yoshimune, in order to get shogun's post. Fuki is a
kunoichi of
Kōka. She tries to murder Yoshimue but she comes to like Mondo and eventually starts working for Mondo and Yoshimune. Mondo protects Yoshimune's life from Owari han and other enemies.
Cast
*
Masakazu Tamura as Kainage Mondo
*
Takahiro Tamura as
Tokugawa Yoshimune
*
Ryo Tamura as
Ōoka Tadasuke
was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate (''machi-bugyō'') of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate ( Yamada bugyō) prio ...
*
Tsutomu Isobe as
Tokugawa Muneharu
*
Kantarō Suga as
Manabe Akifusa
* Junshi Shimada as Mizuno Izuminokami
*
Junkichi Orimoto
* Goichi Yamada
* Yōsuke Kondō as Head of Owari Yagyū
*
Kie Nakai as Fuki (Fukiko)
Episode list
TV Specials
*Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō (June 17, 1983) Directed by Yuichi Harada, Guest starrings,
Kimie Shingyoji, Jih Nakayama
*Kawaite sōrō Odokumiyaku Hissatsuken (January 26, 1984) Directed by Yuichi Harada, Guest starrings,
Tatsuo Umemiya,
Kantarō Suga,
Jin Nakayama
Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin (Wade–Giles). "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean.
It may refer to:
States Jìn 晉
* Jin (Chinese state) (晉國) ...
*Kawaite sōrō Hahawa Ikiteita? (April 7, 1993) Directed by
Akira Inoue, Guest starrings,
Kaoru Yachigusa,
Kimiko Ikegami, Hirotaro Honda,
Hiroyuki Nagato
On the Stage
*Kawaite sōrō (乾いて候)（1987-1993）
*Shin Kawaite sōrō Sonatamo Onaji Nonohanaka (新・乾いて候 そなたもおなじ野の花か)（2003, 2005）
References
1984 Japanese television series debuts
1980s drama television series
Jidaigeki television series
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Yoshimune
Television series set in the 17th century
Japanese television dramas based on manga
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