is a series of

jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "historical drama, period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. ''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, crafts ...

novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...

s written by

Eiji Yoshikawa was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as ''The Tale of the Heike'', ''Tale of Genji'', ''Water Margin'' and ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', m ...

. The stories were originally serialized as a serial in the Japanese newspaper ''Osaka Mainichishimbun'' , between 1926 and 1927. It has been re-released in book format in 1927 and 1933. Yoshikawa wrote the novel inspired by

Shiba Kōkan , born Andō Kichirō (安藤吉次郎) or Katsusaburō (勝三郎), was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the Edo period, famous both for his Western-style ''yōga'' paintings, in imitation of Dutch oil painting styles, methods, and themes, ...

's essay "Shunparōhikki".

Adaptations

Film

*''Naruto Hichō'' (1926–27) a Makinopro production. *''Kōkayashiki'' (1949) a

Daiei , based in Kobe, Hyōgo, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Marubeni ...

production, starring

Kazuo Hasegawa , formerly known by his stage names and , was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films from 1927 to 1963. Career Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his famil ...

and directed by

Teinosuke Kinugasa was a Japanese filmmaker and actor. His best-known films include the Silent film, silent Experimental film, avant-garde films ''A Page of Madness'' and ''Crossroads (1928 film), Crossroads'' and the Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning historic ...

. *''Naruto Hichō'' (1954) a Toei production, starring

Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he follow ...

and directed by Kunio Watanabe. *''Naruto Hichō Kōhen'' (1954) a Toei production, starring Utaemon Ichikawa and directed by Kunio Watanabe. *''

A Fantastic Tale of Naruto is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It is set in Awa Province (Tokushima). Plot From the pen of Eiji Yoshikawa comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokus ...

'' (1957) a Daiei production, starring Kazuo Hasegawa and directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. *''Naruto Hichō'' (1961) a Toei production, starring

Kōji Tsuruta , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor and singer. He appeared in almost 260 feature films and had a unique style of singing. His daughter, Sayaka Tsuruta, is an actress. Career Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Tsuruta was raised ...

and directed by Kōkichi Uchida. *''Naruto Hichō Kanketsuhen'' (1961) a Toei production, starring Kōji Tsuruta and directed by Kōkichi Uchida.

Television series

*''Naruto Hichō'' (1959) a KR production. *''Naruto Hichō'' (1966) a

Mainichi Broadcasting System JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as or (formerly known as from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network, owned-and-operated by a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings with ...

production. *'' Naruto Hichō'' (1977–78) a

NHK , also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee. NHK ope ...

production, starring

Masakazu Tamura was a Japanese film and theatre actor. Profile Masakazu Tamura was born 1 August 1943 in Kyoto, Japan to Japanese actor Tsumasaburō Bandō. Tsumasaburō Bandō died when Tamura was only nine years old. His brothers Takahiro and Ryō are also ...

. *''Naruto Hichō'' (2018) a NHK production, starring Koji Yamamoto.

References

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