Kenjusho: Mitsukuni Ko to Ore (2021)

Drama: Kenjusho: Mitsukuni Ko to Ore
Native Title: 剣樹抄～光圀公と俺～
Also Known As: Kenjusho: Mitsukuni and I
Director: Motoki Kazuhiro, Isshiki Takashi
Screenwriter: Yoshizawa Tomoko
Genres: Historical, Mystery, Drama
Country: Japan
Episodes: 8
Aired: Nov 5, 2021 – Dec 24, 2021
Aired On: Friday
Original Network: NHK
Duration: 43 min.

MAIN CAST:

Kato Shigeaki

SNOPSIS:

As “the deputy general of the world, Mito Komon”, everyone knows the success of Tokugawa Mitsukuni in his youth! In this drama, Tokugawa Mitsukuni leads a group of boys and girls with talented talents, “The Pickers,” and hunts down the igniter who caused the “Great Fire of the Meiji Era,” one of the largest fires in Japan. This is the Tokugawa period version of “Kogoro Akechi and the Boy Detectives”. The original is “Kenjusho” by popular writer Tow Ubukata. It’s an exciting swashbuckler full of flashy sword fights! [Story] Young Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Koji Yamamoto) meets an orphan, Ryosuke (Kurokawa Soya), who is not inn, and is surprised at the deadly sword method with his wooden sword and invites him to the covert organization “People”. “Pickups” are orphans with excellent abilities, who used their special abilities to carry out intelligence activities and help catch criminals. With the cooperation of the people who picked up Mitsukuni, Mitsukuni grasps that the leader of the fire gang that caused the “Great Fire of the Meiji Era” is Shigeaki Kato. And Hinosuke was the son of Unkei (Koji Ishizaka), a Buddhist priest who Mitsukuni admires. Wukei lived to defeat Hinosuke, who had fallen into the wrong path, with his own hands. A fierce battle with Hinosuke aiming to overthrow Tokugawa. His wife, Yasushi (Honoka Matsumoto), who devised Mitsukuni, asks swordsman Yoshisen Yagyu (Hiroshi Tachi) for help! [Original] Okatacho “Kenjusho” [Screenplay] Tomoko Yoshizawa [Music] Kanematsu Shu [Theme Song] PYG “Flowers, Sun, Rain” [Cast] Koji Yamamoto Hoka Matsumoto Soya Kurokawa Fukuda Rolling Ball Haruka Yamamoto Yuko Yamamoto Tsuna Kawaguchi Kazora Fujiwara Ryo Kurosawa Hiroshiro Kitano Kii Yamaguchi Makiya Tsubokura Yoshiyuki (my home) Nishimura Masahiko Honda Hirotaro / Kato Shigeaki / Tate Hiroshi / Ishizaka Koji (each guest) Yashima Norito Mimura Rie Tomoko Nakajima Takeshi Masu [Director] Kazuhiro Motoki, Takashi Isshiki [Production Supervisor] Motohiko Sano (NHK Enterprises), Masaru Ochiai (NHK)

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