Alt Name: | The Mute Samurai |
Genre: | Jidaigeki |
Runtime: | 45 minutes (per episode) |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
Num Episodes: | 26 |
Company: | NTV, Katsu Production |
Network: | NTV |
Director: | Kenji Misumi Kimiyoshi Yasuda Shintaro Katsu Kazuo Mori |
Starring: | Tomisaburo Wakayama Shintaro Katsu |
Producer: | Shintaro Katsu |
Theme Music Composer: | Isao Tomita, "Kodokuni Owarete" Sang by Shintaro Katsu |
also known as The Mute Samurai is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama, that was broadcast in 1973–1974.[1] The lead star is Tomisaburo Wakayama, his younger brother Shintaro Katsu also appeared and directed episode 1.[2] It is based on Kanda Takeshi's manga Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan.[3]
Kiichihōgan is a samurai who had been a victim of a vicious crime, completely changing his life forever. His parents were killed and his virgin wife was violated by a skilled Spaniard named Gonzalez. 18 years later Kiichihōgan abandons the way of the samurai and he becomes a bounty hunter, taking Japan's most wanted criminals. He goes on a journey to find the Spaniard and fulfill his revenge.[4] [5]
Episode | Title | Directed by | Guest starrings |
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1 | "The Man Who Lost His Ability to Sing" ("Kuchibirukara Utawo Ubawareta Otoko") | Shintaro Katsu | Shintaro Katsu, Judy Ongg, Hideyo Amamoto, Jūkei Fujioka |
2 | "A Silent Prayer for A Little boy"("Kuchinashi no Komoriuta") | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Kiwako Taichi, Shin Kishida |
3 | "The Dangerous Highway"("Kaen no Kaidō") | Kenji Misumi | Yuko Hama, Yoshi Katō, Koji Wada |
4 | "The Bridge to The Dark World"("Rokudō Jigokubashi") | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Shinjirō Ehara, Eiji Gō |
5 | "The Fateful Encounter"("Ruten no Meguriai") | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Kei Taguchi |
6 | "A Whirlwind of Blood"("Keppū Touge") | Akira Ōsu | Akira Yamauchi, Yoshiko Nakada, Tatsurō Endō |
7 | "A Silent Parting of the Ways"("Kuchinashi no Wakaremichi") | Kazuo Mori | Midori Nishizaki |
8 | "The Capture at the Stream"("Dakuryu no Bijogari") | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Mikio Narita, Yuriko Shinkai |
9 | "The Girl with the Blue Eyes"("Aoime no Shōjō") | Kenji Misumi | Silvia Walker, Toru Abe, Rokkō Toura, Shōbun Inoue |
10 | "A Widow's Strength"("Hoeta Touge no Onna Gokoro") | Buichi Saitō | Taketoshi Naito, Yumi Iwai, Kenji Imai |
11 | "Two Brothers in a Raging Sea"("Dotō no Kyoudai") | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Jun Tazaki, Tamao Nakamura, Toshio Takahara |
12 | "The Flower of Head Display Pass"("Gokumon Tōuge no Kikunohana") | Buichi Saitō | Masumi Harukawa, Renji Ishibashi, Fumio Watanabe |
13 | "A Dark-Haired Human Sacrifice"("Kurogami Jigoku") | Kōsaku Yamashita | Kensaku Hara, Mitsuo Nagata |
14 | "The First Performance"("Hana no Butai") | Kenji Misumi | Masao Komatsu, Kō Nishimura |
15 | "The Bounty Hunters Who Vanished"("Kieta Shōukinkasegi") | Masao Kobayashi | Shingo Yamashiro, Seiichirō Kameishi, Junko Hitomo |
16 | "Manji Once Again"("Manji Futatabi") | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Kōji Nanbara, Kaku Takashina, Miyoko Akaza |
17 | "The Peak of Darkness"("Kettō Mumeigoku") | Akira Ōsu | Shōhei Hino, Asao Uchida, Keiko Yumi |
18 | "The Bandits and the Children"("Yatō to Hana to Kodomotachi") | Kenji Misumi | Goichi Yamada, Tokue Hanazawa, Harumi Sone |
19 | "Who Shall Receive the Bounty"("Shōukin Uketorinin") | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Akiji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nawa, Isao Kimura |
20 | "The Maiden Who Casts a Shadow"("Kage wo Ouhana") | Akira Ōsu | Mari Shiraki, Takeshi Kato |
21 | "A Mother and Daughter's Crisis"("Boshizō Muzan") | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Etsuko Ichihara, Hōsei Komatsu |
22 | "A Lad and a Vendetta"("Shōnen to Adauchi") | Masao Kobayashi | Takashi Ehata |
23 | "A Camellia in Winter("Kantsubaki Bojō") | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Sanae Kitabayashi |
24 | "A Woman's Tears"("Kanashii Onna") | Showa Ota | Asao Uchida, Yutaka Hayashi |
25 | "A Man to Man Promise"("Otoko to Otoko no Yakusoku") | Masao Kobayashi | Mikio Narita, Shiho Fujimura |
26 | "Dual at Kanei-Ji Temple"("Kaneiji no Kettō") | Kenji Misumi | Tony Cetera |