Fūrin Kazan (TV series)
| Fūrin Kazan | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Sumio Ōmori |
| Directed by | Kazuhiko Shimizu |
| Starring | Masaaki Uchino Ichikawa Kamejirō II Gackt Chizuru Ikewaki Yuki Shibamoto Akio Kaneda Seiichi Tanabe Kazuya Takahashi Kai Shishido Shōsuke Tanihara Ryuta Sato Shihori Kanjiya Asami Mizukawa Misa Shimizu Naomi Nishida Makoto Matsui Miyoko Asada Tokuma Nishioka Kuranosuke Sasaki Fumiyo Kohinata Toshiyuki Nagashima Masatō Ibu Ichikawa Sadanji IV Takeshi Katō Raita Ryū Jun Fubuki Shiho Fujimura Sonny Chiba Ken Ogata Tatsuya Nakadai |
| Theme music composer | Akira Senju |
| Opening theme | Ken Takaseki and NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Composer | Akira Senju |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Hisaaki Wakaizumi |
| Running time | approx. 43 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 7 – December 16, 2007 |
Fūrin Kazan (風林火山) was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007.
The story, to a large extent, was an adaptation of Yasushi Inoue's 1959 historical novel of the same title (published in English under the title The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan[1]). The four characters of the title, from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain."
Story
Like many of the previous Taiga dramas, Fūrin Kazan deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Yasushi Inoue's novel by the same title, it depicts the life of Yamamoto Kansuke who is known as one of Takeda Shingen's renowned strategists.
Staff
- Original : Yasushi Inoue
- Screenwriter : Sumio Ōmori
- Music : Akira Senju
- Titling : Kōji Kakinuma
- Narrator : Sachiko Kagami
- Historical research : Shunroku Shibatsuji
- Architectural research : Sei Hirai
- Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
- Production coordinator : Hisaaki Wakaizumi
- Director : Kazuhiko Shimizu
Starring
Yamamoto family
- Yamamoto Kansuke: Masaaki Uchino
- Mitsu: Shihori Kanjiya
- Ritsu: Aki Maeda
Kuzukasa village
- Kawaramura Denbei: Yoshiki Arizono
- Hazuki: Juri Manase
- Kuzukasa Takichi: Jiyuu Arima
- Okuma: Aoi Asada
- Yazaki Heizō:Ryuta Satō
- Hisa: Asami Mizukawa
Takeda family
- Takeda Shingen: Ichikawa Kamejirō
- young Shingen and Suwa Katsuyori: Sōsuke Ikematsu
- Princess Yū: Yuki Shibamoto
- Lady Sanjō: Chizuru Ikewaki
- Princess Ogoto: Mahiru Konno
- Takeda Nobutora: Tatsuya Nakadai
- Lady Ooi: Jun Fubuki
- Takeda Nobushige: Noritoshi Kashiwa
- Takeda Nobukado: Toshinobu Matsuo
- Nene: Sachiko Sakurai
- Takeda Yoshinobu: Ryo Kimura
Takeda Army
- Itagaki Nobukata: Sonny Chiba
- Amari Torayasu: Raita Ryu
- Obu Toramasa: Akio Kaneda
- Morozumi Torasada: Takeshi Katō
- Oyamada Nobuari: Seiichi Tanabe
- Baba Nobuharu: Kazuya Takahashi
- Hara Toratane: Kai Shishido
- Komai Masatake: Issei Takahashi
- Kosaka Masanobu: Kōtarō Tanaka
- Yamagata Masakage: Yasuyuki Maekawa
- Akiyama Nobutomo: Hidekazu Ichinose
- Sanada Yukitaka: Kuranosuke Sasaki
- Shinome: Misa Shimizu
- Sanada Gengorō: Kaito Kobayashi
- Aiki Ichibe: Yoshimasa Kondō
- Akabe Shimotsuke: Susumu Terajima
- Princess Miru: Yōko Maki
- Shima: Akemi Omori
- Hagino: Miyoko Asada
- kinu: Moeko Ezawa
Uesugi
- Uesugi Kenshin: Gackt
- Usami Sadamitsu: Ken Ogata
- Naoe Sanetsuna: Tokuma Nishioka
- Kakizaki Kageie: Kenichi Kaneda
- Ōkuma Tomohide: Gorō Ōhashi
- Momo: Naomi Nishida
- Nami: Fusako Urabe
- Uesugi Norimasa: Ichikawa Sadanji
- Nagano Narimasa: Mantarō Koichi
- Uesugi Sadazane: Mizuho Suzuki
Imagawa
- Imagawa Yoshimoto: Shōsuke Tanihara
- Jukeini: Shiho Fujimura
- Taigen Sessai: Masatō Ibu
- Matsudaira Motoyasu: Keisuke Sakamoto
Hōjō
- Hōjō Ujiyasu: Makoto Matsui
- Hōjō Ujitsuna: Tōru Shinagawa
- Hōjō Ujimasa: Saotome Taichi
- Shimizu Yoshimasa: Tadashi Yokouchi
Other Shinano Daimyō
- Murakami Yoshikiyo: Toshiyuki Nagashima
- Suwa Yorishige: Fumiyo Kohinata
- Suwa Yoritaka: Kenshō Ono
- Ogasawara Nagatoki: Akihiko Imai
- Takatō Yoritsugu: Shōzō Uesugi
Others
- Aoki Daizen: Wataru Shihodō
- Ofuku: Mako Midori
- Oda Nobunaga: Jirō Sakuma
- Seiin: Kei Satō
- Hiraga Genshin: Shun Sugata
Episodes
- Episode 1 - The One-Eyed Man
- Episode 2 - Farewell to Home
- Episode 3 - Marici's Wife
- Episode 4 - Demon of Vengeance
- Episode 5 - Suruga Rebellion
- Episode 6 - The Road to Employment
- Episode 7 - Haranobu's First Battle
- Episode 8 - Surprise Attack
- Episode 9 - Kasuke's Death
- Episode 10 - Haranobu Commits Treason
- Episode 11 - Nobutora's Banshiment
Soundtrack and books
Soundtrack
- Fūrin Kazan (EMI Music Japan)
- Fūrin Kazan, last part (EMI Music Japan)
Books
- Official guide
- NHK Taiga drama story Fūrin Kazan first part ISBN 978-4-14-923345-1(December 20, 2006)
- NHK Taiga drama story Fūrin Kazan last part ISBN 978-4-14-923346-8(June 25, 2007)
- NHK Taiga drama, Historical handbook, Fūrin Kazan ISBN 978-4-14-910617-5(December 2006)
- Novel
- NHK Taiga drama 1, volume of wind ISBN 978-4-14-005509-0(November 2006)
- NHK Taiga drama 2, volume of forest ISBN 978-4-14-005510-6(March 2007)
- NHK Taiga drama 3, volume of fire ISBN 978-4-14-005511-3(June 2007)
- NHK Taiga drama 4, volume of mountain ISBN 978-4-14-005512-0(September 2007)
Notes
- ^ Inoue, Yasushi. The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan. Translated by Yoko Riley. Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2005. <http://www.tuttlepublishing.com/authors/inoue-yasushi/the-samurai-banner-of-furin-kazan>, accessed 10 January 2014.
External links
- NHK Furin Kazan Taiga Drama Webpage (In Japanese)
- Fūrin Kazan at IMDb
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