Shiroi Koya (Showa no Meisaku Library 159) Collector's DVD

[Machine Translation] The fifth installment of the "White Series" starring Jiro Tamiya, as typified by "The White Tower," is now available on DVD, just before the 50th anniversary of its broadcast! Jiro Tamiya plays Nishina, an elite editor-in-chief of a weekly magazine, who confronts his past and searches for a new path after an article about the suicide of a high school girl, in this popular drama that also features two female love stories. A star-studded cast is assembled, including Yoko Nogi as Nishina's wife, Chieko Matsubara as his ex-fiancee, and Hiroyuki Nagato as her husband! --Junichi Nishina (Jiro Tamiya) is the editor-in-chief of the prestigious weekly magazine "Shukan Mainichi", which is affiliated with the Mainichi Shimbun, and has always been on the elite path and devoted himself to his work. One day, while visiting Hamanami High School in Hamanami City for an interview, he happened to witness one of the female students jump off a cliff into the sea. At the spot where she jumped, there was a suicide note, which was addressed to Yuzo Tahara ( Fujita Okamoto ), a physical education teacher who is a candidate for the Japanese Olympic marathon team, whom Nishina was interviewing. This incident leads Nishina to become deeply involved in the lives of the young people he meets there through his interactions with them. The film also depicts Nishina himself as he confronts his past and searches for a new path, intertwined with the love of his old fiancee Noriko (Chieko Matsubara) and his wife Michiiko (Yoko Nogiwa). 26 episodes in total. Commentary enclosed. First broadcast: October 7, 1977 (Showa 52) - March 31, 1978 (1978) on TBS

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「白い巨塔」に代表される、田宮二郎主演の『白いシリーズ』 第5弾が放送開始50周年を目前にDVDで登場! 田宮二郎演じる週刊誌のエリート編集長・仁科が、女子高生の自殺記事を発端に、自らの過去と向き合い新たな道を模索していく姿を、二人の女性との恋愛劇を絡めながら描いた人気ドラマ。仁科の妻を野際陽子、元婚約者を松原智恵子、その夫を長門裕之が演じるほか、豪華キャストが集結! ――仁科純一 (田宮二郎)は毎朝新聞系列下の一流週刊誌「週刊毎朝」の編集長で、これまで常にエリート街道を歩み続け、仕事に打ち込んできた。ある日、取材のために訪ねた浜南市の浜南東高校の近くで、偶然、女子生徒の一人が崖の上から海に飛び込むのを目撃する。飛び降りた所には一通の遺書が置いてあり、それは仁科が取材をしていたオリンピックのマラソン日本代表候補に挙がっている体育教師・田原雄三 (岡本富士太)に宛てたものだった・・・。この事件をきっかけに仁科は、そこで出会った若者たちとの交流を通じて、彼らの人生に深く関わっていくことになる。また仁科自身も自らの過去と向き合い新たな道を模索していく姿を、昔の婚約者・紀子 (松原智恵子)と妻・美千子 (野際陽子)のふたつの愛を絡めながら描いていく。全26回収録。解説書封入。初回放送: 1977年 (昭和52年)10月7日～1978年 (昭和53年)3月31日/TBS系