Kunoichi Chushingura / Hikyo Ogondani no Ketto (TV Drama)

[Machine Translation] Two historical dramas broadcast in 1983 on Fuji Television's "Jidai Gekijo Special" program are now available on DVD! Kunoichi Chushingura" is a dramatization of the original story "Ninpo Chushingura" by Futaro Yamada, directed by Ikuo Sekimoto and starring Atsuo Nakamura. Tetsuro Tanba, who starred in the film "Ninpo Chushingura" (1965) based on the same story, plays the role of Kuranosuke Oishi in this film. In "Duel in the Unexplored Gold Valley," Tetsuro Tanba gives a fine performance as a wandering swordsman who devotes his life to the sword. These two fascinating period dramas are finally being made available for the first time in soft format. Kunoichi Chushingura" (broadcasted in December 1983): Tsunataro Mumei ( Atsuo Nakamura ), a former official court guard, is summoned by Hyobu Chisaka ( Takeya Nakamura ), a retainer of the Uesugi family. The lord Tsunanori attempted to assassinate Oishi Kuranosuke (Tanba Tetsuro) and his ronin, who were plotting to avenge their father, Kira Uenosuke. The assassination would prove to be the work of the Uesugi family, and the Uesugi family could not be saved from extinction. Hyobu asked Mumei to cooperate with a female ninja from Noto to defeat the Noto ninja, Mangunki and his party, whom Tsunanori had unleashed to crush Kuranosuke and the other ronin and make them abandon their loyalty to him. Mumei hears that even Shogun Tsunayoshi is looking forward to the attack on Kira's residence, and he accepts Hyobu's offer, partly out of bitterness over the loss of his girlfriend, Oyu (Midori Yamamoto), to Tsunayoshi. Duel in the Unexplored Gold Valley" (broadcast in September 1983): Swordsman Ino Heihachiro (Tanba Tetsuro) kills Ichima (Nakachi Soji), the youngest of the three Niki brothers, who boasts of being the best swordsman of his generation, and goes into hiding in a hot spring in the Tohoku region, where he is taken in by the family of Koga ninja Magoichi (Shin Katsutoshi), his wife Shino (Shino Hiroko) and their son Shosuke (Kase Etsutaka). At first, he did not open his heart to them. At first, Magoichi does not open up to them, but when Heihachiro fights off the ninja pursuing them, a friendship between the men develops. One day, the three Niki brothers followed Heihachiro into the mountains. Heihachiro and Magoichi, who had agreed to help him, head for the place where the duel will take place. Leaflet enclosed (planned).

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1983年にフジテレビ系「時代劇スペシャル」枠にて放送された、時代劇ドラマ2作品を収録したDVDが登場! 「くノ一忠臣蔵」は、山田風太郎の原作「忍法忠臣蔵」を、関本郁夫監督、中村敦夫主演でドラマ化。同原作の映画『忍法忠臣蔵』(1965年)にて主演を務めた丹波哲郎が、本作では大石内蔵助役で出演している。「秘境黄金谷の決闘」は、主演の丹波哲郎が、剣に人生を懸ける放浪の剣客を好演。いずれも魅了の時代劇ドラマ2作品が、ついに初ソフト化される。■「くノ一忠臣蔵」(1983年12月放送): 元公儀お庭番・無明綱太郎 (中村敦夫)は、上杉家家老・千坂兵部 (中村竹弥)に呼ばれた。主君・綱憲が父・吉良上野介を討とうと計る大石内蔵助 (丹波哲郎)と浪士たちを暗殺しようとしたのだ。暗殺すれば上杉家の仕業とわかり、上杉家は断絶をまぬがれない。兵部は無明に、能登の女忍者と協力し、綱憲の放った能登忍法者・万軍記一党を倒し、内蔵助以下浪士たちを骨抜きにし忠義の心を捨てさせてくれと頼んだ。無明は将軍綱吉までが吉良邸討入りを期待していると聞き、恋人・おゆう (山本みどり)を綱吉に奪われた恨みもあり、兵部の申し出を引き受ける。■「秘境黄金谷の決闘」(1983年9月放送): 剣客・伊能平八郎 (丹波哲郎)は、抜刀術当代一を自慢する仁木三兄弟の末弟・一馬 (仲地宗次)を斬り東北の温泉に身を隠し、甲賀の抜忍の孫市 (新克利)とその妻・しの (篠ひろ子)、息子の庄助 (加瀬悦孝)の一家の世話になることに。初めのうちは心を許さなかった孫市だったが、追手の忍者を平八郎が撃退したことで、男同士の友情が芽生えた。そんなある日、仁木三兄弟が平八郎を追って山へ入ってきた。平八郎は助太刀を買って出た孫市とともに、決闘の場所へ向かうが・・・。リーフレット封入 (予定)。