Katsu Kaishū (TV series)

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Katsu Kaishū (勝海舟) is a 1974 Japanese television series. It is the 12th NHK taiga drama.[1] Tetsuya Watari was forced to step down from the role of Katsu Kaishū because of his illness so he appeared in only the first 9 episodes.[2][3][4]

Katsu Kaishū
GenreTaiga drama
Written bySō Kuramoto, Shōji Nakazawa
Directed bySanzo Nakayama, Asao Yamanaka
StarringTetsuya Watari
Hiroki Matsukata
Kenichi Hagiwara
Joe Shishido
Tatsuya Fuji
Tsunehiko Watase
Masahiko Tsugawa
Hiroshi Fujioka
Reiko Ohara
Mitsuko Oka
Akiko Nishina
Katsumasa Uchida
Keiju Kobayashi
Onoe Shoroku II
Theme music composerIsao Tomita
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 6 (1974-01-06) –
December 29, 1974 (1974-12-29)
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The average viewing rating was 24.2%, with the highest peaking at 30.9%. Only episodes 6, 7, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 44 have been discovered to still exist.

Story

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Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū ".[5][6]

The story chronicles the life of Katsu Kaishū.[3][1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "勝海舟". NHK on demand. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "74年勝海舟は渡哲也から松方弘樹/大河ドラマ代役". Nikkan sports. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "勝海舟". ドラマデータ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "勝海舟とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ "勝海舟". NHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "勝海舟". Amazon. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
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