Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi
Shogun Iemitsu's Secret Journey (将軍家光忍び旅, Shōgun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi) was a pair of television jidaigeki series on TV Asahi in Japan. The first aired in 1990–1991 and the sequel in 1992–1993. Kunihiko Mitamura portrayed Tokugawa Iemitsu in both series.[1][2]
The show premiered on October 13, 1990, as an off-season replacement for the popular
Story
In 1634, the third
The sequel, Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi Part II, depicts the return to Edo. This time the group travels along the Nakasendō, passing through territory that had recently been held by the Sanada clan. Takenoshin rescues a princess (Shizu, in disguise under the name Isuzu), who, viewers later learn, is a daughter of Ishida Mitsunari in league with Mugensai, formerly the chief ninja of the late Ishida Mitsunari. Mugensai has lied to the princess in order to get her to assassinate Iemitsu.
Cast
- Kunihiko Mitamura as Tokugawa Iemitsu disguised as Tokuyama Takenoshin
- Korokke as Shinkichi
- Hisako Manda as Otsuta
- Toyokazu Minami as Isshin Tasuke
- Hiroshi Katsuno as Yagyū Jūbei
- Shigeru Kōyama as Ōkubo Hikozaemon
- Ryō Tamura as Matsudaira Izu no Kami Nobutsuna (original series)
- Reiko Takashima as Kaede, a lady-in-waiting (original series); Makiko Yamada (Part II)
- Ayako Tanaka as Aya, a lady-in-waiting
- Ken Nishida as Mugensai (Part II)
- Yoshimi Ashikawa as Princess Shizu, disguised as Lady Isuzu (Part II)
- Yuki Yukie as Kikue, her attendant
- Kyōko Tsujisawa as Okaru, lead actress of the traveling company
Notes
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「将軍家光忍び旅」の解説". KOTOBANK. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "将軍家光忍び旅". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ Bolitho, Harold. (1995). "The han," in Warrior Rule in Japan (Marius Jansen, ed.), p.217.
References
- ISBN 9780521482394; OCLC 422791897