Haru no Sakamichi (TV series)

*Haru no Sakamichi*
Haru no Sakamichi
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Gihō Sugiyama
Starring	Nakamura Kinnosuke; Chitose Kobayashi; Yoshio Harada; Isamu Nagato; Masakazu Tamura; Ryō Tamura; Rumi Matsumoto; Hiroshi Akutagawa; Atsuo Nakamura; Go Wakabayashi; Koji Shimizu; Yoshio Tsuchiya; Shōgo Shimada; Hideki Takahashi; Kazuo Funaki; Kyōko Kishida; Tomoko Naraoka; Yoko Tsukasa; Ichikawa Ebizō X; So Yamamura
Theme music composer	Akira Miyoshi
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 3 –; December 26, 1971

Haru no Sakamichi (春の坂道) is a 1971 Japanese television series. It is the ninth NHK taiga drama.^[1]

Average viewership rating: 21.7%, with highest rating peaking at 27.5%.^[2] No footage in full color is said still exist, however only the 52nd episode still remains in black and white due to recording technology at the time.

Story

Haru no Sakamichi deals with the late Sengoku period to early Edo period. Based on Sōhachi Yamaoka's novel by the same title.^[3]^[4]

The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori^[4]^[5]

Production

Production Credits

Original story – Sōhachi Yamaoka
Music – Akira Miyoshi

Cast

Yagyū Clan

Nakamura Kinnosuke as Yagyū Munenori
Chitose Kobayashi as Orin
Rumi Matsumoto as Karasuma Junko
Hiroshi Akutagawa as Yagyū Munetoshi
Yoshio Harada as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
Ryo Tamura as Yagyū Samon
Koji Shimizu as Yagyū Munefuyu

Tokugawa Clan

Toyotomi Clan

Others

References

External links

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