Edo no Kaze

江戸の旋風GenreJidaigekiDirected byKazuo Mori
Tokuzō Tanaka
Kōzaburō YoshimuraStarringYūzō Kayama
Keiju Kobayashi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kunie Tanaka
Masaya Oki
Yasuaki Kurata
Eitaro Ozawa
Hiroya Morita
Taisaku Akino
Mie Hama
Takeo Chii
Ryō IkebeTheme music composerKatsuhisa HattoriCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of series5No. of episodes210ProductionRunning time46 minutes (per episode)Production companiesFuji TV, Toho CompanyOriginal releaseNetworkFuji TVReleaseApril 1975 (1975-04) –
August 28, 1981 (1981-08-28)

Edo no Kaze (江戸の旋風) was a Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) broadcast on prime-time television that ran from 1975 to 1981. Its lead star was Yūzō Kayama.^[1][2][3][4]

The series was based on Kazuo Shimada's novel of the same title. It became a popular broadcast, leading to the production of five series and a two-hour special.^[5]

Plot

Characters

• Yūzō Kayama^[6] as Chiaki Joenosuke
• Keiju Kobayashi as Hayashida Magobei
• Minoru Chiaki as Hayami Shigetaro
• Yousuke Kondō as Takase
• Masaaki Tsusaka as Sanai
• Ryō Ikebe as Nezu (first series, episodes 14-49)
• Kunie Tanaka as Yura (first series)
• Takeo Chii as Mihoki (first series)
• Mie Hama as Oyou (first series)
• Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Shimazu Hanzō (series II-IV)
• Masaya Oki as Tachibana Seiichirō (Shin Edo no Kaze)^[7]
• Yasuaki Kurata as Todō Ken (Shin Edo no Kaze)
• Atsushi Watanabe as Higure Shinsaku (Shin Edo no Kaze)

Seasons

• Edo no Kaze (1975–76) - 49 episodes
• Edo no Kaze II (1976–77) - 53 episodes
• Edo no Kaze III (1977–78) - 50 episodes
• edo no Kaze IV (1978–79) - 26 episodes
• Shin edo no Kaze (1980–81) - 31 episodes
• Edo no Kaze Special (1983) - two-hour special

References