Japan Samurai: Niiro Tsuruchiyo
An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the Bakumatsu era, Ii Naosuke. This masterpiece depicts the suffering and love of Tsuruchiyo, who never knew his father until the end of his life. Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of Elder Ii Naosuke, grew up with his mother, a former geisha. However, he was refused an engagement to Yae, the daughter of Samanosuke Yoshimura from the Maeda domain of Kaga Province, to whom she tied her future. After this refusal, Tsuruchiyo begins to be interested in the mystery of his birth…
Cast
Chiyonosuke Azuma
as Niiro Tsuruchiyo
Yuriko Tashiro
as
Sanae Takasugi
as
Kensaku Hara
as
Kunio Kaga
as
Isao Yamagata
as
Kunitaro Sawamura
as
Shōji Kiyokawa
as
Momonosuke Ichikawa
as
Kiyoshi Sawada
as
