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Kabukimono Keiji

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Kabukimono Keiji
Also known asかぶき者慶次
GenreJidaigeki
StarringTatsuya Fuji
Shôhei Hino
Kyoko Enami
Noriko Aoyama
Mariya Nishiuchi
Masatō Ibu
Theme music composerToshiyuki Watanabe
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes11
Production
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companyNHK
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseApril 9 (2015-04-09) –
June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18)

Kabukimono Keiji (かぶき者慶次) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time on NHK in 2015. Tatsuya Fuji played Maeda Keiji. Kabukimono Keiji depicts the later life of Maeda Keiji who was called Kabukimono.[1][2]

Plot

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Maeda Keiji used to be a famous samurai but now he is spending half retired life at Mukuan(Keiji's fortified resistance) in Yonezawa.

Maeda Keiji secretly raised a child of Ishida Mitsunari as a child of himself but that was known to the Tokugawa shogunate. Tentoku was sent by Tokugawa shogunate as a spy to demolish Yonezawa han. Maeda Keiji tries to protect his child (Child of Ishida Mitsunari) and Yonezawa han from Tokugawa shogunate. When his wife is shot and injured by assassins of Tokugawa shogunate, Keiji decides to go to Sunpu castle to meet Tokugawa Ieyasu.[3][4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "かぶき者慶次とは". kotobank. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "かぶき者慶次 戦国一の武辺者!人気の派手男・前田慶次の晩年は、のんきなお父さん? その胸に秘めた「男の約束」を藤竜也が硬軟自在に演じる。". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "かぶき者慶次". NHK. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "かぶき者慶次 2". NHK. Retrieved June 3, 2017.