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Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kumokiri Nizaemon

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A Japanese television jidaigeki that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995 on Fuji TV. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title and stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. In the Kyōhō period, there was a group of bandits called Kumokiri from the people of Edo. Tokugawa shogunate appoints Abe Shikibu a head post of the Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata to arrest Kumokiri clan.

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Ended

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

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Release Date

24 November 2024

Country

Japan

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Kimiko Ikegami

Kimiko Ikegami

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

Keiko Masuda

Keiko Masuda

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

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