Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru 2

Title: 鼠、江戸を疾る 2
Title (romaji): Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru 2
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Broadcast network: NHK
Episodes: 8
Viewership ratings: 6.81%
Broadcast period: 2016-Apr-14 to 2016-Jun-02

Synopsis
It is the Bunka-Bunsei period. While culture of the townspeople matures and flourishes, administration by the close advisers of the 11th Tokugawa shogun Ienari is rampant and characterised by a debasement of public morals in Edo. Discontent with the samurai families and local businessmen grows because the lives of the ordinary people who live in the town are getting harder and harder. All of a sudden, a whistle sounds in the dead of the night. The chivalrous thief known as Nezumi Kozo easily escapes along the roofs with a box of 1,000 ryo and scatters the money over a shabby tenement house that is asleep. The true identity of this thief is that of the playboy called Jirokichi (Takizawa Hideaki). Although he is nothing more than a mere thief, he is obsessed about justice and would poke his nose in cases where he will not even get a penny. This is because he loves seeing the happiness of the people living in Edo.

Cast
Takizawa Hideaki as Jirokichi
Aoyama Misato (青山美郷) as Kosode
Kyomoto Taiga as Yonehara Hironoshin
Hamada Mari as Osome
Ikeda Tetsuhiro
Katase Nana as Senda Chigusa
Takashima Masahiro as Tokugoro

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Mi wo Tsukushi Ryoricho 2014

Title: みをつくし料理帖
Title (romaji): Mi wo Tsukushi Ryoricho
Also known as: Devoted Cookbook
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Food, Jidaigeki
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast date: 2014-Jun-08
Air time: Sunday 21:00

Synopsis

It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant "Tsuru-ka" is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of "Tsuru-ka", Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers' shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to "Tsuru-ka". Even though Seiemon criticized Mio's cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily. Remembering the words spoken by the samurais that had last seen Komatsubara, "Tokei no Ma", Mio was very tempted to ask Seiemon the meaning of the words!
Meantime, "Tsuru-ka"'s rival restaurant, "Toryuro" was always serving food that was similar to Mio's latest creation. Even before Mio had a chance to offer them on "Tsuru-ka"'s menu. It happened repeatedly, which left Mio puzzled and troubled by it all. To add to her worries, Mio heard from Mataji that her dear childhood friend, Noe, who is one of the top oiran (prostitutes) in Yoshiwara (red-light district of Edo), was injured while trying to protect another prostitute from being slashed by a patron. Mio's despair at not having been able to help Noe escape her fate at Yoshiwara all those years ago, threatened to overwhelm her completely. Especially since her fellow housemate, O-Ryo's son was strickened by the life-threatening measles at the same time...

Cast

Kitagawa Keiko as Mio
Harada Mieko as Yoshi
Kanjiya Shihori as Tayuo / Noe
Hiraoka Yuta as Nagata Kenchi
Takahashi Issei as Mataji
Muroi Shigeru as O-Ryo
Kataoka Tsurutaro as Seiemon
Osugi Ren as Taneichi
Matsuoka Masahiro as Komatsubara
Ishii Momoka as Fuki

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Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru

(2 DVD)

Title: 鼠、江戸を疾る
Title (romaji): Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2014-Jan-9 start
Air time: Thursday 20:00
Theme song: Sennen Renbo by Kondo Masahiko

Synopsis

Under the rule of Shogun Ienari, the samurais and the townspeople are all discontented and grumbling about their lot in life. Amidst all these, there lives a man by the name of Jirokichi, popularly known as Nezumi Kozo. Jirokichi runs a bar with the help of his sister, Kosode. Unbeknownst to everyone, Jirokichi and Kosode are always helping the victimised weak and poor from being bullied by the evil rich. NHK

Cast

Takizawa Hideaki as Jirokichi
Kutsuna Shiori as Kosode
Kyomoto Taiga as Maibara Hironoshin
Katase Nana as Chigusa
Takashima Masahiro as Tokugoro
Hamada Mari as O-some
Magii as Sadakichi
Hagiwara Minori (萩原みのり) as O-Toyo
Tsubokura Yoshiyuki (坪倉由幸) as Yohei
Sugiyama Hiroyuki (杉山裕之) as Tasuke
Yatabe Shun (谷田部俊) as Kisaku
Satsukawa Aimi (佐津川愛美) (ep 4) as Osone
Ishibashi Anna (石橋杏奈) (ep 4) as Omatsu

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