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Masked Blade

1983–1989 · 3 seasons

A stately period drama where a wronged noble moves among ordinary people and quietly sets injustice right.

Created by
Kōsei Saitō, Akinori Matsuo
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Starring
Kōtarō Satomi, Shōhei Hino, Tappei Shimokawa
Overview
Choshichiro Nagayori Matsudaira is the son of Tadanaga Tokugawa, which makes him a nephew of the Shogun. Tadanaga died as a result of an alleged plot to overthrow his elder brother, the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Because of Choshichiro’s complicated background, he lives among the commoners in the shogunal capital city of Edo, punishing the evil when he sees wrongdoings and injustice.

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Created by
Kōsei Saitō, Akinori Matsuo
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Starring
Kōtarō Satomi, Shōhei Hino, Tappei Shimokawa
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • justice
    • corruption
    • power
    • identity
    • family
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, action & adventure
    Created by
    Kōsei Saitō, Akinori Matsuo, Yukihiro Sawada, Junji Kurata, Yoshiyuki Kuroda
    Written by
    Ei Ogawa, Kenichi Onishi, Noboru Sugimura, Yasuhiro Sakurai
    Starring
    Kōtarō Satomi, Shōhei Hino, Tappei Shimokawa, Yumiko Nogawa, Tetsuro Tamba
    Length
    3 seasons, 186 episodes
    Network
    Nippon TV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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