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Kabuki-Mono Keiji

2015 · 1 season

A gentle, contemplative period drama about an aging legend quietly choosing decency over glory, with occasional bursts of action.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Aoi Nakamura, Mariya Nishiuchi, Tatsuya Fuji
Overview
At the time Tokugawa Ieyasu won the battle of Sekigahara, the Uesugis had their vast 1,200,000 koku holdings in Aizu drastically curtailed to 300,000 koku in Yonezawa, Dewa Province. Great numbers give up on the future and leave Yonezawa. In the midst of this, Maeda Keiji remains in this place and chooses to live with people facing difficulties. Over 60, he lives in a shabby, secluded hut and contemplates the “right time”. On the other hand, his son, Shinkuro, objects to Keiji being fond of drinking and absorbed in the cultural pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy, and nothing like the brave general he is famed to be. However, Keiji “performs” when it comes to the crunch. Although he has considered retirement, he is willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect the Uesugis. Shinkuro is gradually fascinated by his broad-mindedness and his way of life

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Aoi Nakamura, Mariya Nishiuchi, Tatsuya Fuji
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • loyalty
  • identity
  • aging
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Written by
Eriko Komatsu
Starring
Aoi Nakamura, Mariya Nishiuchi, Tatsuya Fuji, Asuka Kudo, Noriko Aoyama
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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