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Kenjusho: Mitsukuni and I

2021 · 1 season

A stately historical drama of swords and intrigue, unfolding with patient formality and a quiet, earnest sense of duty.

Genres
Drama
Overview
A young Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Yamamoto Koji) meets a homeless orphan Ryosuke (Kurokawa Souya). Surprised by his deadly skills with a wooden sword, Mitsukuni invites him to the covert organisation known as Juninshu. The members of Juninshu are orphans with outstanding skills. They conduct intelligence work using their special abilities and help to capture criminals. With the help of Juninshu, Mitsukuni discovers that Nishiki Hyonosuke (Kato Shigeaki) is the leader of the gang of arsonists that caused the Great Fire of Meireki. Hyonosuke is the son of Unkei (Ishizaka Koji), a sculptor specialising in Buddha statues whom Mitsukuni admires. Unkei has lived to bring Hyonosuke, who has gone off the right path, to justice with his own hands. Hyonosuke aims to overthrow the Tokugawas and a fierce battle is imminent. Worried for Mitsukuni, his wife Yasu (Matsumoto Honoka) seeks the help of the great swordsman Yagyu Gisen (Tachi Hiroshi).

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • loyalty
  • justice
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Created by
Kazuhiro Motoki, Takashi Isshiki
Written by
Tomoko Yoshizawa
Starring
Koji Yamamoto, Honoka Matsumoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Haruka Uchimura, Shigeaki Kato, Hiroshi Tachi, Koji Ishizaka, Soya Kurokawa
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 43 min each
Network
NHK BS Premium
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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