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Swordsman With the Torn Umbrella

1974–1977 · 3 seasons

A slow, boozy wander through dusty Edo streets that turns quietly satisfying whenever the blade finally comes out.

Genres
Action & adventure
Overview
Set in the Edo period, Kanou Toshu studied medicine in Nagasaki and lives on the outskirts of Senju-juku . He is also a master of the Mugai Ryu sword style. Although he has skills in medicine, he is also a big drinker and often drinks all day and falls asleep, or drinks at night and does not go home. He does not charge for treatment and medicine costs from poor patients such as tradesmen and farmers, but occasionally he'll buy their produce or drink with them. When he senses injustice by the rich and powerful, he takes matters into his own hands and doles out justice as he sees fit.

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Genres
Action & adventure
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • class
  • corruption
  • redemption
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action & adventure
Starring
Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kyōko Enami, Kokinji Katsura, Janet Hatta, Akira Oda, Misa Uehara
Length
3 seasons, 131 episodes
Network
NET
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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