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Kenkaku Shōbai

1998 · 1 season

A gentle, old-fashioned period drama where quiet moral dilemmas and swordplay unfold among townsfolk with a father and son at its heart.

Created by
Takuji Tominaga
Genres
Drama
Starring
Makoto Fujita, Atsuro Watabe, Ayako Kobayashi
Overview
Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.

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Created by
Takuji Tominaga
Genres
Drama
Starring
Makoto Fujita, Atsuro Watabe, Ayako Kobayashi
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • justice
  • morality
  • loyalty
  • found family
Places
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Takuji Tominaga
Written by
Motomu Furuta
Starring
Makoto Fujita, Atsuro Watabe, Ayako Kobayashi, Megumi Oji, Koichi Miura, Meiko Kaji, Mikijiro Hira
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 54 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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