Akō Rōshi (1964 TV series)

Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a 1964 Japanese television series. It is the 2nd NHK taiga drama.[1][2]

Akō Rōshi
GenreTaiga drama
Written byGenzō Murakami
Directed byMakoto Ohara etc
StarringKazuo Hasegawa
Shinsuke Ashida
Chikage Awashima
Takahiro Tamura
Jukichi Uno
Katsuo Nakamura
Takashi Shimura
Yoichi Hayashi
Jun Tazaki
Masakazu Tamura
Kanjūrō Arashi
Osamu Takizawa
Isuzu Yamada
Narrated bySaburō Takeuchi
Theme music composerYasushi Akutagawa
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 5 (1964-01-05) –
December 27, 1964 (1964-12-27)
Related
Akō Rōshi (1961 film)

The viewership rating was well over 30%, and the episode where the raid was broadcast had a viewership rating of 53.0%. It also set the record for the highest viewership rating in the history of taiga dramas.[3] This record has not yet been broken as of 2021. The average audience rating for all episodes is 31.9%, making it the 4th of all-time (as of 2019).[4]

A scene from episode 7 and the full footage of episode 47 still remain today, the latter of which garnered the highest viewership rating.

Story

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Akō Rōshi deals with the Edo period. Based on Jirō Osaragi's novels of the same title.[5]

It depicts the stories of the Forty-seven rōnin with Ōishi Kuranosuke as the main lead.[6][7][8]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ 日本放送協会 編 『NHK年鑑'64』 日本放送出版協会、1964年 P.144
  2. ^ 『NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド』 NHK出版、2011 P.85
  3. ^ NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド (in Japanese). NHK出版. 2011. p. 84.
  4. ^ "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Research (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
  5. ^ "連載「大河ドラマ誕生55周年の秘話」". DOT朝日. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "赤穂浪士". NHKアーカイブ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  7. ^ "赤穂浪士". ドラマ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  8. ^ "赤穂浪士とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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