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Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kumokiri Nizaemon

20139.07 Seasons53 EpisodesEnded

Overview

During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.

Created by Ichirō Miyagawa
Written by Ichirō Miyagawa, Shotaro Ikenami
Produced by Hitoshi Nakajima
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Top Cast

Toru Tezuka

Toru Tezuka

Subashiri no Kumago

Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Rina Uchiyama

Rina Uchiyama

Sen Yamamoto

Sen Yamamoto

Manko Kurenai

Manko Kurenai

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Ryota Nakanishi

Ryota Nakanishi

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Akihiro Ooishi

Noritoshi Ishikawa

Noritoshi Ishikawa

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on novel or bookjidaigekiedo period

About Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kumokiri Nizaemon is a drama, mystery series that first aired in 2013 exploring themes of japan, based on novel or book, jidaigeki, edo period. Created by Ichirō Miyagawa, it stars Toru Tezuka, Kiichi Nakai, Rina Uchiyama. During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.

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