Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kumokiri Nizaemon

A Japanese television jidaigeki that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995 on Fuji TV. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title and stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. In the Kyōhō period, there was a group of bandits called Kumokiri from the people of Edo. Tokugawa shogunate appoints Abe Shikibu a head post of the Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata to arrest Kumokiri clan.

Creators and cast

Directors

Eiichi Kudō, Kōsei Saitō, Akihiro Masuda

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Renji Ishibashi, Kimiko Ikegami, Atsuo Nakamura, Keiko Masuda, Hirotaro Honda

Studio

Fuji Television Network, Shochiku