Haru no Sakamichi (TV series)

Haru no Sakamichi
GenreTaiga drama
Written byGihō Sugiyama
StarringNakamura Kinnosuke
Chitose Kobayashi
Yoshio Harada
Isamu Nagato
Masakazu Tamura
Ryō Tamura
Rumi Matsumoto
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Atsuo Nakamura
Go Wakabayashi
Koji Shimizu
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Shōgo Shimada
Hideki Takahashi
Kazuo Funaki
Kyōko Kishida
Tomoko Naraoka
Yoko Tsukasa
Ichikawa Ebizō X
So Yamamura
Theme music composerAkira Miyoshi
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 3 (1971-01-03) –
December 26, 1971 (1971-12-26)

Haru no Sakamichi (春の坂道) is a 1971 Japanese television series. It is the ninth NHK taiga drama.[1]

Average viewership rating: 21.7%, with highest rating peaking at 27.5%.[2] No footage in full color is said still exist, however only the 52nd episode still remains in black and white due to recording technology at the time.

Story

Haru no Sakamichi deals with the late Sengoku period to early Edo period. Based on Sōhachi Yamaoka's novel by the same title.[3][4]

The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori[4][5]

Production

Production Credits

Cast

Yagyū Clan

Tokugawa Clan

Toyotomi Clan

Others

References

  1. ^ "Haru no Sakamichi". NHK. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "大河ドラマ 春の坂道". excite. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "思い出は中村錦之助の酒豪ぶり「春の坂道」共演の松本留美". Aera. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ "春の坂道とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.