Matsuri Bayashi ga Kikoeru (Showa no Meisaku Library 148) Collector's DVD [HD Remastered Edition]

[Machine Translation] Looking back, you will find the peace of home. The legendary drama co-starring Kenichi Hagiwara and Ayumi Ishida has finally been made into software for the first time! The story is about a promising bicycle racer who comes to a standstill in his life after a bad crash, and his attempts to get back on the bike while recuperating at a hot spring inn in the countryside. -- The story depicts the life of a man and his attempts to recover while recuperating at a hot spring resort in the countryside, and the human emotions of the people in his life. Takahashi Takao ( Tsutomu Yamazaki ), a veteran bicycle racer and a good mentor to Naojiro, proposes to Naojiro that he go to the Nikage Ryokan, Takao's family home in Shimoyoshida, for hot spring recuperation and training. The Nikage Ryokan is run by Takao's mother and sister, Kiku ( Ayumi Ishida ). Naojiro is soon captivated by the beautiful, hardworking, and somewhat mysterious Kiku, and by the humanistic lifestyle of the master of a nearby street vendor and his friends. 26 volumes in all. Commentary enclosed. First broadcast: October 7, 1977 (Showa 52) - March 31, 1978 (1978) / Nippon Television Network Corporation

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ふっと ふりかえれば ふるさとのやすらぎ―。萩原健一といしだあゆみの共演で話題となった伝説のドラマが遂に初ソフト化! 将来を有望された競輪選手が落車をきっかけに人生に立ち止まり、片田舎の温泉旅館で療養しながら復帰を目指していく、男の生きざまと人々の人情を描いた極上のヒューマンストーリー。――「まくりの直次郎」こと、競輪選手の沖直次郎 (萩原健一) は将来を嘱望される競輪選手だったが、レースでの落車事故で膝部複雑骨折という致命的なケガをしてしまった。直次郎の先輩で良き師匠でもある、競輪の古参選手・高橋鷹男 (山崎努) は、下吉田で営む鷹男の実家・日影旅館での温泉療養とトレーニングを直次郎に提案する。日影旅館は、鷹男の母と妹・キク (いしだあゆみ) が取り仕切っていた。直次郎は、美人で働き者でどこか謎めいた雰囲気のあるキクや、付近に住む露天商の親方とその仲間たちとの人間味あふれる暮らしに、いつしか心をとらえられていくのだった。全26回収録。解説書封入。初回放送: 1977年 (昭和52年) 10月7日～1978年 (昭和53年) 3月31日/日本テレビ系