Shinobi no Chushingura / Dokuro Kengyo

[Machine Translation] From "Jidai Geki Special", a two-hour drama series with one complete episode broadcast from April 1981 to March 1984 on Fuji Television Network, "Ninja no Chushingura" and "Dokuro Kensho" have been made available on DVD for the first time! The DVD containing these two works is now available! The "Ninja's Chushingura" aired on December 18, 1981, starring Kenichi Hagiwara and directed by Eiichi Kudo, depicts the other side of the well-known "Chushingura" through the eyes of the official secret agent, Kaizuka. It is a dramatization of the original story of the same title by Seishi Yokomizo, which is also considered an adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Vampire Dracula". The film stars Masakazu Tamura as Shiro Amakusa, who sold his soul to the devil and became a vampire, and appears in Edo 160 years later to plot the downfall of the shogunate. In March of the 14th year of the Genroku Era (1688), Asano Takumi Asano, the feudal lord of Ako, was attacked by Kira Uenosuke at Edo Castle, resulting in his seppuku and the destruction of the Asano family. Araki Juzaemon, the chief retainer, sent a secret agent, Kaizuka, into Ako to investigate the true intentions of Oishi Kuranosuke. Kaizuka, however, was attracted by Oishi's reluctance to reveal his true intentions... The Amakusa clan was destroyed by the Shogunate's suppression of Christianity. One hundred and sixty years later, Omiyo-no-kata, the mistress of Shogun Ienari, and her brother, Nikkei, a Buddhist priest, are trying to seize power in the inner chambers of Edo Castle. A mysterious and beautiful inspector begins to appear in the inner chambers of the castle. Leaflet enclosed (planned).

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1981年4月～1984年3月にフジテレビ系列にて放送された1話完結の2時間ドラマ枠「時代劇スペシャル」から、「忍びの忠臣蔵」と「髑髏検校」を初ソフト化! 2作品を収録したDVDが登場!! 1981年12月18日に放送された「忍びの忠臣蔵」は、主演に萩原健一を迎え、工藤栄一監督がおなじみ「忠臣蔵」の裏側を、公儀隠密・貝塚の目を通して描いた異色作。1982年8月20日に放送された「髑髏検校」は、ブラム・ストーカーの『吸血鬼ドラキュラ』の翻案作品ともされる横溝正史の同名原作をドラマ化。主演の田村正和が、悪魔に魂を売り渡し、吸血鬼となり甦った天草四郎に扮して、160年後に江戸に現れ、幕府の滅亡を計る怪奇時代劇。■「忍びの忠臣蔵」――元禄14年3月、江戸城で赤穂藩主浅野内匠頭が吉良上野介に刃傷におよび、内匠頭は切腹、浅野家は取り潰しとなった。大目付荒木十左衛門は、大石内蔵助の真意を探ろうと隠密・貝塚を赤穂に潜入させた。だが貝塚は、なかなか腹の内を見せぬ大石の魅力にひかれていき・・・。■「髑髏検校」――幕府によるキリシタン弾圧で滅ぼされた天草一族。それから160年後、江戸城大奥では将軍家斉の愛妾・お美代の方とその兄の僧・日啓が権力を握ろうと暗躍していた。そんな大奥に妖しげな美貌の検校が姿を見せるようになる。リーフレット封入 (予定)。