Akō Rōshi (1964 TV series)

Akō Rōshi
Akō Rōshi
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Genzō Murakami
Directed by	Makoto Ohara etc
Starring	Kazuo Hasegawa; Shinsuke Ashida; Chikage Awashima; Takahiro Tamura; Jukichi Uno; Katsuo Nakamura; Takashi Shimura; Yoichi Hayashi; Jun Tazaki; Masakazu Tamura; Kanjūrō Arashi; Osamu Takizawa; Isuzu Yamada
Theme music composer	Yasushi Akutagawa
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Release
Original network	NHK
Original release	April 5 –; December 27, 1964
Chronology
Followed by	Taikōki

Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a 1964 Japanese television series. It is the 2nd NHK taiga drama.^[1]^[2]

Story[]

Akō Rōshi deals with the Edo period. Based on Jirō Osaragi's novels "Hana no Shōgai".^[3]

It depicts the stories of the Forty-seven rōnin.^[4]^[5]^[6]

show v t Taiga drama
NHK NHK Enterprises
1960s	Life of a Flower (1963) Akō Rōshi (1964) Taikōki (1965) Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) Ten to Chi to (1969)
1970s	Haru no Sakamichi (1971) Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) Kunitori Monogatari (1973) Katsu Kaishū (1974) Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976) Ōgon no Hibi (1978) Kusa Moeru (1979)
1980s	Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) Sanga Moyu (1984) Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) Shingen Takeda (1988)
1990s	Taiheiki (1991) Hana no Ran (1994) Hideyoshi (1996)
2000s	Aoi (2000) Shinsengumi! (2004) Yoshitsune (2005) Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) Fūrin Kazan (2007) Atsuhime (2008) Tenchijin (2009)
2010s	Ryōmaden (2010) Gō (2011) Taira no Kiyomori (2012) Yae's Sakura (2013) Gunshi Kanbei (2014) Hana Moyu (2015) Sanada Maru (2016) Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) Segodon (2018) Idaten (2019)
2020s	Kirin ga Kuru (2020–21) Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021) (2022) (2023)
Wednesday Jidaigeki	Sanada Taiheiki (1985)
Special drama	Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–11)
Fantasy drama	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016–18)

show v t Forty-seven rōnin / Chūshingura
Films	Chūkon giretsu: Jitsuroku Chūshingura (1928) The 47 Ronin (1941) Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki (1956) The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) Akō Rōshi (1961) Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) Ninpō-chushingura (1965) The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) 47 Ronin (1994) Crest of Betrayal (1994) Tales of the Unusual: "Samurai Cellular" (2000) 47 Ronin (2013) Last Knights (2015)
Television	Akō Rōshi (1964) Daichūshingura (1971) Amigasa Jūbei (1974) Akō Rōshi (1979) Chūshingura 1/47 (2001)
Other	Kanadehon Chūshingura (puppet play)