The Life of Bangaku
2002
📺 1 Season
🎬 10 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 55 min/episode
Drama
Master swordsman Bangaku Ajigawa is a Ronin with an honest heart, and hates deception. With no family or money, he lives by his own rules. Bangaku’s one treasure and reason to live is his master sword, Hekimitsuhira. But because of it, people around him regularly lie and deceive him. This light-hearted samurai drama follows the comedic life of Bengaku.
Produced by Eizou Kyoto, this drama is to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Director Kon Ichikawa.
Seasons
Season 1
Bandaku Ajikawa (Koji Yakusho) is a ronin who lost his parents when he was young and is lonely for the rest of his life.
Cast
Crew
Director
Kon Ichikawa, Tomohiko Yamashita
Writer
Megumi Tamura
Network
Fuji TV
Production
Eizo Kyoto Film Co., Fuji Television Network