Episodes

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Episode 18

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Episode 22

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Episode 24

Episode 25

Overview

A story set in the mid-1800's about a young doctor who has been trained in Western-style medicine and a young samurai who is trying to live up to the old traditions of his class and culture. The story is actually based upon real people - the doctor, Ryo-an, was Tezuka's great grandfather. During the Second Year of Ansei (1855) in Edo's Koishigawa are two young men, Manjiro Ibutani and Ryoan Tezuka. Ibutani is a low-ranking samurai who is a gifted swordsman and has a straightforward and strong se...

Details

Cast

Kiichi Nakai

Narrator

Mitsuru Miyamoto

Manjirou Ibuya

Kouichi Yamadera

Ryouan Tezuka

Fumiko Orikasa

Oseki

Ichirou Nagai

Ryousen Tezuka

Rica Matsumoto

Okon

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Townsend Harris

Kotono Mitsuishi

Oshina

Youko Soumi

Otsune

Hiroshi Masuoka

Tamaya Yazaemon

Naomi Kusumi

Masahiro Abe

Michiko Neya

Aya