Kaze to Kumo to Niji to

Kaze to Kumo to Niji to
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Directed by	Makoto Ohara
Starring	Go Kato Sayuri Yoshinaga Takashi Yamaguchi Masao Kusakari Isamu Nagato Yuriko Hoshi Joe Shishido Seiji Miyaguchi Yumi Takigawa Toshiyuki Hosokawa Kazuko Yoshiyuki Tomoko Naraoka Minori Terada Keizō Kanie Kunishirō Hayashi Kiwako Taichi Kō Nishimura Michiyo Aratama Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Keiju Kobayashi Ken Ogata
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer	Naozumi Yamamoto
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	4 January (1976-01-04) – 26 December 1976 (1976-12-26)

Kaze to kumo to Niji to (風と雲と虹と, Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow) is a 1976 Japanese historical television series. It is the 14th NHK taiga drama.[1]

Average viewing rating was 24.0%, with highest peaking at 30.1%. It is the oldest NHK Taiga drama to date where all 52 episodes have been preserved.

Plot

Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji's novels Taira no Masakado and Umi to Kaze to Niji to.[2][3] The drama was made with Go Kato's request after NHK abandoned the initial project of having the 1976 drama be about Katō Kiyomasa, which they already cast Go Kato for the lead role.[4]

The story chronicles the life of Taira no Masakado.[5]

The story begins with Masakado's childhood. Masakado happens to meet Fujiwara no Hidesato, and he thinks that he want to be great Samurai like Hidesato in the future.

Production

• Original – Chōgorō Kaionji
• Music – Naozumi Yamamoto

Cast

Starring role

• Go Kato as Taira no Masakado

Masakado's family

• Keiju Kobayashi as Taira no Yoshimasa, the father of Masakado
• Michiyo Aratama as Masako, the mother of Masakado
• Kenji Takaoka as Taira no Masayori, Masakado's younger brother

Masakado's retainers

• Masao Kusakari as Genmei
• Joe Shishido as Gendō
• Masakane Yonekura as Okiyo-ō
• Toyoshi Fukuda as Iwa no Kazutsune
• Masako Mori as Kikyo
• Yousuke Kondō as Miyake Kiyotada

Kunika family

• Takashi Yamaguchi as Taira no Sadamori, Masakado's rival
• Asao Sano as Taira no Kunika
• Yatsuko Tan'ami as Hideko
• Tsuyoshi Sasaki as Taira no Morishige

Yoshikane family

• Isamu Nagato as Taira no Yoshikane
• Yuriko Hoshi as Senko

Yoshikane's family

• Isamu Nagato as Tairo no Yoshikane
• Yuriko Hoshi as Senko

Minamoto (Genji)

• Kō Nishimura as Minamoto no Mamoru
• Tōru Minegishi as Minamoto no Tasuku

People of Kantō

• Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Fujiwara no Hidesato
• Kunishirō Hayashi, Hidesato's subordinate
• Seiji Miyaguchi as Musashi no Takeshiba

People of Kyoto

• Sayuri Yoshinaga as Takako, Masakado's lover

Others

• Keizō Kanie as Taira no Yoshimasa
• Fumio Watanabe as Taira no Yoshifumi
• Kiwako Taichi as Musashi
• Asao Koike as Ono no Michikaze
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kera
• Minori Terada as Fujiwara no Masatsune
• Ken Ogata as Fujiwara no Sumitomo

References

1. "Kaze to Kumo to Niji to". NHK. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
2. "風と雲と虹と」に主演した加藤剛が語る"極悪人"平将門の魅力とは？". AERA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
3. "風と雲と虹とは？". kotobank. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
4. "風と雲と虹と」に主演した加藤剛が語る"極悪人"平将門の魅力とは？". AERA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
5. "Kaze to Kumo to Niji to". Jidaigeki.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

External links

• NHK Kaze to Kumo to Niji to official cite