Edo o Kiru

Edo o Kiru (江戸を斬る) or Slashing Edo was a popular jidaigeki on Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System. During the decades from its September 24, 1973 premiere until the July 25, 1994 finale, 214 episodes aired. It lasted through eight series, with several casts and settings. It ran on Monday evenings in the 8:00 – 8:54 prime time slot, sponsored by National, and remains popular in reruns.

The first series featured popular actor Takewaki Muga, a co-star in the network's program Ōoka Echizen, which alternated with Edo o Kiru in the same time slot. He played Hoshina Masayuki, half-brother of shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, masquerading as Azusa Ukon in a good-over-evil drama set in Edo. Also on the cast was Matsuzaka Keiko, who continued in the next several versions of the show.

Versions two through six starred the popular actor/singer Saigo Teruhiko in the role of Toyama Kagemoto, or Tōyama no Kin-san, a samurai who lived among the commoners, to the point of having a huge sakura tattoo drawn on his shoulder, but later became chief administrator of Edo. In this version of the Kin-san story (which has been the subject of several other series), Kinshiro lived in the house of the woman who had been his nursemaid (played by Masumi Harukawa, later O-Sai of Abarenbo Shogun), the proprietor of a fish-dealer. O-Yuki (Keiko Matsuzaka), pretending to be her daughter, is actually a daughter of Tokugawa Nariaki, daimyo of the Mito domain, and eventually marries Kin-san. Wearing a purple cloth over her head and face, and wielding a sword in the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū manner, she works outside the law to bring justice to the wicked. At her right hand is an employee at the shop, Jirokichi (kabuki actor Matsuyama Eitaro, 1942–1991). The former Robin Hood-style thief Nezumi Kozō, he became an undercover agent for the Kin-san/O-Yuki team. Morishige Hisaya (1913– ) played Nariaki in special guest appearances.

Actress Judy Ongg assumed a supporting role as the female constable O-kyō in the fourth series.

A major cast change brought veteran jidaigeki actor Kōtarō Satomi to the lead role, again as Kin-san, for the seventh and eighth series.

External links

C.A.L (Creative Associates Limited) site (producers)
Fan site for Saigo-Matsuzaka versions

TBS (JNN) National Theater→Panasonic Drama Theater→Monday Mystery Theater

National Gekijō
(January 1, 1964 – September 22, 2008)

1960s	Mito Kōmon

1970s	Ōoka Echizen Mito Kōmon 2 Ōoka Echizen 2 Mito Kōmon 3 Ōoka Echizen 3 Mito Kōmon 4 Edo o Kiru Mito Kōmon 5 Ōoka Echizen 4 Mito Kōmon 6 Edo o Kiru II Mito Kōmon 7 Edo o Kiru III Mito Kōmon 8 Ōoka Echizen 5 Mito Kōmon 9 Edo o Kiru IV Mito Kōmon 10

1980s	Edo o Kiru V Mito Kōmon 11 Edo o Kiru VI Mito Kōmon 12 Ōoka Echizen 6 Mito Kōmon 13 Ōoka Echizen 7 Mito Kōmon 14 Ōoka Echizen 8 Mito Kōmon 15 Ōoka Echizen 9 Mito Kōmon 16 Edo o Kiru VII Mito Kōmon 17 Ōoka Echizen 10 Mito Kōmon 18 Ton Deru! Hiraga Gen'nai Mito Kōmon 19

1990s	Ōoka Echizen 11 Mito Kōmon 20 Ōoka Echizen 12 Mito Kōmon 21 Ōoka Echizen 13 Mito Kōmon 22 Edo o Kiru VIII Mito Kōmon 23 Mito Kōmon Gaiden Kagerō Ninpōchō Mito Kōmon 24 Ōoka Echizen 14 Mito Kōmon 25 Minamimachi Bugyō Jikenchō Ikare! Kyūma Mito Kōmon 26 Ōoka Echizen 15 Mito Kōmon 27 Minamimachi Bugyō Jikenchō Ikare! Kyūma 2

2000s	Mito Kōmon 28 Ōedo o Kakeru! Mito Kōmon 29 Kochira Daisan Shakaibu Mito Kōmon 30 Kochira Hon'ikegamisho Mito Kōmon 31 Kochira Hon'ikegamisho 2 Mito Kōmon 32 Mito Kōmon 1000 Memorial 3-hour Special Kochira Hon'ikegamisho 3 Mito Kōmon 33 Kochira Hon'ikegamisho 4 Mito Kōmon 34 Kochira Hon'ikegamisho 5 Mito Kōmon 35 Mito Kōmon 2-hour Special Ōoka Echizen 2-hour Special Tokumei! Keiji Don Kame Mito Kōmon 36 Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan Mito Kōmon 37 Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan 2 Mito Kōmon 38 Ando Natsu

Panasonic Drama Theater
(October 13, 2008 – March 18, 2013)

2000s	Mito Kōmon 39 Hanchō Mito Kōmon 40

2010s	Hanchō 2 Mito Kōmon 41 Hanchō 3 Mito Kōmon 42 Hanchō 4 Mito Kōmon 43 Mito Kōmon Final Episode Special Stepfather, Step Hanchō 5 Naniwa Shōnen Tanteidan Perfect Blue Hanchō 6

Monday Mystery Theater
(April 15, 2013 – March 23, 2015)

2010s	Kakushō Namonaki Doku Keiji no Manazashi Inpei Sōsa White Lab Petero no Sōretsu Sakura: Jiken o Kiku On'na Keibuho Sugiyama Shintarō

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