Onihei Hankachō (1989 TV series) explained

is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama^[1] that was broadcast from 1989 to 2016.^{[2] [3]} It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title. Kichiemon Nakamura plays Heizō Hasegawa. Kichiemon Nakamura`s father Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII also played same role in 1969.^{[4] [5] [6]} In 1995 the drama made into a movie.(Onihei's Detective Records directed by Yoshiki Onoda.)^[7]

Plot

Hasegawa is a chief of Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata. He is a talented man and feared like an oni by thieves. On the other hand, he is a man with big heart, and some former thieves impressed by his personality are now working for him. Hasegawa and his subordinates help each other to arrest thieves.

Characters

• Kichiemon Nakamura as Heizō Hasegawa
• Meiko Kaji as Omasa
• Keizō Kanie as Kumehachi
• Yumi Takigawa as Hisae
• Toshinori Omi as Kimura Chūgo(Usagi)
• Etsushi Takahashi as Sashima Tadasuke
• Kōichi Miura as Isaji
• Saburō Shinoda (Season 1)/Toshio Shiba (Season 2)/Hiroshi Katsuno (from Season 3) as Sakai Yūsuke
• Teruyuki Kagawa (Season1-2) as Koyanagi
• Edoya Nekohachi as Sagami no Hikojyū
• Baku Numata as Muramatsu(Neko Dono)

Seasons

• Season1 26episodes
• Season2 18 episodes
• Season3 19 episodes
• Season4 19 episodes
• Season5 13 episodes
• Season6 11 episodes
• Season7 16 episodes

TV Specials

• Kyoken, guest starring Hisashi Igawa (1989)
• Ryusei, guest starring Hiroshi Inuzuka (1990)
• Tonosama Eigoro, guest starring Ichirō Nakatani, Hiroyuki Nagato (1990)
• Unryūken, guest starring Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yū Fujiki (1990)
• Atami miyage no Takaramono, guest starring Chosuke Ikariya (1991)
• Futari Gorozo, guest starring Kantarō Suga, Ittoku Kishibe (1993)
• Hebiichigo no Onna, guest starring Akira Nakao (1995)
• Meiro, guest starring Raita Ryu, Renji Ishibashi (1995)
• Onibi (1998)
• Saraba Onihei Hankachō (1998)
• Ohkawa no Inkyo, guest starring Hideji Ōtaki (2001)
• Yamabukiya Okatsu, guest starring Isao Hashizume, Sei Hiraizumi (2005)
• Kyōzoku, guest starring Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi, Shigeru Kōyama (2006)
• Ippon Mayu, guest starring Kenichi Endō, Shōhei Hino, Ken Utsui (2007)
• Hikikomi Onna, guest starring Kimiko Yo, Matsumoto Kōshirō X (2008)
• Amabiki no Bungorō, guest starring Jun Kunimura, Shirō Itō
• Takahagi no Sutegorō, guest starring Shōhei Hino, Masahiko Tsugawa (2010)
• Issun no Mushi, guest starring Rentarō Mikuni, Yasufumi Terawaki (2011)
• Tōzoku Konrei, guest starring Ken Matsudaira (2011)
• Dojyou no Wasuke Shimatsu, guest starring Renji Ishibashi, Atsuo Nakamura, Miki Sakai, Susumu Terajima (2013)
• Mihari no Ito, guest starring Katsuo Nakamura (2013)
• Mikkoku, guest starring Reiko Takashima (2015)
• Onihei The Final 1 Gonenme no Kyaku (2016), starring Shōsuke Tanihara and Mayumi Wakamura
• Onihei The Final 2 Unryūken (2016), starring Isao Hashizume and Sei Hiraizumi

Film

• Onihei's Detective Records (1995 105 minutes) directed by Yoshiki Onoda, screen play by Tatsuo Nogami. Etsushi Takahashi made his final film appearance in the film.^[8]

Guest starring

• Shima Iwashita as Otoyo
• Makoto Fujita as Shirako no Kikuemon
• Renji Ishibashi as Oki Genzō
• Masanori Sera as Yougorō
• Kenichi Endō as Bunkichi
• Tōru Minegishi as Hebi no Heijyou
• Hirotarō Honda as Keichigoro

See also

• Onihei Hankachō
• Onihei Hankachō(1975 TV)

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.jidaigeki.com/forum/peri/agyo/20010118_1427.html . Onihei Hankachō . Jidaigeki.Com . 10 August 2017.
2. Web site: さらば鬼平…２７年にわたり演じた吉右衛門流の長谷川平蔵、人間味あふれるキャラお茶の間に愛された. スポーツ報知. 2 December 2021.
3. Web site: 中村吉右衛門さんの鬼平犯科帳シリーズ. 日刊スポーツ. 2 December 2021.
4. Web site: https://www.homedrama-ch.com/special/column/jidaigeki_04 . Onihei Hankachō . Home drama channel . 10 March 2019.
5. Web site: https://www.fujitv.co.jp/onihei/interview.html . Onihei Hankachō 中村吉衛門インタビュー. fuji . 10 March 2020.
6. Web site: https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20160718/geo16071805020010-n1.html . Onihei Hankachō 中村吉衛門インタビュー. sanspo . 10 March 2020.
7. Web site: 鬼平犯科帳. 松竹. 2 December 2021.
8. Web site: 名優・高橋悦史の最期の演技が光る往年の傑作. Shukan Bunshun online (週刊文春). ja. 23 November 2021.