Release Date

30 Dec, 1987

Total Episode/Season

2/1

Synopsis

Known as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a neck like a bear. As the leader of Satsuma’s anti-Western faction, he was instumental in establishing the Sat-Cho Alliance dreamed of by Sakamoto Ryoma. After the fall of the Tokugawa, Saigo rose to major prominence before falling in disfavor. In 1876 Saigo Takamori resigned from his government post and went back to Kagoshima. He founded a local military school and dissatisfied samurai gathered around him in large numbers. In late 1876 it came to an open conflict when samurai rebels raided and occupied ammunition and weapon depots of the central government. The samurai rebels urged and proclaimed Saigo Takamori as their leader.

Original Title

田原坂

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Season 1

30 Dec, 1987

Actors

里見浩太朗

丹波哲郎

根津甚八

佐藤慶

萬屋錦之介

あおい輝彦

秋吉久美子

赤座美代子

風間 杜夫

Crew

齋藤武市

杉山義法

川村栄二