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| Sanbiki ga Kiru (Three for the Kill) |
| Title Duration (Number of episodes) Sanbiki ga Kiru ! : Oct.22,1987 - Mar. 31, 1988 ( 21 ) Zoku Sanbiki ga Kiru！: Dec.1,1988- May 11,1989 (18 ) ZokuZoku Sanbiki ga kiru！: Jan.4,1990 - Jun. 28,1990 (18 ) Matamata Sanbiki ga Kiru！: Apr.11,1991-Oct.24,1991 (21) Shin Sanbiki ga Kiru！: Jul. 9,1992 - Feb.25,1993 (21) New Sanbiki ga Kiru！: Dec.23,1993- Jun. ,1994) (16) Tsukai Sanbikiga Kiru!: Apr.6,1995 -Aug.31,1995 (18) |
| Cast Takahashi, Hideki ... Yasaka Heishiro or Tonosama Yakusho, Koji ... Kuji Shin-nosuke or Sengoku Shunputei, Koasa ... Tsubakuro Jinnai or Tako (Kondo, Masahiko... Tachibana Ukon) |
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| In 1980s, Koji Yakusho was known to the public chiefly as a historical period tv drama star in three dramas, namely "Tokugaawa Ieyasu" (1983), a year-long NHK TV drama; "Miyamoto Musashi "( 1984), another year-long NHK serial drama in which he played the title role; and "Sanbiki ga Kiru" ("Three for the Kill" or Three Sword Men), which continued with some intervals.
Both "Tokugawa Ieyasu" and "Miyamoto Musashi" were serious samurai dramas, whereas "Sanbiki ga Kiru" was a light comedy. It is thought that Koji Yakusho owes a lot of his nationwide fame and popularity to his portrayal of the character, Kuji, Shin-nosuke. In these TV drama series, Kuji Shinnosuke is portrayed as good- looking and also strong in sword fighting, albeit rather easy-going, short-tempered, reckless and thoughtless. I did not watch this drama every week but when I did have the chnace to watch it, I always enjoyed the story and the excellent acting. I especially liked the character, Kuji Shinnousuke whom Koji portrayed. He looked so charming and his sword fighting was breathtaking. Although "Sanbiki ga Kiru" serial dramas have not been released on video or DVDs, despite many fans' eager requests, they have occasionally been released on various TV stations in Japan. I hear that every time they have been shown, these series have never stopped gaining new fans. wikipedia. Zoku-zoku Sanbikiga Kiru |
| Sanbiki ga Kiru! (三匹が斬る!, Sanbiki ga Kiru!) is a group of seven television jidaigeki series broadcast by TV Asahi in Japan. The show aired in the Thursday evening eight o'clock time slot.
The title characters are three men who wander throughout Japan in the late Edo period. In each episode they encounter antagonists, and in the final tachimawari (fight scene) kill them. The characters traveled sometimes together, sometimes separately. When they arrived in a town they might settle in the same lodging, but sometimes take up with rival factions. In the end, they work together to overcome evil. source: Wikipedia, Sanbikiga Kiru! |
| Created on June 2, 2008 |
| The DVD BOX of "Sanbiki ga Kiru" (the 21 episodes) will be on sale from March 12, 2010. The DVD BOX of Zoku-Sanbiki ga Kiru" will be on sale from June 11, 2010. |
| Updated on April 9, 2010 |
| You tube: Zoku-zoku Sanbiki ga kiru (1990) |
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| You tube: Shin Sanbiki ga Kiru (1993) |