Scripted series · NHK
眠狂四郎
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How 眠狂四郎 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
眠狂四郎 reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Shin Takuma plays Senjuro Takebe, who entrusts Kyoshiro with a secret mission, and Hiroki Konno plays Kiheita, Shizuka's servant. Eriko Sato plays Mojiwaka, who relies on Kyoshiro as his bodyguard. Masahiko Nishimura plays Tadanari Mizuno, a powerful high counsellor under Ienari. Satoshi Jinbo plays the wealthy merchant Bizenya. Sachie Hara plays Chizu, Kyoshiro's mother. And Hirotaro Honda plays Kyoshiro's swordmaster. A diverse cast of talented actors has come together to portray unique and eccentric characters. Look forward to the new story of "Nemuri Kyoshiro," who wields the legendary sword Muso Masamune and uses his deadly Engetsu-Satsuho technique to mercilessly mow down the ugliest creatures in the world!
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Takeo DoiProducer
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