Shinsengumi! | |
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Written by | Kōki Mitani |
Starring | Shingo Katori Tatsuya Fujiwara Koji Yamamoto Yūka Joe Odagiri Nakamura Kankurō VI Tarō Yamamoto Masato Sakai Tomomitsu Yamaguchi Takashi Kobayashi Shōei Nakamura Shidō II Tomoko Tabata Kazue Fukiishi Michitaka Tsutsui Shōsuke Tanihara Keiko Toda Goro Ibuki Ken Ishiguro Asahi Kurizuka Tsuyoshi Ihara Noda Hideki Kyōka Suzuki Yōsuke Eguchi Yōko Nogiwa Yasuko Sawaguchi Kōichi Satō Shirō Itō Kunie Tanaka Kōji Ishizaka |
Theme music composer | Junichi Hirokami |
Opening theme | John Ken Nuzzo and NHK Symphony Orchestra |
Composer | Takayuki Hattori |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 50 (49 + New Year's Special, 2006) |
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Executive producer | Koji Yoshikawa |
Running time | approx. 43 min. |
Original release | |
Network | NHK |
Release | January 11 December 12, 2004 | –
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Yoshitsune | |
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Shinsengumi! (新選組!) is a 2004 Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
Actors include Koji Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Joe Odagiri, and Shingo Katori of the pop idol group SMAP. It was written by Japanese director and playwright, Kōki Mitani.[1]