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Kaze no Yojimbo (TV)

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© KUROSAWA PRODUCTIONS/Sammy • Dentsu • Studio Pierrot • NTV


Alternative title:
Bodyguard of the Wind
Yojimbo of the Wind
旋風の用心棒 (Japanese)
바람의 요짐보 (Korean)
바람의 용심봉 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure, mystery
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In search for Araki Genzo, George Kodama finds himself in the small town of Kimujuku. George quickly realizes that he is unwelcome and is warned to leave as soon as possible. With two rival syndicates roaming the streets and a dark violent past, the town of Kimujuku isn't what it appears to be. George challenges the town of Kimujuku in order to reveal the towns dark hidden past and discover the truth.
Video:
User Ratings: 170 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (dub:6, sub:4, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 40 votes (sub:21, dub:17, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 43 votes (sub:27, dub:15, Fre.sub:1)
 Good: 27 votes (sub:14, dub:13)
 Decent: 23 votes (dub:11, sub:10, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 390 users, rank: #1154
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.2924 (Good+.29), std. dev.: 1.9306, rank: #1199
Weighted mean: 7.2605 (Good+.26), rank: #1019
Bayesian estimate: 7.27332 (Good+.27), rank: #821
Running time: half hour
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 2001-10-02 to 2002-03-26
Opening Theme:
"Tokyo" by Escargot
Ending Theme:
"Situation" by Escargo
Comment:
Based on Akira Kurosawa's classic movie, "Yojinbo".
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Related releases:
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Complete Collection (DVD) 2006-07-25 (from $27.99)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - A New Face in Town (1 DVD 1) 2004-04-27 (from $17.04)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Deadly Feud (1 DVD 5) 2004-12-14 (from $15.49)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Unveiled Mystery (1 DVD 6) 2005-01-04 (from $23.98)
    Kaze no Yojinbo - Small Town Secrets (1 DVD 2) 2004-06-08 (from $23.98)
    Kaze no Yojinbo - Tip of the Iceberg (1 DVD 3) 2004-08-10 (from $15.49)
    Kaze no Yojinbo - New Battle (1 DVD 4) 2004-10-12 (from $17.04)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Hayato Date

Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Daisuke Yajima
Michiko Yokote
Satoru Nishizono

Storyboard:
Motosuke Takahashi
Rion Kujo
Shigenori Kageyama
Takaaki Ishiyama

Music: Tsuneyoshi Saito

Original creator: Akira Kurosawa

Character Design: Takeshi Itou

Art director:
Mio Isshiki
Mio Ittishiki

Animation director:
Hoonchul Choi
Motosuke Takahashi
Ryuno Tatsuo
Yukimaro Ohtsubo

Director of Photography: Atsuo Matsumoto

Producer:
Hiroshi Yamashita
Tetsuya Watanabe
Yuji Nunokawa

Animation producer:
Ken Hagino
Naoji Hounokidani

Chief Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa

Color design: Takuya Kawami

Editing: Seiji Morita

Key Animation: Yoshiyuki Kishi

Music producer: Hidenori Suzuki

Planning:
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Nagayuki Torumi

Planning Cooperation: Keishi Nakayama

Sound: Hajime Takakuwa

Story Advisor: Hisayuki Toriumi

Technical director:
Akira Iwanaga
Masaaki Kumagai
Rion Kujo
Takaaki Ishiyama

 

Hiroaki Hirata as George (JoJi) Kodama

Emi Shinohara as Sanae Araki

Houchu Ohtsuka as Samekichi Shirogane

Kousei Hirota as Araiguma

Masaaki Tsukada as Cafe TOMBO Manager

Sanae Kobayashi as Miyuki Tanokura

Shigenori Sôya as Fukajirô Shirogane

Shinpachi Tsuji as Shûsaku Tanokura

Katsumi Chou as Inspector Saeki

Mitsuo Senda as Officer Konishi

Wataru Yokoshima as Chief of Police

Japanese companies 

Animation: Studio Pierrot

Broadcaster: NTV

Soundtrack: Starchild Records

English cast 
English staff 

Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Producer: Miho Kinoshita

Assistant Engineer: Eric Lewis

Casting Director: Jamie Simone

Casting, Voice Director: Jamie Simone

Chief Producer: Charles McCarter

Mixing: Michael Clark

Post Supervisor: Denny Densmore

Recording engineer:
Eric Lewis
Ernie Sheesley
Michael Clark

Subtitling:
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Riki Le Cotey

Voice Direction: Jamie Simone

Michael Lindsay as George Kodama

Dave Wittenberg as Raccoon

Diane Michelle as Sanae Araki

Jim Ward as Master of TONBO

Kirk Thornton as Samekichi Shirogane

Melissa Fahn as Miyuki Tanokura

Richard Cansino as Rin Shirogane

Steven Blum as Fukajiro Shirogane

Tom Wyner as Shusaku Tanokura

Crispin Freeman as Yamamoto

Dan Woren as Ken

Dave Mallow as
Arms Dealer
Hunter
Officer
Sugino

Dave Wittenberg as Tanokura driver

Jim Ward as Tanida

Mari Devon as Miyuki's Friend (Ep. 1-2)

Michael McConnohie as Kanehara

Neil Kaplan as Police Chief

Paula Tiso as Maki

Philece Sampler as Ginzame Receptionist (Ep. 2)

Ralph Votrian as Konishi

Rebecca Forstadt as Miyuki Tanokura

Steve Kramer as Detective Saeki

Tom Fahn as Man in Street (Ep. 6)

Tony Pope as Professor Uekusa

Wendee Lee as
Kotoyo Tanokura
Maki

English companies 

ADR Production: Studio E

DVD Production Services: Ascent Media DVD

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

 
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