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House of Five Leaves (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sarai-ya Goyō (Japanese)
さらい屋五葉 (Japanese)
江戶盜賊團五葉 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama
Themes: swordplay
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Akitsu Masanosuke is a timid ronin on his way to Edo from the countryside when he accidentally encounters a playboy named Yaichi, who asks him to be his bodyguard. But it turns out that Yaichi is actually the leader of a group of bandits called the "Five Leaves," and he's hoping that Masanosuke will them. Masanosuke is reluctant to help them, but as he grows closer to his eccentric new companions, he learns to relate to them and grow as a person in the process.
Ratings: 598 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 62 votes (sub:57, ?:1, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Excellent: 181 votes (sub:172, dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 156 votes (sub:147, dub:3, raw:2, others:4
2 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 102 votes (sub:90, dub:4, others:8
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 54 votes (sub:49, dub:3, others:2
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:23, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:8, ?:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 992 s, rank: #1247 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.885 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5437, rank: #915 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.853 (Very good), rank: #861 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.92 / seen some: 7.48 / won't finish: 4.91)
Bayesian estimate: 7.845 (Very good), rank: #609 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2010-04-15 to 2010-07-01
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Sign of Love" by immi
Ending Theme:
"all I need is..." by Rake
Links: We have 1
Review:
House of Five Leaves Episodes 1-12 Streaming (Aug 27, 2010)
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Interview: Tomomi Mochizuki on House of Five Leaves (Mar 2, 2012)
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DVD (Region 1)
    House of Five Leaves - Complete Series Box Set [ Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2012-03-06 (from $352.72)
    House of Five Leaves - [Standard Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2013-03-19 (from $149.98)
DVD (Region 4)
    House of Five Leaves [AU] (Sub.DVD) 2011-04-15

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Series Composition: Tomomi Mochizuki
Script: Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Yūichirō Yano (ep 5)
Episode Director:
Yūichirō Yano (ep 5)
Unit Director: Tomomi Mochizuki (OP, ED)
Music:
Yukio Kondō
Original creator: Natsume Ono
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
Art Director: Michie Watanabe
Chief Animation Director:
Yoshimitsu Yamashita
Animation Director:
Yoshimitsu Yamashita (OP; eps 1, 12)
Sound Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Executive producer:
Yoshio Takada
Producer:
Takashi Kochiyama

2nd Key Animation:
Yuka Koiso (ep 1)
3D CG: Yutaka Nakajima
3D Layout:
Hideaki Muraoka
Advertising: Kyoko Tanaka (Fuji TV)
Art Setting: Masahiro Satō
Assistant Animation Director: Kazuto Nakazawa (ep 2)
Assistant Director of Photography: Ryō Iijima
Background Art:
Yumiko Kondō (GREEN)
Chief Producer:
Shinsaku Tanaka
Color design: Miyoko Ichinose
Color Key:
Yuko Kobari
Compilation: Masato Seino
Digital Paint:
Yuu Takahashi (Wish)
Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
Editing Assistant: Jin Nogawa
HD Editing Supervisor: Takayuki Tabata (Q-Tec)
In-Between Animation:
Yūzō Ogawa (asread)
In-Between Check:
Shunsuke Matsuo
Key Animation:
Akane Umezu (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8, 11-12
)
Daisuke Niinuma (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 11-12
)
Eiji Abiko (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11-12
)
Masahiro Suwa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 11-12
)
Masami Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 11-12
)
Ryō Iwasaki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 11
)
Ryōta Furukawa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 11-12
)
Yuya Iwashita (ep 9)
Original Concept Assistance:
Yumetarō Toyoda
Photography:
Yuuichirou Nagata (Asahi Production)
Production Advancement:
Tōru Arai (eps 1, 8)
Production Desk: Yoshihiro Tominaga
Production manager:
Yoshihiro Kawasaki (Fuji TV)
Prop Design: Shinobu Tsuneki
Publicity:
Shinya Tsuruoka
Recording Adjustment: Tamayo Kawaguchi
Recording Assistant: Nana Komoda
Setting Production: Kazunobu Kawagoe
Sound Effects:
Shōji Katō
Sound Production Manager: Yayoi Tateishi
Special Effects:
Kaori Kobayashi
Special Effects Supervisor: Kumiko Taniguchi
Theme Song Performance: Rake (ED)
Title Design: Toshiyuki Yamashita (Sterotype)
Video Editing:
Ayaka Minami (assistant)
Daisuke Namikawa as Masanosuke Akitsu
Takahiro Sakurai as Yaichi

Ao Takahashi as Okinu
Fuyuka Oura as Otake
Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Heizaemon Yagi
Katsuhisa Hōki as Go-Inkyo
Keiko Nemoto as Seinoshin
Masaya Takatsuka as Umezou
Yūya Uchida as Matsukichi

Ao Takahashi as Courtesan (ep 10)
Atsushi Ii as Kikuya (eps 7-9)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Denshichi (ep 6)
Gō Inoue as Dragon (eps 3, 11)
Kazuya Nakai as Senkichi (ep 6)
Kenji Takahashi as
Bouncer (eps 8-9)
Choji (ep 10)
Kano Family Son (ep 11)
Master (ep 2)
Ronin (eps 1, 7)
Underling (ep 5)
Kentarō Itō as Servant Yaichi (eps 1, 10, 12)
Mami Nishikawa as
Courtesan (eps 2, 7, 10)
Woman (eps 1, 3-4, 8)
Manabu Sakamaki as
Bouncer (ep 9)
Owner of Omiya (eps 3-4)
Ronin (eps 1, 7)
Use (ep 11)
Zensuke (ep 8)
Masataka Sawada as Kuchiiriya (eps 1-2)
Misaki Sekiyama as
Courtesan (eps 2, 10)
Woman (eps 1, 3-4, 8)
Rintarō Nishi as Jin
Ryō Kuratomi as
Man (ep 7)
Monji (eps 3, 11)
Satomi Yamagata as Sachi Akitsu (eps 9-10)
Tadashi Miyazawa as Otsuya (eps 8-9)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Kuhei (ep 11)
Unshō Ishizuka as Benzou (ep 11)
Urara Takano as Sister
Yuji Sakuraba as Tokujiro (eps 6, 9-10)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Yuhodo
3D Layout: D-Station
Animation Production: Manglobe
Backgrounds:
Pine Forest Animation
Broadcaster:
Tokai Television (2010-04-22)
Digital Paint:
Wish
In-Between Animation:
Yuhodo
Key Animation: STUDIO GAO
Music Production:
Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Photography:
Telecom Animation Film (ep 5)
Production:
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Production Assistance:
Telecom Animation Film (ep 5)
Recording Studio: Jinnan Studio
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
special effects: Team Taniguchi
English companies
English staff
(none)
Distributor:
Siren Visual (Australia/New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
YouTube (expired)
Licensed by:
NIS America (expired)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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