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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: mystery
Objectionable content: Significant
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.
Ratings: 239 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (dub:8, sub:4, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 51 votes (sub:27, dub:20, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 64 votes (sub:37, dub:24, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 41 votes (sub:22, dub:19)
 Decent: 34 votes (dub:17, sub:14, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:4)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 540 s, rank: #2027 (of 9998)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.243 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8657, rank: #2863 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.230 (Good+), rank: #2735 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.48 / seen some: 6.64 / won't finish: 4.15)
Bayesian estimate: 7.243 (Good+), rank: #2438 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode
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
Links: We have 1
Comment:
Based on Akira Kurosawa's classic movie, "Yojinbo".
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DVD (Region 1)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Complete Collection (DVD) 2006-07-25 (from $83.46)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - A New Face in Town (DVD 1) 2004-04-27 (from $11.45)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Small Town Secrets (DVD 2) 2004-06-08 (from $6.57)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Tip of the Iceberg (DVD 3) 2004-08-10 (from $9.99)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - New Battle (DVD 4) 2004-10-12 (from $10.02)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Deadly Feud (DVD 5) 2004-12-14 (from $10.49)
    Kaze no Yojimbo - Unveiled Mystery (DVD 6) 2005-01-04 (from $27.25)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Hayato Date
Series Composition: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Script:
Akatsuki Yamatoya (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 19, 23
)

Daisuke Yajima (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 20
)

Katsuyuki Sumisawa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 10, 13, 24-25
)

Michiko Yokote (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 11, 16, 21
)

Satoru Nishizono (4 episodes
eps 7, 14, 18, 22
)

Tamotsu Mizukoshi (ep 17)
Storyboard:
Rion Kujo (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Takaaki Ishiyama (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Yutaka Yamamoto (eps 10, 16)
Episode Director:
Rion Kujo (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Yutaka Yamamoto (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Unit Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru (OP, ED)
Original creator: Akira Kurosawa
Character Design: Takeshi Itou
Art Director:
Mio Ittishiki
Art:
Kazuhiko Suzuki (10 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23
)

Tomoyuki Shimizu (7 episodes
eps 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24-25
)

Animation Director:
Hoon-Chul Choi (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Kazumi Ikeda (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Yukimaro Ōtsubo (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
Director of Photography: Atsuho Matsumoto
Producer:
Yūji Nunokawa

3D Backgrounds: Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 13)
Animation producer:
Naoji Hounokidani
Assistant Animation Director: Mariko Ueno (ep 22)
Background Retouch: Toshiyuki Tsuru (ep 25)
Chief Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Color Check:
Eun Suk Kil (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Rie Takagi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Color design: Takuya Kawami
Color setting:
Eiko Nishi (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Mayumi Nagashima (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 17, 23
)

Rie Takagi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Tamae Matsuoka (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 19, 25
)

Yukiko Hida (ep 3)
Digital Photography: Toshiyuki Tsuru (eps 13, 25)
Editing: Seiji Morita
In-Between Animation: Yohko Ariizumi (eps 6, 14, 20)
In-Between Check:
Fusako Nomura (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Isako Higashino (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Reiko Yamada (10 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11-13, 17, 19, 23, 25
)

Sun Hee Hwang (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Key Animation:
An Katsuragi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25
)

Chiyuki Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 1, 13, 23, 25
)

Hironori Sawada (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Hisao Muramatsu (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Hitomi Ozaki (4 episodes
eps 5, 12-13, 19
)

Jong Jun Park (Bunsei Animation; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Kazuko Matsumura (5 episodes
eps 1, 11, 19, 23, 25
)

Kōji Kataoka (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Masaya Makita (Animation Do; 4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Masaya Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Motoki Yagi (6 episodes
eps 6, 8, 14-15, 20-21
)

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 12, 25
)

Shigeki Satō (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 14-15, 20-21
)

Shigemi Aoyagi (7 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 14-15, 20-21
)

Shinichiro Minami (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 23, 25
)

Shinobu Yoshioka (Animation Do; 4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Suk Hee Kim (Bunsei Animation; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Takenori Tsukuma (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 19, 25
)

Teruaki Tokumaru (5 episodes
eps 5, 12-13, 19, 25
)

Young-Hoon Kim (Bunsei Animation; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Yūka Takaira (Animation Do; 4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Yukimaro Ōtsubo (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Yūsaku Murakami (ep 6)
Layout Key Animation:
Yūko Yamamoto (ep 25)
Literature Production: Tamotsu Mizukoshi
Music producer: Hidenori Suzuki
Offline Editing: Seiji Morita
Planning:
Nagayuki Torumi
Planning Cooperation: Keishi Nakayama
Production Advancement:
Hiromi Fukumoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Shunichiro Sugano (4 episodes
eps 1, 11, 19, 23
)

Yusuke Kusano (ep 7)
Production Desk: Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Promotion: Kaoru Nishihata
Recording: Akira Noguchi
Recording Adjustment: Yasunori Ebina
Setting Production: Yuka Miyata
Sound Production Manager: Masahiro Tsukada
Story Advisor: Hisayuki Toriumi
Technical Director:
Takaaki Ishiyama
Video Editing:
Koutaro Muranaka
Hiroaki Hirata as George (JoJi) Kodama

Emi Shinohara as Sanae Araki
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Samekichi Shirogane
Kōsei Hirota as Araiguma
Masaaki Tsukada as Cafe TOMBO Manager
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Rin Shirogane
Sanae Kobayashi as Miyuki Tanokura
Shigenori Sōya as Fukajirô Shirogane
Shinpachi Tsuji as Shûsaku Tanokura

Atsushi Miyauchi as Kimujuku Resident
Eri Saitō as Tanokura family employee
Fumitoshi Miyajima as
Criminal
Employee Ginzame
Katsumi Chō as Inspector Saeki
Kiyomi Asai as
AV Model
Miyuki's classmate
Mitsuo Senda as Officer Konishi
Roko Takizawa as Sayoko
Ruri Asano as Miyuki's classmate
Takashi Onozuka as Bakuto (Gambler)
Takuma Takewaka as Untenshu Tanokura (Driver)
Wataru Yokoshima as Chief of Police
Japanese companies
Animation: Pierrot
Animation Cooperation:
Group TAC (uncredited; 4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Kyoto Animation (uncredited; 4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

PIGGY (uncredited; 4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 21
)

Studio Kikan (uncredited; eps 6, 14, 20)
Backgrounds:
Studio Loft
Digital Paint:
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka
In-Between Animation:
Studio Wombat
Key Animation:
Animation DO (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 22
)

Moon Seong Animation (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18, 24
)

Pak Production (ep 2)
Music Production: King Records
Original story:
Sammy
Production:
Pierrot
Recording Studio: KSS Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: KSS
Soundtrack: King Records
VTR Editing: KSS Studio
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer: Miho Kinoshita

Casting Director: Jamie Simone
Casting, Voice Director: Jamie Simone
Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
Engineering Assistant: Eric Lewis
Mixing: Michael Clark
Post Supervisor: Denny Densmore
Recording engineer:
Michael Clark
Subtitling:
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 Jay 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 (eps 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: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
DVD Production Services: Ascent Media DVD
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)

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