Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
お伽草子 (original title)
The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.
Cast: Kumi Sakuma, Kan Tokumaru, Kenta Miyake, Wasabi Mizuta, Otoya Kawano, Kohsei Hirota, Shin-ichiro Miki, Kaho Kouda, Tetsuo Komura, Fumie Mizusawa, Ooki Sugiyama, Yasunori Matsumoto, Makoto Yasumura, Tomomichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Naka, Yasuko Hatori, Eiji Maruyama, Kenichi Mochizuki, Masanori Takeda
Writers: Taiki Sakurai (Writer), Midori Goto (Writer), Yutaka Omatsu (Writer), Junichi Fujisaku (Writer), Hidetoshi Kezuka (Writer), Keiki Sakurai (Writer)
Editor: Taeko Hamauzu
Composer: Kenji Kawai, Hideki Taniuchi
Production: VAP, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Production I.G
Network: Nippon TV
