Musashibo Benkei

Apr 09, 1986 (ja) Drama [46] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 09, 1986
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    武蔵坊弁慶
  • Release
    Apr 09, 1986
  • ja
    -

Overview

After being carried in his mother’s womb for three years, Benkei is born with long hair and teeth and the body of a small child. It is said that he immediately laughed and commented on the brightness of the outside world, leading local people in his native Kii (modern Wakayama) to proclaim that he is a devil. Abandoned on a mountainside, he is adopted by Dainagon, a Kyoto resident who rears him until age seven when he leaves to become a monk. Thrown out of the monastery for his violent behavior, Benkei wanders Japan in search of enlightenment, though only trouble seems to find him. After accidentally causing a temple to burn down, he decides to begin a quest to defeat 1,000 of the hated Heike samurai in battle and donate their swords to a temple. Obtaining the first 999 swords proves relatively easy but the final weapon belongs to Yoshitsune, a young boy whose appearance belies his great skill as a warrior.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Daijiro Tsutsumi

    Hira Shimori

  2. Sachiko Mitsumoto

    Hachijo Jyoin

  3. Kichiemon Nakamura II

    Benkei

  4. Taro Kawano

    Yoshitsune

  5. Bunta Sugawara

    Tomo

  6. Daisuke Ryū

    Taira no Tomomori

  7. Shinsuke Ashida

    Hira Kiyomori

  8. Yumi Asou

    Shizuka Gozen

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 8 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1986-04-09)

Ferocious Monk of Love

Episode: 1

The Proud Taira clan

Episode: 2

Spring evening at Gojo Bridge

Episode: 3

The boy from Kurama

Episode: 4

Tokiwa and Shizuka

Episode: 5

A Turbulent Dance of Love and Hate

Episode: 6

To the Oshu

Episode: 7

Northern king

Episode: 8

Oniwaka's lullaby

Episode: 9

Crying Hokuro

Episode: 10

Gather the Genji

Episode: 11

Episode 12

Episode: 12

Episode 13

Episode: 13

Episode 14

Episode: 14

Episode 15

Episode: 15

Episode 16

Episode: 16

Episode 17

Episode: 17

Episode 18

Episode: 18

Episode 19

Episode: 19

Episode 20

Episode: 20

Episode 21

Episode: 21

Episode 22

Episode: 22

Episode 23

Episode: 23

Episode 24

Episode: 24

Episode 25

Episode: 25

Episode 26

Episode: 26

Episode 27

Episode: 27

Episode 28

Episode: 28

Episode 29

Episode: 29

Episode 30

Episode: 30

Episode 31

Episode: 31

Episode 32

Episode: 32
Apr 09, 1986 (ja)
Drama
[46] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 09, 1986
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title 武蔵坊弁慶
ja

Overview

After being carried in his mother’s womb for three years, Benkei is born with long hair and teeth and the body of a small child. It is said that he immediately laughed and commented on the brightness of the outside world, leading local people in his native Kii (modern Wakayama) to proclaim that he is a devil. Abandoned on a mountainside, he is adopted by Dainagon, a Kyoto resident who rears him until age seven when he leaves to become a monk. Thrown out of the monastery for his violent behavior, Benkei wanders Japan in search of enlightenment, though only trouble seems to find him. After accidentally causing a temple to burn down, he decides to begin a quest to defeat 1,000 of the hated Heike samurai in battle and donate their swords to a temple. Obtaining the first 999 swords proves relatively easy but the final weapon belongs to Yoshitsune, a young boy whose appearance belies his great skill as a warrior.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer