Ronin Of The Wilderness

Koya No Suronin 荒野の素浪人

Director: Various
Aired: January 4, 1972 - March 27, 1973
Distributor: TV Asahi
Screenplay: Various

Starring:
Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 as Ofumi
Toshiro Mifune 三船敏郎 as Kujuro Toge
Shun Oide 大出俊 as Konosuke Aiu
Jiro Sakagami 坂上二郎 as Jirokichi
Yuko Hamada 浜田ゆう子 as Bitsu
Akira Kume 久米明 as Kai Horita
Shinjiro Ehara 江原真二郎 as Shimpachi Ikuta
Minori Terada 寺田農 as Narrator
Mayumi Ogawa 小川真由美

Info:

Also known as Ronin Of The Wastelands and Lowly Ronin In The Wilderness.

The first series ran 65 episodes. A second series started up in January of 1974 that ran 39 episodes through September of that year.

Meiko appears in 10 episodes of the first series. #'s 1, 2, 11, 13, 21, 26, 27, 32, 35 and 41.

Series directors included names like Eiichi Kudo 工藤栄一, Kazuo Ikehiro 池広一夫 and Tokuzo Tanaka 田中徳三.

 

Plot:

Continuing the tradition of the Yojimbo movies, Mifune Toshiro stars as Toge Kujuro, a wandering ronin searching for his own fame and happiness. With a sense of justice, he travels the countryside, with his motley collection of outcasts - a pistol-carrying ronin, a two-bit con artist and woman seeking revenge, following close behind, unwittingly righting wrongs and protectin the common man.