忠臣蔵異聞 生きていた吉良上野介
Mori Kojiro, a member of the Akō Ronin, fails to identify Kira Kozukenosuke before their attack and is publicly banished by Ōishi Kuranosuke. Ōishi later apologizes privately, revealing that Kira has a decoy and assigning Mori a secret mission to kill the real Kira if necessary. Devastated, Mori finds solace with Okame, a local bar owner. After the ronin avenge their master, Mori, believing their mission complete, plans to leave his samurai life for Okame. However, Terazaka Kichiemon reveals that Kira was not killed but fled, and the decapitated man was a decoy. Mori decides to complete his mission and hunt down the real Kira.
- Genre: Action, Historie
- Studio: Toei Company, TV Asahi
- Stichwort: jidaigeki
- Besetzung: 川谷拓三, Eitaro Ozawa, Tetsurō Tamba, 浅茅陽子, 黒崎輝, 加藤善博
