- Sennin Buraku
] By contrast, "
Golgo 13 " is the longest running manga to be serialized in a dedicated manga magazine with "Doraemon " the second longest, and "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo " ("Kochi-Kame") the third longest (Asahi Geino is not a dedicated manga magazine). While "Sennin Buraku" has been running for more years than "Peanuts ",Charles M. Schulz 's strip has more "episodes" as it ran daily rather than weekly. The story was a romantic comedy taking place in historicalChina , and it was quite risqué for its time. The characters were very traditionally dressed (e.g. all wearingkimono )."Sennin Buraku" was the first
late night anime , broadcast shortly before midnight onFuji TV fromSeptember 4 ,1963 toFebruary 23 ,1964 . This was the firstanime series produced by Tele-Cartoon Japan, and a page exists on their website about it.ja icon cite web|url=http://www.eiken-anime.jp/works/works001.html|title=仙人部落|publisher=Eiken|accessdate=2007-06-04] The series was in black and white ran for 23 episodes. Alive action movie was released in 1961, titled nihongo|"Fūryū Kokkei-tan: Sennin Buraku"|風流滑稽譚 仙人部落|.en icon cite web|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0203880/|title=Furyu kokkei tan: Sennin Buraku|accessdate=2007-06-04|publisher=Internet Movie Database ] ja icon cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1961/ck000780.htm|title=風流滑稽譚 仙人部落|publisher=Japanese Movie Database |accessdate=2007-06-04]Plot Summary
The ancient Chinese village of Taoyuan is populated solely by
Taoist ascetic s. The eldest, Lao Shi, conducts research into the mysteries ofmagic andalchemy , while hisdisciple Zhi Huang remains more interested in pleasures of the flesh. He has fallen for three prettysister s who live nearby, much to Lao Shi" s="" annoyance.Manga
While the manga has run for over fifty years now, it has had no collection volumes released in English. The only way to read the manga is to buy or subscribe to "
Weekly Asahi Geinō " inJapan , or to buy the Japanesetankōbon .Live action movie
The 83-minute live action movie was titled "Fūryū Kokkei-tan: Sennin Buraku", and was released in theaters by
Shintoho on1961-02-08 .Cast
*Akiko Matsuyama:
Mayumi Ōzora
*Tenpei Naiki:Yōichi Numata
*Yōko Kondō:Mako Sanjō
*Doctor:Bokuzen Hidari
*Laundry boy: Akihiro Maruyama
*Daikichi Narayama:Bunta Sugawara taff
*Director:
Morihei Magatani
*Planning:Mitsuo Nakatsuka
*Screenplay:Isao Matsumoto
*Cinematographer:Shigenobu Yoshida
*Art Director:Haruyasu Kurosawa
*Music:Keitarō Miho Anime series
Each episode of the anime series was 15 minutes long. The first eight episodes were broadcast from 23:40 to 23:55 on Wednesday nights on
Fuji TV following the world news, and episodes nine through 23 were broadcast from 23:30 to 23:45 on Monday nights.The opening theme song, "Sennin Buraku no Thema", was sung by Three Graces, arranged by
Tōru Kino and the lyrics were written byTakeo Yamashita .Cast
*Sennin: Hyakushō San'yūtei
*Ichikawa Danjūrō
*Yoshiaki Hanayagi
*Tomoko Kokai
*Ichirō Nagai taff
*Director:
Shigeharu Kaneko
*Screenplay:Akira Hayasaka , Tōru Kino
*Production: TCJSources:ja icon cite web|url=http://www.animemorial.net/ja/3-仙人部落|title=仙人部落|publisher=Animemorial|accessdate=2007-06-04]
References
External links
* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kojima_koo.htm/ Lambiek article about Koo Kojima]
* [http://www.animemorial.net/en/3-Sennin-Buraku Sennin Buraku] in Animemorial (contains episodes list + screenshot)
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