- Wine Road of the Samurai
Infobox Television
show_name = Wine Road of the Samurai
ワイン大国を夢見た男達~侍達のワインロード~
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caption = Shin Koyamada Poster Shot
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runtime = 90 minutes
creator =
executive_producer = Kenichi HaraShin Koyamada Shinji Yamada
starring =Shin Koyamada
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language = English
Japanese
French
Arabic
network = JNN Network
first_aired =March 21 ,2006
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website = http://www.rsk.co.jp/tv/wineroad
imdb_id = 0475427
tv_com_id ="Wine Road of The Samurai" is feature
documentary film based on a true story about a 34Samurai in 1863. It was directed by Sone Eiji and starredShin Koyamada as Himself and Narrator. This nationalTV show was distributed 28 TV stations, includingTokyo Broadcasting System throughoutJapan onMarch 21 ,2006 .Plot summary
This documentary is about a 34 Samurai (who were also known as The Last Samurais) delegation sent by the
Japanese government toFrance at the end ofEdo era . They were sent to help solve diplomatic problems between Japan and Europe onDecember 29 ,1863 . At the time, Japan closed all of its ports. The Samurai were welcomed by every government they visited, includingNapoleon III , in France. They were also photographed standing in front ofSphinx , inEgypt . The Samurai brought back lots of products from their trip including a book on producingwine . They ended their expedition earlier than expected due to the need to report home about the astonishingtechnology in modernizing countries.Locations
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Yamagata, Japan
*Okayama, Japan
*Paris, France
*Burgundy, France
*Marseille, France
*Cairo, Egypt
*Alexandria, Egypt
*Luxor, Egypt This TV show took a year to finish filming all over the countries and was the first feature documentary filming in different countries such as Egypt, France, and many different locations in Japan by JNN Network and Tokyo Broadcasting System. Director Eiji Sone shot a total footage of about 300 hours.
Cast
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Shin Koyamada — Himself, NarratorCrew
*Directed by: Eiji Sone
*Executive Produced by: Kenichi Hara
*Executive producer by:Shin Koyamada
*Produced by: Eiji Sone
*Produced by: Shinji YamadaExecutive Producer: Shannon C. MurphyDistribution
Japan
*Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
*Hokkaido Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*ATV Television Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*IBC
*Tohoku Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*TV-U Yamagata Inc.
*TV-U Fukushima Inc.
*Broadcasting System of Niigata Inc.
*U-TV Yamanashi Inc.
*Shin-Etsu Broadcasting Co . Ltd.
*Tulip-TV Inc.
*MRO
*Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Company
*Mainichi Broadcasting System
*Sanyo Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*RCC Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*BSS Inc.
*TV Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems Co. Ltd.
*I-Television Inc.
*KU-TV Inc.
*RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
*Nagasaki Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*Oita Broadcasting System Inc.
*Miyazaki Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*Minaminihon Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
*Ryuku Broadcasting Co. Ltd.ponsors
Japan
*Toyota
*Santry
*Haagen-Dazs
*KDDI
*Jacomo
*ECC Junior External links
* [http://www.rsk.co.jp/tv/wineroad Official website]
* [http://www.rsk.co.jp/special/hollywood Shin Koyamada on Sanyo Broadcasting Co. Japan]
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/program/wine_dream.html Website on Tokyo Broadcasting System]
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