I remember that Tobu ga Gotoku was shown in the San Francisco Bay Area on one
of the Asian statations. It was in Japanese but included English subtitles.
The battle scenes of the Satsuma Rebellion were quite good.
A book was published (in Japanese) on the series. It contained a couple of
pages of color uniforms on the Satsuma Rebellion. I was lucky enough to get
someone at UC Berkeley to translate the pages for me.
I've never heard of Takaharazaka. I will look into it the next time I am in
Japantown in San Francisco. Perhaps I can find a version with English
subtitles.
Thanks for the information.
Bob Burke
In a message dated 8/11/02 7:44:25 AM,
mickey.letham@... writes:
<< There are two miniseries about the life of Saigo Takamori that includes the
Satsuma rebellion.
Takaharazaka starring Satomi Kotaro originally aired in 1987. Its about 5hrs
long.
Tobu ga Gotoku starring Nishida Toshiyuki was 1990s Taiga drama offering, a
fifty part maxiseries.
Both of these are available on video but I assume only here in Japan and
only in Japanese. the Tobu ga Gotoku was shortened to about 7 hours for the
videotape. >>