“The Bodyguard of the Wind ” ( 旋風 の 用心 棒 Kaze no Yojimbo ) is an anime series, a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s film “The Bodyguard ”. The action is transferred to the modern world.
| Kaze no Yojimbo | |
|---|---|
 Wind bodyguard | |
| 旋風 の 用心 棒 (Kaze no Yojimbo) | |
| Genre / Subject | detective , action |
| Anime series "Kaze no Yojimbo" Wind bodyguard | |
| Producer | Date Hayato |
| Screenwriter | Akatsuki Yamatoya Daisuke yajima Satoru Nishizono |
| Studio | Studio pierrot |
| TV network | Nippon television |
| Premiere show | October 2, 2001 - March 19, 2002 |
| Duration | 25 min |
| Series | 25 |
Content
Story
George Kodama arrives in Kimujuku in search of one man named Genzo Araki. Not finding him, he finds out that the city is divided into two different gangster districts. Feeling that the residents of Kimujuku are hiding something, George takes a job in each of the counties, pushing the bandits together in an attempt to uncover the mystery and whereabouts of Genzo.
Roles voiced
- Hiroaki Hirata - George (Joji) Kodama [1]
- Sanae Kobayashi - Miyuki Tanokura
- Simpati Tsuji - Shusaku Tanokura
- Want Otsuka - Samekiti Sirogane
- Shigenori Soya - Fukajiro Sirogane
- Amy Sinohara - Sanae Araki
- Masaaki Tsukada - The owner of TOMBO cafe
- Mitsuo Sanda - Officer Konishi
- Kosei Hirota - Araiguma
- Katsumi Cho - Inspector Saeki
Series List
| # | Title | Series Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| one | Gone with the dust (第一 話) | October 2, 2001 |
| 2 | Snake swamp (第二 話) | October 9, 2001 |
| 3 | The bodyguard (第三 話) | October 16, 2001 |
| four | Beauty and the poison (第四 話) | October 23, 2001 |
| five | The pursuit (第五 話) | October 30, 2001 |
| 6 | The Gate Wouldn't Rise (第六 話) | November 6, 2001 |
| 7 | Legend of the demon (第七 話) | November 13, 2001 |
| eight | The casino train (第八 話) | November 20, 2001 |
| 9 | The 15-year truth (第九 話) | November 27, 2001 |
| ten | Red Dreams, White Memories (第十 話) | December 4, 2001 |
| eleven | Lurking in the gloom (第十一 話) | December 11, 2001 |
| 12 | The echo (第十二 話) | December 18, 2001 |
| 13 | The man who returneded (第十三 話) | December 25, 2001 |
| 14 | False reconciliations (第十四 話) | January 1, 2002 |
| 15 | The counter attack (第十五 話) | January 8, 2002 |
| sixteen | Swapping hostages (第十六 話) | January 15, 2002 |
| 17 | The great sting (第十七 話) | January 22, 2002 |
| 18 | The vendetta (第十八 話) | January 29, 2002 |
| nineteen | The sniper (第十九 話) | February 5, 2002 |
| 20 | Bingo (第二十 話) | February 12, 2002 |
| 21 | The search for the truth (第二十 一 話) | February 19, 2002 |
| 22 | The tanokura manor ablaze (第二 十二 話) | February 26, 2002 |
| 23 | The great excursion (第二 十三 話) | March 3, 2002 |
| 24 | The close call (第二 十四 話) | March 12, 2002 |
| 25 | So long (第二 十五 話) | March 19, 2002 |
Notes
Links
- Anime "Kaze no Yojimbo" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Kaze no Yojimbo" (Eng.) In AniDB Database