Kumokiri Nizaemon: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others. The shogunate, which has been given a hard time by Nizaemon on many occasions, appoints Abe Shikibu to be the new chief of the Hitsuke Tozoku Aratamekata, the public security force. Shikibu's mission is to eradicate the Kumokiri gang and this is the start of a fierce battle of will and pride between Nizaemon and Shikibu. The Hitsuke Tozoku Aratamekata keeps posing a threat to the Kumokiri. The moment the Kumokiri gang set their sights on a wealthy Owari merchant, Shikibu stands in the way. As the Hitsuke Tozoku Aratamekata close in, how will the Kumokiri carry out the theft?

Series details

• Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2013-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-02-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24405
• IMDb ID: tt3149026
• TVDB ID: 282265

Cast and credited roles

• Kiichi Nakai — Kumokiri Nizaemon

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-10-04; final listed air date 2013-11-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-02-06; final listed air date 2015-03-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-01-06; final listed air date 2017-02-24; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kumokiri Nizaemon on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.