Wachigaiya Itosato
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- TV Movie: Wachigaiya Itosato
- Romaji: Wachigaiya Itosato
- Japanese: 輪違屋糸里 ~女たちの新撰組~
- Director: Makoto Kiyohiro
- Writer: Hiroshi Takeyama, Jiro Asada (novel)
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 2
- Release Date: September 9 - September 10, 2007
- Runtime:
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Wachigaiya Itosato (Aya Ueto) is a giesha in the fabled district of Shimabara, Kyoto. She falls in love with Hijikata Toshizo (Hideaki Ito), who also seems to love Wachigaiya Itosato . One day, Serizawa Kamo (Shido Nakamura) asks Hijikata to give up Wachigaiya. Hijikata then decides to use Wachigaiya for his plan to assassinate Serizawa.
Notes
- Based on Jiro Asada's novel "Wachigaiya Itosato" which was first published in the Japanese monthly "Oru yomimono" (August 2002 - February 2004).
Cast
- Aya Ueto - Itosato Wachigaiya
- Hideaki Ito - Toshizo Hijikata
- Shido Nakamura - Kamo Serizawa
- Koji Matoba - Isami Kondo
- Ryuhei Maruyama - Soji Okita
- Tomoko Nakajima - Oume
- Taro Yamamoto - Goro Hirayama
- Yoichi Nukumizu - Jusuke Hirama
- Mitsunori Isaki - Heisuke Todo
- Aki Nishihara - Kichie Kikyoya
- Jundai Yamada - Nishiki Shinmi
- Akane Oda - Otowa-kottai
- Yosuke Tagawa - Tahei Hishiya
- Yoshihiko Aoyama - Kyoemon Horaiya
- Kengo Komiya - Gennojo Yagi
- Shinobu Tsuruta - Mohei Kikyoya
- Kimiko Ikegami - Omasa (Yagi family)
- Shinsuke Aoki - Shinpachi Nagakura
- Makiya Yamaguchi - Hajime Saito
- Kazutoyo Yoshimi - Genzaburo Inoue
- Masashi Sekito - Sanosuke Harada
- Kenichiro Kikuchi - Keisuke Sannan
- Hideaki Kasai - Kenji Noguchi
- Makoto Kakeda - the eye doctor
- Kumi Hayase - Oshima (Tajimaya)
- Miyoko Asada - Okatsu (Maekawa family)
- Yuko Kotegawa - Yoshino (Mistress Wachigaiya)
- Takashi Sasano - Gisuke
- Kinnosuke Hanayagi - Katamori Matsudaira
- Akio Kaneda - Heihachi Wachigaiya
- Asami Fukuchi



Sergio Tapia Says:
Mar 14 2010 6:55 pm
Hi:
Does anybody know the name of the instrumental that's played at the beginning of the movie?...It sounds a modern koto..Not sure...Thanks :)
Aiya! Says:
Jan 23 2010 1:33 am
I can't find the trailer/teaser anywhere! More than that, I want to see this drama! Does anyone know where I can find them? Please email me at khikarugal@hotmail.com if you know!
Utakoi Says:
Jan 08 2010 3:59 am
OMFG! If they could make this, they could totally make a drama live action of the manga "Kaze Hikaru" with Aya Ueto as Tominaga Sei!!!
C'mon, Japan! T.T