Kabuki Akadousuzunosuke

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Kabuki Akadousuzunosuke

The final installment of kabuki actor Matsuya Onoe’s “Idomu” series features Toma Ikuta in his first kabuki role.

Streaming Services:

Available with English subtitles.

Stage Play Details:

Title (Japanese)新歌舞伎:赤胴鈴之助
Movie Length2 hours 49 minutes
Original LanguageJapanese
Original Japanese Premiere DateStage Performance: August 2021
Video Distribution: June 2022

Other Adaptations:

With the manga series running between 1954 through 1960 in Japan, the series has many different adaptations in Japan which can have some overlapping characters and actors across each adaptation (sometimes in different roles):

  • Suzunosuke Akado (1957 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado (1957 Japanese TV series – Osaka Television Broadcasting version)
  • Suzunosuke Akado (1957 Japanese TV series – Radio Tokyo Television version)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: The Moonlight Monster (1957 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang (1957 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka Style (1957 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: The Demon of the New Moon Tower (1957 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes (1958 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: The Thunderman of the Black Cloud Valley (1958 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Skull Gang (1958 Japanese movie)
  • Suzunosuke Akado (1979 Japanese TV series)
  • Suzunosuke Akado (1985 Japanese TV series)
  • Kabuki Akadousuzunosuke (2021 Stage Play)
  • Mattari! Akado Suzunosuke (2022 Japanese TV series)

Manga Details:

An adaptation of the Akado Suzunosuke (赤胴鈴之助) manga.

AuthorEiichi Fukui (福井英一) (For chapter 1)
Tsunayoshi Takeuchi (武内つなよし) (for remained of the series)
Manga Length22 volumes
Availability in EnglishNot available in English.