--- "I'm a Yojimbo ( bodyguard )." and its surroundings ---

Japanese

1. Prologue

I have to say beforehand in writing this critical essay.
The charm point of the television play "I'm a Yojimbo ( bodyguard )." is the inquiry into beauty as the image expression . The beauty of the sight composition is wonderful, frankly shown by the expression "It is good-looking". It is a composite art including music.

Therefore, even if I variously write the explanation, I cannot clarify a bit of the attraction of them. In short, you will not understand magnificence of them enough as long as you do not see them. Because it is especially a point of the elocution hearing-beauty of the words when saying or being pronounced ---- a language art --- in KESSOKU's work, a statement that I will describe after this refuses the thing which cannot help becoming undervalued unjustified. Though there is an original in his work, it has been sublimed to his work by freely dramatizing it as a mere material .

"I'm a Yojimbo ( bodyguard )." is sometimes broadcast again by the satellite broadcasting and the cable television. The Video Tapes of the complete 26 stories are manufactured by Toei Video Ltd. and are sold by the Toei Ltd. and it has two stories a volume. Whole volume is being put on the market with the video of 5,000 yen a volume (VCTM02131 and 02154, etc.). Please buy them by all means if you like. Please buy them in full volumes .

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