The Samurai
The Samurai can be just actually a Western historical fiction television series made by Senkosha Productions through the 1960s. Its initial Japanese title was Onmitsu Kenshi. The show premiered on TBS in 1962 and ran consistently until 1965 of 13 episodes each for ten self-contained story arcs. Also created were just two feature films that are black-and-white from Toei Company, manufactured in 1964 by exactly the identical crew that includes created it series, and a point show.
The Samurai turned out to be very successful despite its initially very limited funding. This had been the very 1st TV program built up a large fan-base on the list of local crowd at the moment and screened in Australia, where it established in 1964 learning to be a cult favourite. Despite the popularity in Australia in addition to victory in the Philippines and Japan, New Zealand, the show wasn't widely screened elsewhere along with its fame remains restricted to those countries.
This was followed in 1965 by the spin off series the newest Samurai, featuring a completely new character, that was cancelled after only 39 episodescompared to the series' 128 episodes. In 1973a color TV series has been also made for 26 episodes at a abortive effort of a remake and a short-lived reboot. Most the TV show were sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical.