{"rewrite":{"id":"r_995b27e1377379ffb336de36","clusterId":"c_8f22d02f16c081bf43077193","slug":"kon-ichikawa-s-yukinojo-henge-4k-restoration-airs-on-nhk-bsp4k","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kon Ichikawa's Yukinojo Henge 4K Restoration Airs on NHK BSP4K","summary":"The 1963 film \"Yukinojo Henge,\" directed by Kon Ichikawa and starring Kazuo Hasegawa in dual roles, will air in a 4K digital restoration on NHK BSP4K on June 27, 2026. The period drama follows a kabuki onnagata seeking revenge against the magistrate's group that killed his parents.","whyItMatters":"The 4K restoration broadcast brings a landmark Japanese period drama-produced as the 300th film for lead actor Kazuo Hasegawa-to a modern television audience for the first time.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKon Ichikawa\u0026#39;s 1963 film \u0026#34;Yukinojo Henge\u0026#34; will air in a 4K digital restoration on NHK BSP4K on June 27, 2026, from 9:30 AM to 11:25 AM. The film adapts Otaguro Mikami\u0026#39;s novel and was produced as the 300th film commemorating lead actor Kazuo Hasegawa\u0026#39;s film appearances. Hasegawa plays both the kabuki onnagata Nakamura Yukinojo and the righteous thief Yami Taro. The cast includes Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Raizo Ichikawa, Ganjiro Nakamura II, and Shintaro Katsu. The screenplay was co-written by Daisuke Ito, Teinosuke Kinugasa, and Natsuto Wada.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yukinojo Henge's 4K restoration on NHK BSP4K puts a 1963 film about a kabuki onnagata in front of a primetime broadcast audience, not a festival crowd.","twitterPost":"Yukinojo Henge's 4K restoration lands on NHK BSP4K, not a streaming service. Broadcast, not on-demand.","threadsPost":"Yukinojo Henge's 4K restoration is airing on NHK BSP4K, a broadcast channel, not a streaming platform. That choice keeps the film within a scheduled TV context rather than a library. For a period drama about a kabuki onnagata, the broadcast format mirrors the theatricality of its subject.","newsletterBlurb":"Kon Ichikawa's \"Yukinojo Henge\" (1963) will air in a 4K digital restoration on NHK BSP4K on June 27. The period drama stars Kazuo Hasegawa in dual roles as a kabuki onnagata and a thief, with a cast including Fujiko Yamamoto and Shintaro Katsu.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Eiga Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/678035\",\"title\":\"\\\"Yukinojo Henge\\\" 4K Digital Restoration to Air on NHK BSP4K, Depicting Protagonist Living as Kabuki Onnagata\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4302,"outputTokens":632,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782535712,"createdAt":"2026-06-27T04:37:57.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-27T04:40:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-27T04:40:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8f22d02f16c081bf43077193","canonicalTitle":"歌舞伎の女形として生きる主人公描く「雪之丞変化」4Kデジタル修復版、NHK BSP4KでOA","representativeArticleId":"a_744632aa7bf7700eb6f08198","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Yukinojo Henge\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kon Ichikawa\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-26T11:46:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-26T11:46:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-27T04:40:25.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Eiga Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/678035","title":"歌舞伎の女形として生きる主人公描く「雪之丞変化」4Kデジタル修復版、NHK BSP4KでOA"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Yukinojo Henge"],"studios":[],"people":["Kon Ichikawa"],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The 1963 film 'Yukinojo Henge' will air in a 4K digital restoration on NHK BSP4K on June 27, 2026, from 9:30 AM to 11:25 AM.","The film was produced as the 300th film commemorating lead actor Kazuo Hasegawa's film appearances.","Hasegawa plays both the kabuki onnagata Nakamura Yukinojo and the righteous thief Yami Taro.","The cast includes Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Raizo Ichikawa, Ganjiro Nakamura II, and Shintaro Katsu.","The screenplay was co-written by Daisuke Ito, Teinosuke Kinugasa, and Natsuto Wada."]}