Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This was the first taiga drama to concentrate on the lives of commoners and the reviled merchant class of the Tokugawa period. It documents the rise and fall of the merchant city of Sakai, as seen by its most famous resident, the semilegendary Luzon.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Matsumoto Hakuō II, Komaki Kurihara, Jinpachi Nezu, Koji Tsuruta, Tetsuro Tamba, Ryūzō Hayashi
Crew: Susumu Kondo, Shiroyama Saburo, Shin'ichi Ichikawa, Shūkei Nagasaka, Shinichiro Ikebe
Country: JP
Studio: NHK
Runtime: 45:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Jan 08, 1978
Last air date: Dec 24, 1978
Episode: 51 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 10
