The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is just 29 years old. With a wisdom and vision beyond his years, he tries to prolong the life of this 200-year-old dynasty which began with Ieyasu. However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.
Collection of short stories about women in various periods of Japanese history. Based on famous Japa...
In this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun Iena...
Set in the mid-Edo period, this drama follows Sachi, who works as an apprentice at the Osaka Tenma k...
The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.
The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Re...
The chronicles of the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late Heian an...
Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period dai...
"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide...
The chronicles of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In ...
The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako during the Kamakura Period.
Centered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the modern J...
Set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Sa...
Set at the end of the 12th century when several wars for control of Japan disrupted a long era of pe...
Depicting Date clan’s internal strife that occurred during a peaceful Edo period governed by the 4th...
Saotome Mondonosuke, "Hatamoto" (direct servant of the shogun), a handsome man with a scar on his fo...
Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa s...