Based on the novel of the same name by Jiro Ikushima, this drama series aired on NET TV (now TV Asahi) in 1972 for a total of 26 episodes. Starring the talented actor Kennosuke Yorozuya, who had previously shown his skills in various period films such as "Mabuta no Haha," "Seki no Yatappe," and "Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yoyo ichi-hiki," the show follows the tragic hero and is sure to captivate audiences with its compelling storyline. Viewers are sure to be drawn into the drama and root for the protagonist as the story unfolds.

The Ooku of Edo Castle was a mysterious existence that could not be seen from the outside for 300 ye...

The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun l...

Men from different backgrounds became friends at a young age, and because of this they became confli...

Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japa...

The drama tells the story of the Sanada family. Originally serving the Takeda Clan they ruled the no...

Set at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their 11-yea...

The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Koheita, a newly appointed magistrate, never shows his face in the magistrate's office, instead spen...

Humanistic detective stories that took place in an inn called 'Kawasemi'.

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is figh...

Matsudaira Tadateru (Shin'ichi Chiba) the sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu that was stripped of his titl...

Tells the story of the women surrounding Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun.

A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hide...

A dramatization of Ryotaro Shiba's novel of the same title about the life of Kobayashi Sahē, a chiva...

We're in Shamisen-bori of the bustling city of Edo. The officers of Guardhouse 36 monopolize the pop...

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