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 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most endur...

The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlo...

Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of...

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency...

The main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards Edo ...

Heiji is an undercover policeman in the city of Edo. He possesses a superior skill of throwing coins...

After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring stat...

Mini-drama with a historical character having a smartphone.

Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters of ...

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith...

Osome is an ex-actress who lost her parents in a fire when she was 6-years old. She then is separate...

There was a very turbulent time in the warring period in the history, and Takeda Shingen is consider...

July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, h...

In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive populatio...

Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a re...

The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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

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