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.
In the midst of the struggle between kings, emperors, sultans and popes, "Glow and Darkness" tells, ...

In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrify...

The story of the Egyptian Pharaoh, one of the most renowned leaders in human history. This ambitiou...

Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution ...

A chronicle of the Texas Revolution, the uprising against the tyranny of Mexican dictator Santa Anna...

The story of the Umayyad dynasty, which wrote an unforgettable history, stretched from the east to t...

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are a...

A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited ...

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

A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes...

Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work th...
A young and impoverished Barney Barnato emigrated from England to South Africa in 1870. There he fir...

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...

Napoleon and Love is a British television miniseries produced by Thames Television for ITV, lasting ...

Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dr...

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Drama series follows the life Jang Yeong-Sil: a scientist, technician and inventor during the Joseon...