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The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako during the Kamakura Period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Ishizaka

Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: lae astra

Spanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they plotted and fought their ways to survive the changing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masato Sakai

In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant...

Genre: Drama

Cast:

The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin War. The main character in the series is Tomiko Hino, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Mita

The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Determined to show his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II

Centered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the modern Japanese millitary system.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Umenosuke Nakamura

The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyoko Mitsubayashi

Comic creator Rohan Kishibe, along with his partner-cum-editor, Kyōka Izumi, challenge various incidents beyond human knowledge.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Issey Takahashi

Focusing on the life of Nene, the good wife who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the world of the Warring States and the rise and fall of the Toyotomi...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harumi Munechika

A series of short animation works focusing on the Para-sport with the aim of delivering the appeal of the Paralympic Games and sport for athletes...

Genre: Animation

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Miwa Kubota is a 29-year old movie fanatic who just got fired from her dead-end job. She saw that her favorite actor, the world-renowned Takahashi...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Honoka Matsumoto

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ichikawa Ebizo XI

It depicts how the winner, the Satsuma Clan, and the loser, the Aizu Clan, survive through the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration in their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

The chronicles of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

The drama is depicting the life and times in 17th and 18th century Japan during the rule of the eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Noguchi Gorou

Genre: Animation

Cast: Haruka Fukuhara

An unusual documentary series that delves into human dramas through chance encounters with ordinary people at selected spots. Filmed over 72 hours in...

Genre: Documentary

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The 40th NHK Taiga Drama is Hojo Tokimune. It tells the dramatic and turbulent life of young shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mayuko Fukuda