taiga drama
{{Short description|Japanese annual drama series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{nihongo|Taiga drama|大河ドラマ|Taiga dorama|"Big River Drama"|lead=yes}} is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regularly hires different writers, directors, and other creative staff for each taiga drama. The 45-minute show airs on the NHK General TV network every Sunday at 8:00pm, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 1:05pm. NHK BS, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK World Premium broadcasts are also available.
Taiga dramas are very costly to produce.{{cite news|author=Mainichi Japan|title=NHK historical drama series 'Idaten' posts record low ratings|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190508/p2a/00m/0et/002000c|access-date=11 August 2019|work=The Mainichi|publisher=The Mainichi Newspapers|date=8 May 2019|location=Tokyo}} The usual procedure of a taiga drama production would have one-third of the total number of scripts finished before shooting begins. Afterwards, audience reception is taken into account as the rest of the series is written.{{cite book|editor-last=Shinozuka|editor-first=Jun|title=Japan Quality Review Vol. 0-1|date=January 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vx9J_OzHs-8C|chapter=Feature 1: JQR Interview – Yoshiko Nishimura}} Many times, the dramas are adapted from a novel (e.g. Fūrin Kazan is based on The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan). Though taiga dramas have been regarded by Japanese viewers as the most prestigious among dramas in Japan, viewership ratings have considerably declined in recent years.
Current series
- Unbound (2025)
Upcoming series
- Toyotomi Brothers! (2026)
- Gyakuzoku no Bakushin (2027)
List of series
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!width="210"|Romanised Name !width="190"|English title !width="50"|Start !width="50"|End !width="175"|Starring{{cite web | url =http://www9.nhk.or.jp/taiga/catalog/| title =大河ドラマ一覧| publisher =NHK}} !width="200"class="unsortable"|Supporting cast !width="130" class="unsortable"|Notes !width="20"class="unsortable"|Average Rating{{cite web|url=http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/program/03taiga.htm|title=過去の視聴率データ NHK大河ドラマ|publisher=Video Research Ltd.}} | |
| 1
|Hana no Shōgai |Life of a Flower{{cite book|author1=Clements, Jonathan|author2=Tamamuro, Motoko|title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|date=November 2003|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley, California|isbn=1-880656-81-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzeSd4SvU7cC}} |7 April 1963 |29 December 1963 |Onoe Shoroku II |Chikage Awashima |{{hidden|Detail|Black and white. Only footage fragments of episodes 1 and 38 still exist.}} |20.2% | |
| 2
|Akō Rōshi | |5 January 1964 |27 December 1964 |Kazuo Hasegawa |Isuzu Yamada |{{hidden|Detail|Black and white. Also the most viewed taiga drama in its early history. Set during the Edo period. A scene from episode 7 and full footage of episode 47 still exist.}} |31.9% | |
| 3
|Taikōki | |3 January 1965 |26 December 1965 |Ken Ogata |Shiho Fujimura |{{hidden|Detail|Black and white. Set in the Sengoku period. Only episode 42 still exists.}} |31.2% | |
| 4
|Minamoto no Yoshitsune |2 January 1966 |25 December 1966 |Onoe Kikunosuke IV |Ken Ogata |{{hidden|Detail|Black and white. Set during the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period. Only episodes 1, 33, and 52 still exist.}} |23.5% | |
| 5
|San Shimai |Three Sisters |1 January 1967 |24 December 1967 |Mariko Okada Shiho Fujimura Komaki Kurihara |Tsutomu Yamazaki |{{hidden|Detail|Black and white. Set at the end of the Edo period into Meiji Restoration. It was chosen to commemorate the 100th year since the Meiji Restoration. Only episode 19 still exists. }} |19.1% | |
| 6
|Ryōma ga Yuku |Ryōma Goes |7 January 1968 |29 December 1968 |Kin'ya Kitaōji |Ruriko Asaoka |{{hidden|Detail|Black and white. Bakumatsu period. Along with previous year's Taiga drama, this was also chosen as part of the 100th year celebration since the Meiji Restoration. Only episode 16 still exists.}} |14.5% | |
| 7
|Ten to Chi to |Heaven and Earth |5 January 1969 |28 December 1969 |Kōji Ishizaka |Fumie Kashiyama |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. Only episode 50 and a fragment of episode 2 still exist. Colour. Future broadcasts are in colour.}} |25.0% | |
| 8
|Momi no Ki wa Nokotta |The Fir Tree Remained |4 January 1970 |27 December 1970 |Mikijirō Hira |Sayuri Yoshinaga |{{hidden|Detail|About the Date Disturbance during the Edo period. Although there were no battles, viewers commented that it was dark in tone. It was once thought to be entirely lost, but episode 29 in full color was discovered to still exist. It was then revealed in February 2011 that video tapes of 51 episodes out of 52 were recovered, albeit in black and white due to the limitations of the recording technology at the time.}} |21.0% | |
| 9
|Haru no Sakamichi |Slope of Spring |3 January 1971 |26 December 1971 |Nakamura Kinnosuke |Yoshio Harada |{{hidden|Detail|Set during late Sengoku period to early Edo period. No footage in full color still exist. Only the final episode still remains in black and white.}} |21.7% | |
| 10
|Shin Heike Monogatari |New Tale of the Heike |2 January 1972 |24 December 1972 |Tatsuya Nakadai |Tamao Nakamura |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the late Heian era. Episodes 46 and 52 still exist in black and white.}} |21.4% | |
| 11
|Kunitori Monogatari |Tale of Taking Countries |7 January 1973 |30 December 1973 |Mikijirō Hira Hideki Takahashi |Keiko Matsuzaka |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. All footage of the regular broadcast is lost. In 2015, videotape recordings of episodes 37 and 38 were recovered.}} |22.4% | |
| 12
|Katsu Kaishū | |6 January 1974 |29 December 1974 |Tetsuya Watari → Hiroki Matsukata(main role actor changed as of 10th story |Reiko Ohara |{{hidden|Detail|Set during Bakumatsu at the end of the Edo period. Only episodes 6, 7, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 44 have been discovered to still exist.}} |24.2% | |
| 13
|Genroku Taiheiki | |6 January 1975 |29 December 1975 |Kōji Ishizaka |Tōru Emori |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Edo period. Episodes 2, 3, 7, and 18 still exist in its original broadcast form. As of 2016, a recording of episode 9 was recovered, as well as 41 videotaped episodes in 2019.}} |24.7% | |
| 14
|Kaze to Kumo to Niji to |Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow |4 January 1976 |26 December 1976 |Gō Katō |Sayuri Yoshinaga |{{hidden|Detail|Heian period. It is the oldest NHK Taiga drama to date where all 52 episodes have been preserved.}} |24.0% | |
| 15
|Kashin |Flower Spirit |2 January 1977 |25 December 1977 |Nakamura Umenosuke IV |Masatoshi Nakamura |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu period. Only episodes 19, 24, 34, 39, and 52 (with 6 minutes missing) have been recovered.}} |19.0% | |
| 16
|Ōgon no Hibi |Golden Days |8 January 1978 |24 December 1978 |Ichikawa Somegorō VI |Komaki Kurihara |{{hidden|Detail|Depicts daily life of merchants and traders in Sakai during the Sengoku period. Starting from this Taiga drama onward, all episodes of each work still exist.}} |25.9% | |
| 17
|Kusa Moeru |Grass Burns |7 January 1979 |23 December 1979 |Kōji Ishizaka Shima Iwashita |Ken Matsudaira |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Genpei War into the start of the Kamakura period. The story is told from the female main character's perspective. All episodes still exist, however, 18 out of 51 episodes have distorted images and sound, as well as missing fragments.}} |26.3% | |
| 18
|Shishi no Jidai |The Age of Lions |6 January 1980 |21 December 1980 |Bunta Sugawara Gō Katō |Reiko Ohara |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Bakumatsu and Meiji Restoration periods. Main leads are two fictional characters from rural Japan with commoner roots. It depicts their struggles to survive the chaotic, dark period.}} |21.0% | |
| 19
|Onna Taikōki | |11 January 1981 |20 December 1981 |Yoshiko Sakuma |Masatoshi Nakamura |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Sengoku and early Edo periods. Based on the novel Taikōki (which formed the basis of the 3rd Taiga Drama of the same title), with the story told from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife's perspective.}} |31.8% | |
| 20
|Tōge no Gunzō | |10 January 1982 |19 December 1982 |Ken Ogata |Ken Matsudaira |{{hidden|Detail|Edo period. This is the second depiction of the 47 Rōnin, which focused on different themes and an alternative insight into the Ako Incident.}} |23.7% | |
| 21
|Tokugawa Ieyasu |Tokugawa Ieyasu |9 January 1983 |18 December 1983 |Sakae Takita |Shinobu Otake |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Sengoku and early Edo periods.}} |31.2% | |
| 22
|Sanga Moyu |8 January 1984 |23 December 1984 |Matsumoto Kōshirō IX Toshiyuki Nishida |Reiko Ohara |{{hidden|Detail|First (and so far only) Taiga drama set in the Shōwa period of World War II}} |21.1% | |
| 23
|Haru no Hatō |Big Waves of Spring |6 January 1985 |15 December 1985 |Keiko Matsuzaka |Masatoshi Nakamura |{{hidden|Detail|Set in the Meiji and Taishō eras. About the life of a former Japanese geisha who became Japan's first actress.}} |18.2% | |
| 24
|Inochi |5 January 1986 |14 December 1986 |Yoshiko Mita |Tetsurō Tamba |{{hidden|Detail|Shōwa era. First taiga drama set in postwar Japan. First taiga drama to be officially broadcast with English subtitles. Fictional female lead.}} |29.3% | |
| 25
|Dokuganryū Masamune |4 January 1987 |13 December 1987 (as Date Masamune) |Tomokazu Miura |{{hidden|Detail|Late Sengoku to early Edo period.}} |39.7% | |
| 26
|Takeda Shingen |10 January 1988 |18 December 1988 |Kiichi Nakai |Kyōhei Shibata |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. Last taiga drama to fully air during the Shōwa period.}} |39.2% | |
| 27
|1 January 1989 |17 December 1989 |Reiko Ōhara |Aiko Nagayama |{{hidden|Detail|Late Sengoku to early Edo periods. Focuses on the early reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. Earliest premiere for a Taiga drama in 22 years since 1967's "Three Sisters"; the last taiga drama to air during the Shōwa period by only the first episode, and the second episode was delayed; first Taiga drama to be shown during the Heisei period.}} |33.1% | |
| colspan="9"|Heisei Era | |
| 28
|Tobu ga Gotoku |7 January 1990 |9 December 1990 |Toshiyuki Nishida Takeshi Kaga |Yūko Tanaka |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Bakumatsu and Meiji Restoration periods centering around two of the last samurai. It is the first taiga drama to be firmly split into two parts.}} |23.2% | |
| 29
|Taiheiki | |6 January 1991 |25 December 1991 |Hiroyuki Sanada |Yasuko Sawaguchi |{{hidden|Detail|Kamakura period, going into the Nanboku-chō period during early Muromachi period.}} |26.0% | |
| 30
|Nobunaga |Nobunaga: King of Zipang |5 January 1992 |13 December 1992 |Naoto Ogata |Momoko Kikuchi |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. This is the second depiction of Oda Nobunaga in the main character role and the first full depiction as the sole lead.}} |24.6% | |
| 31
|Ryūkyū no Kaze |10 January 1993 |13 June 1993 |Noriyuki Higashiyama |Atsuro Watabe |{{hidden|Detail|Depicts the Ryūkyū peoples during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods. It features a fictional character as the lead. First part of a 3-part series.}} |17.7% | |
| 32
|Homura Tatsu |Burst Into Flames |4 July 1993 |13 March 1994 |Ken Watanabe Hiroaki Murakami |Yūko Kotegawa |{{hidden|Detail|Set during the Genpei War during the late Heian period, it focuses on the Northern Fujiwara Dynasty from its founding to its fall. Second part of a 3-part series. Also had the latest premiere for a Taiga drama at 35 episodes split into three parts in itself.}} |17.3% | |
| 33
|Hana no Ran | |3 April 1994 |25 December 1994 |Yoshiko Mita |Ichikawa Danjūrō XII |{{hidden|Detail|Muromachi to early Sengoku periods, focuses around the Ōnin War. Conclusion of the 3-part series.}} |14.1% | |
| 34
|Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune |8 January 1995 |10 December 1995 |Toshiyuki Nishida |Hideji Ōtaki |{{hidden|Detail| Edo period. About the Eighth Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, known as the "Father of Shogunate Reforms".}} |26.4% | |
| 35
|Hideyoshi |Hideyoshi |7 January 1996 |22 December 1996 |Naoto Takenaka |Yasuko Sawaguchi |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. The second depiction of Hideyoshi in 31 years since 1965's Taikōki.}} |30.5% | |
| 36
|Mōri Motonari |Mōri Motonari |5 January 1997 |14 December 1997 |Nakamura Hashinosuke III |Yasuko Tomita |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. This work was made to commemorate the 500th anniversary since Motonari's birth.}} |23.4% | |
| 37
|Tokugawa Yoshinobu |Tokugawa Yoshinobu |4 January 1998 |13 December 1998 |Masahiro Motoki |Bunta Sugawara |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu period. It covers the life of the last Tokugawa shōgun.}} |21.1% | |
| 38
|Genroku Ryōran |1 January 1999 |12 December 1999 |Nakamura Kankurō V |Shinobu Otake |{{hidden|Detail|Edo period. Third depiction of the 47 Rōnin and the Ako Incident.}} |20.2% | |
| 39
|Aoi Tokugawa Sandai |9 January 2000 |17 December 2000 |Masahiko Tsugawa Toshiyuki Nishida Onoe Tatsunosuke II |Tōru Emori |{{hidden|Detail|Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo periods. It depicts the events of the first three Tokugawa shōguns; this is the second depiction of Tokugawa Ieyasu where he's a main character. First series to be fully filmed in high definition (HD).{{cite web |title=大河ドラマ 葵 徳川三代 |url=https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/tv60bin/detail/index.cgi?das_id=D0009010475_00000 |access-date=12 November 2019 |website=NHK名作選 |publisher=NHK |language=ja |quote=全編ハイビジョンで撮影された最初の「大河ドラマ」}} Future series are also broadcast in HD.}} |18.5% | |
| 40
|Hōjō Tokimune |7 January 2001 |9 December 2001 |Motoya Izumi |Atsuro Watabe |{{hidden|Detail|Kamakura period.}} |18.5% | |
| 41
|Toshiie to Matsu |6 January 2002 |15 December 2002 |Toshiaki Karasawa Nanako Matsushima |Takashi Sorimachi |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku and early Edo periods.}} |22.1% | |
| 42
|Musashi |Musashi |5 January 2003 |7 December 2003 |Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII |Ryoko Yonekura |{{hidden|Detail|Edo period.}} |16.7% | |
| 43
|Shinsengumi! | |11 January 2004 |12 December 2004 |Shingo Katori |Tatsuya Fujiwara |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu period.}} |17.4% | |
| 44
|Yoshitsune |Yoshitsune |9 January 2005 |11 December 2005 |Hideaki Takizawa |Ken Matsudaira |{{hidden|Detail|Depicts the Genpei War during late Heian period. Second depiction of Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Taiga dramas.}} |19.5% | |
| 45
|Kōmyō ga Tsuji |Love and Glory |8 January 2006 |10 December 2006 |Yukie Nakama Takaya Kamikawa |Tetsuya Takeda |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku to early Edo periods. It depicts a minor samurai and his wife as dual main characters}} |20.9% | |
| 46
|Fūrin Kazan |The Trusted Confidant |7 January 2007 |9 December 2007 |Masaaki Uchino |Ichikawa Kamejirō II |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. It depicts the life of one of Takeda Shingen's 24 Generals.}} |18.7% | |
| 47
|Atsuhime |Princess Atsu |6 January 2008 |21 December 2008 |Aoi Miyazaki |Eita |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu period.}} |24.5% | |
| 48
|Tenchijin |Heart of a Samurai |4 January 2009 |22 November 2009 |Satoshi Tsumabuki |Kazuki Kitamura |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku to early Edo periods. Depicts the life of one of the Uesugi clan's long-serving vassals.}} |21.2% | |
| 49
|Ryōmaden |Ryōmaden: The Legend |3 January 2010 |28 November 2010 |Masaharu Fukuyama |Teruyuki Kagawa |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu period. Second depiction of Sakamoto Ryōma as the main role in Taiga dramas.}} |18.7% | |
| 50
|Gō |Princess Go |9 January 2011 |27 November 2011 |Rie Miyazawa |{{hidden|Detail|Late Sengoku to early Edo periods.}} |17.7% | |
| 51
|Taira no Kiyomori |Kiyomori |8 January 2012 |23 December 2012 |Kenichi Matsuyama |Hiroshi Tamaki |{{hidden|Detail|Late Heian period's Genpei War. The second Taiga drama to depict Taira no Kiyomori as its main character.}} |12.0% | |
| 52
|Yae no Sakura |Yae's Sakura{{cite web|title=Yae's Sakura|url=https://www.iemmys.tv/nominees/yaes-sakura/|website=International Emmy Awards|publisher=International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=12 October 2019}} |6 January 2013 |15 December 2013 |Haruka Ayase |Hidetoshi Nishijima |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu to Meiji periods.}} |14.6% | |
| 53
|Gunshi Kanbei |Strategist Kanbe |5 January 2014 |21 December 2014 |Junichi Okada |Miki Nakatani |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku to early Edo periods.}} |15.8% | |
| 54
|Hana Moyu |Burning Flower |4 January 2015 |13 December 2015 |Mao Inoue |Takao Osawa |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu to Meiji periods.}} |12.0% | |
| 55
|Sanada Maru |Sanada Maru |10 January 2016 |18 December 2016 |Masato Sakai |Yo Oizumi |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku to early Edo periods. Depicts the life of the "Last Sengoku Hero".}} |16.6% | |
| 56
|Onna Jōshu Naotora |Naotora: The Lady Warlord{{cite news|author=Hawaii Herald|title=TV Guide Revision|url=https://www.thehawaiiherald.com/2017/02/13/tv-guide-revision/|work=The Hawai'i Herald|date=23 February 2017}} |8 January 2017 |17 December 2017 |Ko Shibasaki |Haruma Miura |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku to Azuchi-Momoyama periods.}} |12.8% | |
| 57
|Segodon |Segodon |7 January 2018 |16 December 2018 |Ryohei Suzuki |Eita |{{hidden|Detail|The second work to depict Saigō Takamori as its main lead in Taiga dramas. Last taiga drama to air in its entirety during the Heisei period.}} |12.7% | |
| 58
|Idaten |Idaten: The Epic Marathon to Tokyo |6 January 2019 |15 December 2019 |Nakamura Kankurō VI Sadao Abe |Haruka Ayase |{{hidden|Detail|Set during Meiji and Shōwa eras. Last taiga drama to premiere during the Heisei period and the first Taiga drama to be shown during the Reiwa period.}} | 8.2% | |
| colspan="9"|Reiwa era | |
| 59
|Kirin ga Kuru |Awaiting Kirin |19 January 2020 |7 February 2021 |Hiroki Hasegawa |Shota Sometani |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku period. First Taiga drama to premiere in the Reiwa period.}} |14.4% | |
| 60
|Seiten o Tsuke |Reach Beyond the Blue Sky |14 February 2021 |26 December 2021 |Ryo Yoshizawa |Kengo Kora |{{hidden|Detail|Meiji Restoration period to Shōwa era.}} |14.1% | |
| 61
|Kamakura-dono no 13-nin |The 13 Lords of the Shogun |9 January 2022 |18 December 2022 |Shun Oguri |Eiko Koike |{{hidden|Detail|Late Heian period's Genpei War to Kamakura period.}} |12.7% | |
| 62
|Dousuru Ieyasu |What Will You Do, Ieyasu? |8 January 2023 |17 December 2023 |Jun Matsumoto |Kasumi Arimura |{{hidden|Detail|Sengoku to early Edo periods. This work is the third depiction of where Tokugawa Ieyasu appears as the Taiga drama's starring character.}} |11.2% | |
| 63
|Hikaru Kimi e |Dear Radiance |7 January 2024 |15 December 2024 |Yuriko Yoshitaka |Tasuku Emoto |{{hidden|Detail|Set during mid-Heian period depicting the life of one of Japanese's first novel authors, who penned The Tale of Genji.}} |10.7% | |
| 64
|Berabou |Unbound |5 January 2025 |2025 |Ryusei Yokohama |Ken Yasuda |{{hidden|Detail|Set during mid-Edo period, which depicts the life of publishing illustrated books and ukiyo-e woodblock prints.}} | | |
| 65
|Toyotomi Kyōdai! |TBA |2026 |2026 | {{hidden|Detail|Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods.}}
| |
| 66
|Gyakuzoku no Bakushin |TBA |2027 |2027 |Tori Matsuzaka |TBA |{{hidden|Detail|Bakumatsu period.}} | |
NHK Special Drama
Saka no Ue no Kumo was originally set for a 2006 broadcast as "21st Century Taiga Drama". However, the scriptwriter of the series committed suicide, causing a delay in production. The series was aired as "NHK Special Drama" in three parts, each part airing from late November to late December of each year.
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| rowspan="3"|Saka no Ue no Kumo
|1 |5 eps |29 November 2009 |27 December 2009 |rowspan="3"|Masahiro Motoki |rowspan="3"|Miho Kanno |
| 2
|4 eps |5 December 2010 |26 December 2010 |
| 3
|4 eps |4 December 2011 |25 December 2011 |
Fantasy taiga drama
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| rowspan="3"|Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
|1 |4 eps |26 March 2016 |9 April 2016 |rowspan="3"|Haruka Ayase |rowspan="3"|Masahiro Higashide |
| 2
|9 eps |21 January 2017 |25 March 2017 |
| 3
|9 eps |25 November 2017 |27 January 2018 |
New Big Jidaigeki
NHK broadcast three taiga dramas covering modern and contemporary history from 1984 to 1986. Instead, they specially prepared these three productions for jidaigeki fans. Many viewers see them as almost equivalent to Taiga dramas.{{cite web |url= https://www.jidaigeki.com/program/detail/jd00011977.html|title= 武蔵坊弁慶|access-date= November 23, 2023|work= Jidaigeki Senmon Channel}}
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!width="20"|# !width="150"|Romanised Name !width="100"|Kanji Name !width="50"|Episodes !width="133"|Start !width="133"|End !width="170"|Starring !width="150"|Supporting cast |
| 1
|宮本武蔵 |45 eps |4 April 1984 |13 March 1985 |
| 2
|真田太平記 |45 eps |3 April 1985 |19 March 1986 |
| 3
|武蔵坊弁慶 |34 eps |9 April 1986 |12 December 1986 |
Series overviews
- Kōmyō-ga-tsuji: Yamauchi Kazutoyo no Tsuma. Takaya Kamikawa plays the role of Yamauchi Kazutoyo, the military commander and daimyō who took over the Tosa han and built Kōchi Castle. Nakama Yukie plays the role of Chiyo, the ever-supporting wife of Kazutoyo. The story by Shiba Ryōtarō spans the closing years of the Sengoku period, the Azuchi–Momoyama period, and the beginning of the Edo period.
- 武蔵 MUSASHI (2003). Kabuki actor Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII (now Ichikawa Ebizō XI) held the lead role as the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, whose lives spanned the end of the sengoku and the beginning of the Edo periods. The series was based on the Yoshikawa Eiji novel that forms the basis for most modern fiction based on the events of Musashi's life. This was the first Taiga Drama to have its title in both kanji and the Latin alphabet.
- Toshiie and Matsu (2002). Toshiaki Karasawa as Maeda Toshiie and Nanako Matsushima as Matsu recounted the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate from the point of view of an outside daimyō.
- Hōjō Tokimune (2001). Kyōgen actor Izumi Motoya played the lead character, heading a cast that included Watanabe Ken. Major events in the series included the Mongol Invasions of Japan.
- Genroku Ryōran (1999). Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankurō V played Ōishi Kuranosuke in this story set in the Genroku period, during which the events of the Forty-seven rōnin occurred.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.nhk.or.jp/taiga/ Official Site] {{in lang|ja}}
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