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The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Ishizaka

The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tohru Emori

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

NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (ＮＨＫ紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kouhaku, is an annual New Year's...

Genre: Reality

Cast:

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

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 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 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 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

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

Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Shuri

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masatoshi Nakamura

The 56th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Agri. Story's settings include Okayama and Tokyo (Ichigaya). This renzoku chronicles the life of a Showa period...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Misato Tanaka

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 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

8 years ago, Western Civilization visited 19th century Japan. Mechanized dolls and new steam-powered creations began spreading throughout the...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Haruna Ikezawa

In a rural town undergoing revival through music, high school students Kanae and Sousuke meet none other than Beethoven and Mozart! Calling...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Yuki Kaji

Set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Saito, Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mikijiro Hira

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

Cast:

Idol Shiratori Nagisa misses combat and martial arts, so she dresses up as a schoolboy and enrolls in the most roughed-up school she can find. She...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Chinami Nishimura