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#3629

Seirei no Moribito

Japanese Drama - 2016, 4 episodes

7.8

Balsa is a 30-year-old female bodyguard-for-hire. Her life changes when she saves Imperial Prince Chagum, who is being carried away by a raging river. They then attempt to return the great egg of the water spirit, which…

#3127

Yae no Sakura

Japanese Drama - 2013, 50 episodes

7.9

“Yae no Sakura” will tell the story of Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, who was born into the Aizu Domain during the late Edo period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning…

#2487

RYOMADEN

Japanese Drama - 2010, 48 episodes

8.0

The 49th NHK Taiga drama is Ryoma den, set back in the Bakumatsu period. The story focuses on the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, who lived from 1835 to 1867. He was an important leader in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa…

#84468

Seiten wo Tsuke

Japanese Drama - 2021, 41 episodes

8.0

Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and…

#3581

Atsu Hime

Japanese Drama - 2008, 50 episodes

7.8

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest…

#3010

Seirei no Moribito Season 2

Japanese Drama - 2017, 9 episodes

7.9

Four years after her journey with Chagum ended, Balsa became an outlaw. Concealing herself in the kingdom of Rota to the west of the New Yogo Empire, she continues to be a bodyguard. One day, Balsa saves a young girl…

#3922

Gou - Himetachi no Sengoku

Japanese Drama - 2011, 46 episodes

7.8

The 50th NHK Taiga drama is Gou. The story focuses on the life of Gou, the wife of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada. Gou was the third daughter of the daimyo Azai Nagamasa, who was married to the sister of Oda Nobunaga.…

#86302

Onna Joushu Naotora

Japanese Drama - 2017, 50 episodes

7.8

NHK's 56th taiga drama series. During the Sengoku period, the Ii family governs the Totomi region. Due to many past wars, there are no more male successors left to become a lord. Naotora Ii, the only daughter of the…

#85463

Taira no Kiyomori

Japanese Drama - 2012, 50 episodes

7.9

The story follows the 12th-century general and politician, Taira no Kiyomori. Taira no Kiyomori (1118–1181) was born as the first son of Taira no Tadamori (Head of the Taira clan). During his youth, Kiyomori helped…

#83150

Gunshi Kanbei

Japanese Drama - 2014, 50 episodes

8.2

July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over 3 months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream of the country's unification. Standing at the gate of the castle, a…

#87973

Dou Suru Ieyasu

Japanese Drama - 2023, 48 episodes

7.7

The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during…

#2922

Seirei no Moribito Season 3

Japanese Drama - 2017, 9 episodes

7.9

Balsa and the crown prince Chagum travel together again. The young boy who survived because he was protected by Balsa has gone through suffering and grown into a splendid crown prince. Balsa starts to expose the conspiracy…

#87336

Tenchijin

Japanese Drama - 2009, 47 episodes

7.7

The 48th NHK Taiga drama is Tenchijin. The story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after…

#84938

Hikaru Kimi e

Japanese Drama - 2024, 48 episodes

8.0

The 63rd work of NHK Taiga Drama depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese female poet who wrote "Tale of Hikaru Genji". This story is set in the mid-Heian period. (Source: Japanese = nhk.or.jp || Translation…

#90621

Hana Moyu

Japanese Drama - 2015, 50 episodes

7.5

Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.

#85931

Kamakura dono no 13 nin

Japanese Drama - 2022, 48 episodes

7.9

Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hojo Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's…

#84261

Kirin ga Kuru

Japanese Drama - 2020, 44 episodes

8.0

After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is…

#85691

Sanadamaru

Japanese Drama - 2016, 50 episodes

7.9

NHK's 55th taiga drama series. Sanada Yukimura was born to a lord who owned a small piece of land in Shinsu (present-day Nagano Prefecture). He survived using wisdom, courage and much effort during the Sengoku period…

#83818

Sego-don

Japanese Drama - 2018, 47 episodes

8.1

Segodon follows the life of the historical figure Takamori Saigo. He was born the first son of a lower-class samurai. He was exiled two times and went through three marriages. Takamori Saigo was one of the central figures…

#83672

Idaten

Japanese Drama - 2019, 47 episodes

8.1

Follow up the story of 52 years and covers three editions of 1912 Stockholm Olympics, 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics where it features the two lead characters Kanakuri Shisou as the first Japanese man to…