Nobunaga. Genroku Ryoran. Matsuyama Kenichi. Ryoma den. Tenchijin. Details Title: 天地人Title (romaji): TenchijinFormat: RenzokuGenre: JidaigekiViewership ratings: ep1=24.7 high=26.0 avg=21.2Episodes: 47Broadcast network: NHKBroadcast period: 2009-Jan-04 to 2009-Nov-22Air time: Sunday 20:00 Synopsis The 48th NHK Taiga drama is Tenchijin, based on Hisaka Masashi's novel of the same name.
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 his death, served Kenshin's adopted son Kagekatsu and is known for his extreme loyalty to the Uesugi family. Synopsis for episodes 1 thru 30 Cast Correlation chart Production Credits. Atsu-hime. Details Title: 篤姫Title (romaji): Atsu-hime / Atsuhime / Atsu HimeFormat: RenzokuGenre: JidaigekiViewership ratings: ep1=20.3 high=29.2 avg=24.5 (all Kanto #s)Episodes: 50Broadcast network: NHKBroadcast period: 2008-Jan-6 to 2008-Dec-14Air time: Sunday 20:00 Synopsis 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 rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. Episode Information Cast Correlation Chart #1 Heroine. Komyo ga Tsuji. Shinsengumi. Musashi. Details Name:武蔵Name (romaji): MusashiGenre: Taiga drama, historicalEpisodes: 49Viewership ratings: avg=16.7 (Kanto)Broadcast network: NHKBroadcast period: 2003-Jan-05 to 2003-Dec-07Air time: Sunday 20:00 Synopsis The 42nd NHK Taiga Drama is MUSASHI.
Many Japanese history buffs are familiar with The Book of Five Rings written by Miyamoto Musashi in the 17th century. Musashi's treatise on strategy and the way to lead instantly became the business executive's bible when the translated version hit the bookstores more than three hundred years later. In 2003, the story of this legendary swordsman-philosopher-painter comes to life in the NHK Taiga Drama MUSASHI. Orphaned before he was ten years old, Musashi (his real name is Takezo, so you'll hear his childhood friends call him by that name) grows up skilled in the martial arts.
Toshiie and Matsu. Details Name: 利家とまつName (romaji): Toshiie to MatsuAlso known as: Toshiie and Matsu / Love Shines ThroughGenre: Taiga drama, historicalEpisodes: 49Viewership ratings: 26.1 (1st ep), 27.6 (higest ep), 22.1 (average)Broadcast network: NHKBroadcast period: 2002-Jan-06 to 2002-Dec-15Theme Song: Synopsis The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu.
During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga. Synopsis by episode can be found here. Cast Correlation Chart pg1 Correlation Chart pg2 Production Credits Notes JN Productions referenced the series in their English subtitles as Toshiie and Matsu.
External Links. Hojo Tokimune. Izumi Motoya as Hojo Tokimunescan and restoration by groink Details Title: 北条時宗 (ほうじょう ときむね)Title (romaji): Hojo TokimuneGenre: JidaigekiEpisodes: 49Viewership ratings: 19.6 (1st ep), 21.2 (higest ep), 18.5 (average)Broadcast network: NHKBroadcast period: 2001-Jan-7 to 2001-Dec-9Air time: Sunday 20:00 Synopsis 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 Japan from invasion by Mongolia in the 1200's. The main focus of the story is Hojo Tokiyori's older sons, their relationship, and their views and actions concerning Kublai Khan's attempted invasion. Episode Information Subtitles from the TV Network Japan English-subtitled version. Cast Hojo Tokuso Family The Hojo Branch Families Vassals The Imperial Court The Continent. Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. Yoshitsune. Yoshitsune Correlation chart - click to enlarge Details Title: 義経Title (romaji): YoshitsuneGenre: Jidaigeki renzokuEpisodes: 49Viewership ratings: ep1=24.2 high=26.9 avg=19.4Broadcast network: NHKBroadcast period: 2005-Jan-09 to 2005-Dec-11Air time: Sunday 20:00Related TV shows: Minamoto no Yoshitsune (NHK, 1966), Minamoto Yoshitsune (NTV, 1991) Synopsis The 44th NHK Taiga Drama is about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経) (1159 - May 17, 1189) was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan.
This is the second of two times NHK covered this story. Cast Production Credits Notes NHK aired a 45-minute special called "Yoshitsune Special Talks". External Links. Fuurin Kazan (NHK) Fuurin Kazan.
