Taiga Dramas

Set in Tokugawa shogunate era of Japan, general Tokugawa letsuna was the fourth generation Seii Taishogun, a commotion occurred that ended up being cracked down

Wind and cloud and rainbow.

At its time being 1978 Ogun No Hibi was regarded as one of the most expensive Taiga Drama's . It was the first Taiga to be filmed outside of Japan as part of the story involves the Philippines as well as Jesuit missionaries . Boasting an all star cast it tells the story of a group of merchants and commoners in the port city of Sakai during the reigns of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu . The secondary story is the thief Ishikawa Goemon who starts off as a childhood friend of Hideyoshi but obviously their lives go in different directions until the inevitable ending . It's still to this day regarded as one of the all time greatest Taiga Dramas but sadly it was never subtitled in English . NHK did not start subbing them for the export market until 1982's Tokugawa Ieyasu . If you are familiar with the history of that era it's easy to follow . Shogun fans can catch Yoko Shimada as Gracia Hosokawa which was the inspiration for the role of Mariska which she played in Shogun two years later .

NHK Japan Taiga drama about Japanese Americans in LA during WWII. Taiga dramas are year long and broadcast Sunday evenings.

The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the train is Takahara Miki and her sister Sachi. Miki and Sachi are the daughters of a wealthy landlord living in a village in the Tsugaru area in Aomori prefecture, but they have been living in Tokyo since before the war to attend school. After seeing her village does not have a doctor, Miki is determined to become a rural doctor.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan in 1590, but Date Masamune did not abandon his desire to control the nation.