Genroku Ryoran S1E1

Episodes

1. Minister-in-Training

2. 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi

3. Clan Ruin

4. Return to Ako

5. Praying for an Heir

6. Bloodshed in the Castle

7. The Wedding

8. Marriage Offer

9. Blind Ambition

10. Aguri Times Three

11. Adopted Heirs

12. Castle Takeover

13. Kidnapped

14. Daimyo Firefighter

15. The Baby Furor

16. The Viper and the Leech

17. Assassination Attempt

18. Envoy Host

19. The Pine Corridor Incident

20. Death Sentence

21. Great Conference

22. Blood Oath

23. Castle Surrender

24. Episode 24

25. Yamashina Quietude

26. Edo Radicals

27. Kuranosuke Goes to Edo

28. Reunion

29. Defection

30. Death Poem

31. Master Uki

32. Okaru

33. Lady Ichii

34. Kuranosuke is Removed

35. Successors

36. The Decision

37. Strike Against the Shogunate

38. Test of Loyalty

39. Dawn of Farewell

40. Journey to Edo

41. Floor Plans

42. Causalties

43. Kira's Tea Party

44. At Last, the Strike

45. Setback

46. The Day of the Attack

47. The Attack

48. In Custody

49. Paragons of Loyalty

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Genroku Ryoran

Drama

The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.

Date: 01/10/1999

Rating: 7.7

Cast: Ken Matsudaira, Rie Miyazawa, Ryoko Shinohara, Hiroshi Abe, Koji Ishizaka, Noriyuki Higashiyama, Hiroaki Murakami, Kenichi Hagiwara, Eisaku Yoshida, Akira Emoto, Mari Natsuki, Tetta Sugimoto, Tsubasa Imai, Honami Suzuki, Hideaki Takizawa, Saki Takaoka, Shinichi Tsutsumi

Ken Matsudaira