Season 1 episodes1999-01-10

Season 1

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.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

Minister-in-Training

50m

Episode 2

5th Shogun Tsunayoshi

50m

Episode 3

Clan Ruin

50m

Episode 4

Return to Ako

50m

Episode 5

Praying for an Heir

50m

Season 1

Season 1

Minister-in-Training

5th Shogun Tsunayoshi

Clan Ruin

Return to Ako

Praying for an Heir

Bloodshed in the Castle

The Wedding

Marriage Offer

Blind Ambition

Aguri Times Three

Adopted Heirs

Castle Takeover

Kidnapped

Daimyo Firefighter

The Baby Furor

The Viper and the Leech

Assassination Attempt

Envoy Host

The Pine Corridor Incident

Death Sentence

Great Conference

Blood Oath

Castle Surrender

Episode 24

Yamashina Quietude

Edo Radicals

Kuranosuke Goes to Edo

Reunion

Defection

Death Poem

Master Uki

Okaru

Lady Ichii

Kuranosuke is Removed

Successors

The Decision

Strike Against the Shogunate

Test of Loyalty

Dawn of Farewell

Journey to Edo

Floor Plans

Causalties

Kira's Tea Party

At Last, the Strike

Setback

The Day of the Attack

The Attack

In Custody

Paragons of Loyalty