Season 1
45 min
S1 · E1 · Jan 10, 1999
Minister-in-Training Episode 1
45 min
S1 · E2 · Jan 17, 1999
5th Shogun Tsunayoshi Episode 2
45 min
S1 · E3 · Jan 24, 1999
Clan Ruin Episode 3
45 min
S1 · E4 · Jan 31, 1999
Return to Ako Episode 4
45 min
S1 · E5 · Feb 7, 1999
Praying for an Heir Episode 5
45 min
S1 · E6 · Feb 14, 1999
Bloodshed in the Castle Episode 6
45 min
S1 · E7 · Feb 21, 1999
The Wedding Episode 7
45 min
S1 · E8 · Feb 28, 1999
Marriage Offer Episode 8
45 min
S1 · E9 · Mar 7, 1999
Blind Ambition Episode 9
45 min
S1 · E10 · Mar 14, 1999
Aguri Times Three Episode 10
45 min
S1 · E11 · Mar 21, 1999
Adopted Heirs Episode 11
45 min
S1 · E12 · Mar 28, 1999
Castle Takeover Episode 12
45 min
S1 · E13 · Apr 4, 1999
Kidnapped Episode 13
45 min
S1 · E14 · Apr 11, 1999
Daimyo Firefighter Episode 14
45 min
S1 · E15 · Apr 18, 1999
The Baby Furor Episode 15
45 min
S1 · E16 · Apr 25, 1999
The Viper and the Leech Episode 16
45 min
S1 · E17 · May 2, 1999
Assassination Attempt Episode 17
45 min
S1 · E18 · May 9, 1999
Envoy Host Episode 18
45 min
S1 · E19 · May 16, 1999
The Pine Corridor Incident Episode 19
45 min
S1 · E20 · May 23, 1999
Death Sentence Episode 20
45 min
S1 · E21 · May 30, 1999
Great Conference Episode 21
45 min
S1 · E22 · Jun 6, 1999
Blood Oath Episode 22
45 min
S1 · E23 · Jun 13, 1999
Castle Surrender Episode 23
45 min
S1 · E24 · Jun 20, 1999
Episode 24 Episode 24
45 min
S1 · E25 · Jun 27, 1999
Yamashina Quietude Episode 25
45 min
S1 · E26 · Jul 4, 1999
Edo Radicals Episode 26
45 min
S1 · E27 · Jul 11, 1999
Kuranosuke Goes to Edo Episode 27
45 min
S1 · E28 · Jul 18, 1999
Reunion Episode 28
45 min
S1 · E29 · Jul 25, 1999
Defection Episode 29
45 min
S1 · E30 · Aug 1, 1999
Death Poem Episode 30
45 min
S1 · E31 · Aug 8, 1999
Master Uki Episode 31
45 min
S1 · E32 · Aug 15, 1999
Okaru Episode 32
45 min
S1 · E33 · Aug 22, 1999
Lady Ichii Episode 33
45 min
S1 · E34 · Aug 29, 1999
Kuranosuke is Removed Episode 34
45 min
S1 · E35 · Sep 5, 1999
Successors Episode 35
45 min
S1 · E36 · Sep 12, 1999
The Decision Episode 36
45 min
S1 · E37 · Sep 19, 1999
Strike Against the Shogunate Episode 37
45 min
S1 · E38 · Sep 26, 1999
Test of Loyalty Episode 38
45 min
S1 · E39 · Oct 3, 1999
Dawn of Farewell Episode 39
45 min
S1 · E40 · Oct 10, 1999
Journey to Edo Episode 40
45 min
S1 · E41 · Oct 17, 1999
Floor Plans Episode 41
45 min
S1 · E42 · Oct 24, 1999
Causalties Episode 42
45 min
S1 · E43 · Oct 31, 1999
Kira's Tea Party Episode 43
45 min
S1 · E44 · Nov 7, 1999
At Last, the Strike Episode 44
45 min
S1 · E45 · Nov 14, 1999
Setback Episode 45
45 min
S1 · E46 · Nov 21, 1999
The Day of the Attack Episode 46
45 min
S1 · E47 · Nov 28, 1999
The Attack Episode 47
45 min
S1 · E48 · Dec 5, 1999
In Custody Episode 48
45 min
S1 · E49 · Dec 12, 1999
Paragons of Loyalty Episode 49
49 episodes in Season 1
Some details come from TheTVDB.
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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Cast
22 people
Ken Matsudaira
Irobe Matashiro
Known for
Her Blue Sky
Legal High
Rie Miyazawa
Aguri
Known for
The Twilight Samurai
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Ryoko Shinohara
Sadako
Known for
Kamikaze Girls
One Piece Film: Z
Hiroshi Abe
Horibe Yasubei
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
Still Walking
Koji Ishizaka
Kira Yoshinaka
Known for
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
The Makioka Sisters
Noriyuki Higashiyama
Asano Naganori
Also in
Seven Detectives
Yokokuhan: The Pain
Hiroaki Murakami
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira
Known for
Kamen Rider
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
Kenichi Hagiwara
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Known for
Kagemusha
Over Your Dead Body
Eisaku Yoshida
Okajima Tadatsugu
Also in
My Home Hero
Onna to Otoko no Nettai
Akira Emoto
Genshiro
Known for
Rental Family
Hanzawa Naoki
Mari Natsuki
Tomiko
Known for
Spirited Away
The Hunted
Tetta Sugimoto
Fuwa Kuzaemon
Known for
Departures
Reincarnation
Hiroshi Kataoka Director · Makoto Ohara Director
Total runtime 40h 50m · Episode length 50 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
January 10, 1999
Final episode
December 12, 1999
Status
Ended
Network
NHK
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
40h 50m
Original language
Japanese
Production
NHK
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
元禄繚乱
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Some details come from TheTVDB.