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  • 2005
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    Kaze no Haruka

    Kaze no Haruka

    1 2005 HD

    At the age of nine, Haruka moves from Osaka to Yufuin with her father Yosuke and her younger sister Asuka because Yosuke hopes to open a restaurant...

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  • 2023
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    Boogie Woogie

    Boogie Woogie

    1 2023 HD

    Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young...

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  • 2025
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    Anpan

    Anpan

    8.33 2025 HD

    In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi...

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  • 1967
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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    8.00 1967 HD

    The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

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  • 2021
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    Come Come Everybody

    Come Come Everybody

    1 2021 HD

    Come Come Everybody is a Japanese television drama series and the 105th NHK Asadora series, following Okaeri Mone.. It depicts the lives of three...

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  • 1996
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    Yat, The Space Patrol

    Yat, The Space Patrol

    1 1996 HD

    In the year 5808, humanity has taken gigantic steps in the vast reaches of space. The innovation of the dimensional tunnel made intergalactic travel...

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  • 2024
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    YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master

    YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master

    8.10 2024 HD

    Welcome to Yamauchi, a world inhabited by the Yatagarasu, a race of three-legged ravens who shapeshift into humans. The land is divided into four...

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  • 1980
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    The Lion Era

    The Lion Era

    1 1980 HD

    It depicts how the winner, the Satsuma Clan, and the loser, the Aizu Clan, survive through the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration in their...

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  • 1977
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    Kashin

    Kashin

    1 1977 HD

    Centered around Masujiro Omura, who became a commander for the Choshu clan, and founded the modern Japanese millitary system.

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  • 1987
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    Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

    9.20 1987 HD

    Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the questionnaire survey conducted by NHK, it is shining in the...

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  • 1997
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    Mouri Motonari

    Mouri Motonari

    1 1997 HD

    The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlord of the early 1500s who stood at the vanguard...

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  • 2015
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    Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki

    Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki

    8.20 2015 HD

    Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki...

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  • 2003
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    Musashi

    Musashi

    8.30 2003 HD

    Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing...

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  • 1965
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    Taikouki

    Taikouki

    1 1965 HD

    Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan.

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  • 2002
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    Toshiie and Matsu

    Toshiie and Matsu

    8.00 2002 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

    Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

    1 2005 HD

    A story of Yagyu Jubei, master swordsman from the well-known Yagyu-Shinkage school in the Edo period. Even decades after the establishment of the...

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  • 2013
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    Yae's Sakura

    Yae's Sakura

    7.90 2013 HD

    Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka...

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  • 2016
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    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

    7.60 2016 HD

    The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is...

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  • 2011
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    Hometown Stories

    Hometown Stories

    1 2011 HD

    Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.

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  • 2011
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    Princess Go

    Princess Go

    8.30 2011 HD

    Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a remarkable life in an age of turmoil and civil war....

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