


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 generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.
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Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.

Shun is a third generation descendant of a Japanese orphan left behind in China during World War II. Takeru is a lonely and reckless young man whose family was murdered when he was a child. Shun, Takeru and Kasumi, who has an equally troubled past and background, become collaborators after being hired by Kuchinawa in a police undercover operation to take on a drug cartel in a Chinatown. The drama follows their ability to work together and grow individually.

The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.

During the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to greatly drop, leading to an ooku where the role of men and women are reversed. Thus, “the women become the shogun, served by 3000 handsome men”

During the 16th Century Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of Civil Wars and the powerful Warlords who fought them. One of the earliest and strongest of these men was the Great Lord TAKEDA Shingen. A tremendous military genius, his battles are the stuff of legend.

Set in the Edo Period of Japan, the series follows a young ninja named Hayate, who is the son of a man who developed a special technique called the "Transformation Jutsu" capable of granting a superhuman form. However, their Ninja clan, the warmongering Blood Wheel Clan, begins using the Transformation Jutsu to spread fear and terror all throughout Japan as part of their campaign to conquer it, going against the peaceful intentions Hayate's father had when creating it. After the Blood Wheel Clan slaughter a village, Hayate is able to convince his initially reluctant father to perform the transformation procedure on him, enabling him to become a birdman ninja known as "Arashi" to defend people from the Blood Wheel Clan. Hayate's father is later murdered by the Blood Wheel Clan when they discover his betrayal, but Hayate himself escapes and teams up with the Iga Clan to fight and keep the Blood Wheel Clan from taking over Japan.

In this drama, each of three troubled women encounter a mysterious and charismatic man while traveling to Bangkok, Taipei, and Ho Chi Minh.

Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.

During the war-torn feudal wars in Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists on marrying the lord's daughter. Their unnatural union bears fruit but when both are killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - The Hakkenden. As they slowly find each other and come together as a group, these eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entities and evil samurai in a final attempt to redeem their clan!

In 18th-century Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo rises from a poor background to become a leading publisher. Despite political changes threatening his career, he works to shape Edo’s cultural scene through innovative books and collaborations with artists.

Six strangers share a fabulous house in Tokyo, looking for love while living under the same roof. With no script, what happens next is all up to them.

An entertaining historical drama depicting Sanada Yukimura, a hero who has gone through the era from the incident at Honnōji Temple to the summer siege of Osaka Castle, as "a man of men".

M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, the people he meets describe a woman very unlike the F he knew.

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.

Otose, the daughter of a poor farmer, was born on Awaji Island. At her workplace, she met Tsuda Mitsugi, a loyalist of the imperialists. He was the man of her dreams. As if to test their love, numerous trials befall them.

A high-tech squadron protects Earth from evil monsters and aliens with the help of a giant super-being named Ultraman Tiga.

A story about a high school full of delinquents, and its elite class that has clones of famous warlords from Japan's Warring States period fighting it out.

The mini-series revolves around the harem of a shogun in the Edo Period in Japan. The women jostle and compete with one another and with their lord and on occasion even wield more power than their master.

Utako Kamiya is struggling in life with her past trauma and joins a dance group to revive her spirits.
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51 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betrothal | Jan 6, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Hairpin | Jan 13, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 3 | White Heron | Jan 20, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Miracle of Okehazama | Jan 27, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Matsu's Great Boast | Feb 3, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Vows | Feb 10, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Fight for Success | Feb 17, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Monkey is a Genius?! | Feb 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Akechi Malady | Mar 3, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 10 | A Kimono For My Wife | Mar 10, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Brothers Divided | Mar 17, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Great Goal | Mar 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Matsu's Castle | Mar 31, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Child of Mt. Hiei | Apr 7, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Fateful Mikata-gahara | Apr 14, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 16 | One's Child | Apr 21, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A Daimyo, At last | Apr 28, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Lord of Fuchu | May 5, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Pact | May 12, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Koh's Bridegroom | May 19, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 21 | First Campaign | May 26, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Lady Shogun | Jun 2, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Goh's Mother | Jun 9, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Red Stars | Jun 16, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Tragedy of Mitsuhide | Jun 23, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Attack on Honnoji | Jun 30, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Resolve | Jul 7, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Bad Blood at Kiyosu | Jul 14, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Hostage Ma-a | Jul 21, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Loyalty | Jul 28, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Shizugatake | Aug 4, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 32 | A Fiery End | Aug 11, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Entering Kanazawa | Aug 18, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Black Lilies of Parting | Aug 25, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 35 | The Battle of Suemori Castle | Sep 1, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Over the Mountain | Sep 8, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 37 | A True Man | Sep 15, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 38 | The Flower Robe | Sep 22, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Narimasa Dies | Sep 29, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Yodo, the Ogre | Oct 6, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 41 | The Odawara Campaign | Oct 13, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Rikyu Must Die | Oct 20, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Omandokoro's Last Will | Oct 27, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Saruchiyo | Nov 3, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Absent from Duty | Nov 10, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 46 | I Am Your Father | Nov 17, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Hideyoshi Dies | Nov 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Assassinating Ieyasu | Dec 1, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Love Everlasting | Dec 8, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Episode 50 | Dec 15, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Episode 51 | Dec 22, 2002 | 0.0 |

Yuichiro Yamaguchi
Narimasa Sassa

Takashi Sorimachi
Oda Nobunaga

Yuki Amami
Haru

Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Keijiro Maeda

Noriko Sakai
One

Harue Akagi
Ume

Tomokazu Miura
Toshihisa Maeda