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Mouri Motonari(1997)

DramaWar & Politics

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First Air Date: 1997-01-05

Average Runtime: 1h 0m

Rating: 9.0

Votes: 1

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 50

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 of the Warring States era. All Japanese school textbooks contain the Mitsuya no kyokun, Mori's famous lesson to his three sons that teaches that while one arrow is easily broken, three arrows together cannot be broken. In 1997, 500 years after his birth, NHK dramatizes Motonari's rise from a chief of the region of Aki (now Hiroshima) to a daimyo who rules over ten provinces of the Chugoku region. Motonari was 64 years old and already the patriarch of a powerful dynasty about the time Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen appeared on the scene. And even after his death, the Mori family figured prominently in Japanese history. His grandson Terumoto became a loyal Toyotomi vassal. Defeated at the Battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu confiscated most of his lands, leaving him only with Suwo and Nagato, later known as Choshu. But 260 years later, the Mori got their ultimate revenge, leading the imperial forces against the Tokugawa in the Meiji Restoration.

Keywords

japanjidaigekisengoku periodtaiga

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 50

E01

The Wives Say

Air Date: 1997-01-05

Mouri Motonari(1997)

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

The Wives Say

Young Lord Raving Mad

The Disqualified Castellan

A Woman's Caliber

A Castle of Conspiracy

A Romance

I Fled From the Enemy

A Bride Who is Too Good

Farewell, My Brother

His Miraculous First Battle

An Angry Bride

An Order To Assassinate Motonari

A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born

A Giant and A Baby

Turning the Tables in Tears

His Younger Brother's Rebellion

A Fierce Dawn

A Naval Goddess

A Husband in Love

An Illegitimate Woman

A Million for One Heart

Three Arrows

Invasion of the Amago

Showdown at Koriyama Castle

Amago Tsunehisa Dies

The Ghost is Our Enemy

No Way Out

I Want To See the Ocean

Farewell to My Child

Good-bye, Mii

Sugi Goes To Paradise

Motonari Turns Into a Demon

His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy

Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness

The Last Traitor

Demon's Politics

A Left-out Firefly

A Decision at Age 59

Outwitting a Plot

Storms Bring Chances

A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima

His Last Woman

A Letter to Three Sons

Dancing for Silver

Man's Caliber

Assassinating Takamoto

An Avenging Battle

Terumoto Making a Debut

A Lonely Champion

Live Well, Die Well

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