7.2
The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors
1990
Mouri Motonari
9.060m19971 season
DramaWar & Politics
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.
Directed by Kōji Matsuoka
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The Wives Say
1997-01-05 · 60m
Young Lord Raving Mad
1997-01-12 · 60m
The Disqualified Castellan
1997-01-19 · 60m
A Woman's Caliber
1997-01-26 · 60m
A Castle of Conspiracy
1997-02-02 · 60m
A Romance
1997-02-09 · 60m
I Fled From the Enemy
1997-02-16 · 60m
A Bride Who is Too Good
1997-02-23 · 60m
Farewell, My Brother
1997-03-02 · 60m
His Miraculous First Battle
1997-03-09 · 60m
An Angry Bride
1997-03-16 · 60m
An Order To Assassinate Motonari
1997-03-23 · 60m
A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born
1997-03-30 · 60m
A Giant and A Baby
1997-04-06 · 60m
Turning the Tables in Tears
1997-04-13 · 60m
His Younger Brother's Rebellion
1997-04-20 · 60m
A Fierce Dawn
1997-04-27 · 60m
A Naval Goddess
1997-05-04 · 60m
A Husband in Love
1997-05-11 · 60m
An Illegitimate Woman
1997-05-18 · 60m
A Million for One Heart
1997-05-25 · 60m
Three Arrows
1997-06-01 · 60m
Invasion of the Amago
1997-06-08 · 60m
Showdown at Koriyama Castle
1997-06-15 · 60m
Amago Tsunehisa Dies
1997-06-22 · 60m
The Ghost is Our Enemy
1997-06-29 · 60m
No Way Out
1997-07-06 · 60m
I Want To See the Ocean
1997-07-13 · 60m
Farewell to My Child
1997-07-20 · 60m
Good-bye, Mii
1997-07-27 · 60m
Sugi Goes To Paradise
1997-08-03 · 60m
Motonari Turns Into a Demon
1997-08-10 · 60m
His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy
1997-08-17 · 60m
Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness
1997-08-24 · 60m
The Last Traitor
1997-08-31 · 60m
Demon's Politics
1997-09-07 · 60m
A Left-out Firefly
1997-09-14 · 60m
A Decision at Age 59
1997-09-21 · 60m
Outwitting a Plot
1997-09-28 · 60m
Storms Bring Chances
1997-10-05 · 60m
A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima
1997-10-12 · 60m
His Last Woman
1997-10-19 · 60m
A Letter to Three Sons
1997-10-26 · 60m
Dancing for Silver
1997-11-02 · 60m
Man's Caliber
1997-11-09 · 60m
Assassinating Takamoto
1997-11-16 · 60m
An Avenging Battle
1997-11-23 · 60m
Terumoto Making a Debut
1997-11-30 · 60m
A Lonely Champion
1997-12-07 · 60m
Live Well, Die Well
1997-12-14 · 60m
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