Mouri Motonari
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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Wives Say
05-01-199760m - Ep 2
2.Young Lord Raving Mad
12-01-199760m - Ep 3
3.The Disqualified Castellan
19-01-199760m - Ep 4
4.A Woman's Caliber
26-01-199760m - Ep 5
5.A Castle of Conspiracy
02-02-199760m - Ep 6
6.A Romance
09-02-199760m - Ep 7
7.I Fled From the Enemy
16-02-199760m - Ep 8
8.A Bride Who is Too Good
23-02-199760m - Ep 9
9.Farewell, My Brother
02-03-199760m - Ep 10
10.His Miraculous First Battle
09-03-199760m - Ep 11
11.An Angry Bride
16-03-199760m - Ep 12
12.An Order To Assassinate Motonari
23-03-199760m - Ep 13
13.A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born
30-03-199760m - Ep 14
14.A Giant and A Baby
06-04-199760m - Ep 15
15.Turning the Tables in Tears
13-04-199760m - Ep 16
16.His Younger Brother's Rebellion
20-04-199760m - Ep 17
17.A Fierce Dawn
27-04-199760m - Ep 18
18.A Naval Goddess
04-05-199760m - Ep 19
19.A Husband in Love
11-05-199760m - Ep 20
20.An Illegitimate Woman
18-05-199760m - Ep 21
21.A Million for One Heart
25-05-199760m - Ep 22
22.Three Arrows
01-06-199760m - Ep 23
23.Invasion of the Amago
08-06-199760m - Ep 24
24.Showdown at Koriyama Castle
15-06-199760m - Ep 25
25.Amago Tsunehisa Dies
22-06-199760m - Ep 26
26.The Ghost is Our Enemy
29-06-199760m - Ep 27
27.No Way Out
06-07-199760m - Ep 28
28.I Want To See the Ocean
13-07-199760m - Ep 29
29.Farewell to My Child
20-07-199760m - Ep 30
30.Good-bye, Mii
27-07-199760m - Ep 31
31.Sugi Goes To Paradise
03-08-199760m - Ep 32
32.Motonari Turns Into a Demon
10-08-199760m - Ep 33
33.His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy
17-08-199760m - Ep 34
34.Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness
24-08-199760m - Ep 35
35.The Last Traitor
31-08-199760m - Ep 36
36.Demon's Politics
07-09-199760m - Ep 37
37.A Left-out Firefly
14-09-199760m - Ep 38
38.A Decision at Age 59
21-09-199760m - Ep 39
39.Outwitting a Plot
28-09-199760m - Ep 40
40.Storms Bring Chances
05-10-199760m - Ep 41
41.A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima
12-10-199760m - Ep 42
42.His Last Woman
19-10-199760m - Ep 43
43.A Letter to Three Sons
26-10-199760m - Ep 44
44.Dancing for Silver
02-11-199760m - Ep 45
45.Man's Caliber
09-11-199760m - Ep 46
46.Assassinating Takamoto
16-11-199760m - Ep 47
47.An Avenging Battle
23-11-199760m - Ep 48
48.Terumoto Making a Debut
30-11-199760m - Ep 49
49.A Lonely Champion
07-12-199760m - Ep 50
50.Live Well, Die Well
14-12-199760m
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