Genroku Ryoran

1999 1 Seasons 49 Episodes ⭐ 7.8 Drama

The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Minister-in-Training

EP 2

5th Shogun Tsunayoshi

EP 3

Clan Ruin

EP 4

Return to Ako

EP 5

Praying for an Heir

EP 6

Bloodshed in the Castle

EP 7

The Wedding

EP 8

Marriage Offer

EP 9

Blind Ambition

EP 10

Aguri Times Three

EP 11

Adopted Heirs

EP 12

Castle Takeover

EP 13

Kidnapped

EP 14

Daimyo Firefighter

EP 15

The Baby Furor

EP 16

The Viper and the Leech

EP 17

Assassination Attempt

EP 18

Envoy Host

EP 19

The Pine Corridor Incident

EP 20

Death Sentence

EP 21

Great Conference

EP 22

Blood Oath

EP 23

Castle Surrender

EP 24

Episode 24

EP 25

Yamashina Quietude

EP 26

Edo Radicals

EP 27

Kuranosuke Goes to Edo

EP 28

Reunion

EP 29

Defection

EP 30

Death Poem

EP 31

Master Uki

EP 32

Okaru

EP 33

Lady Ichii

EP 34

Kuranosuke is Removed

EP 35

Successors

EP 36

The Decision

EP 37

Strike Against the Shogunate

EP 38

Test of Loyalty

EP 39

Dawn of Farewell

EP 40

Journey to Edo

EP 41

Floor Plans

EP 42

Causalties

EP 43

Kira's Tea Party

EP 44

At Last, the Strike

EP 45

Setback

EP 46

The Day of the Attack

EP 47

The Attack

EP 48

In Custody

EP 49

Paragons of Loyalty

Popular Cast

Ken Matsudaira

Irobe Matashiro

Rie Miyazawa

Aguri

Ryoko Shinohara

Sadako

Hiroshi Abe

Horibe Yasubei

Koji Ishizaka

Kira Yoshinaka

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Asano Naganori

Hiroaki Murakami

Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira

Kenichi Hagiwara

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

Eisaku Yoshida

Okajima Tadatsugu

Akira Emoto

Genshiro

Mari Natsuki

Tomiko

Tetta Sugimoto

Fuwa Kuzaemon