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Genroku Ryoran(1999)
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Overview
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.
Type: Scripted
Status: Ended
Languages: Japanese
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Japan
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Top 10 Billed Cast
松平健
Irobe Matashiro
宮沢りえ
Aguri
篠原涼子
Sadako
阿部寛
Horibe Yasubei
石坂浩二
Kira Yoshinaka
東山紀之
Asano Naganori
村上弘明
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira
萩原健一
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
吉田栄作
Okajima Tadatsugu
柄本明
Genshiro
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