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Ōgon no Hibi (1978)

Ōgon no Hibi poster
Original title
黄金の日日
Genre
historical play
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 51 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows commoners and merchants in 16th century Japan and beyond. It shows their day to day lives and struggles across many episodes and locations.

historicalepisodicgroundedleisurelydetailedserioussweeping

What happens

Ōgon no Hibi (黄金の日日; Golden Days) is a 1978 Japanese television series. It is the 16th NHK taiga drama, and is based on Saburo Shiroyama's novel of the same title. The series is the first taiga drama to focus on the lives of commoners and merchants, and the first taiga drama to be filmed outside Japan. It had the average viewership rating of 25.9% with the peak reaching 34.4%. All episodes still exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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