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Dokuganryū Masamune (1987)

Dokuganryū Masamune poster
Original title
独眼竜政宗
Genre
drama television series, historical play
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 50 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A one-eyed samurai named Masamune Date rises to power in feudal Japan. The series follows his military campaigns and political maneuvers as he becomes a powerful daimyo.

epichistoricaldramaticslow-burndeterminedambitiousstatelyperiod piece

What happens

Dokuganryū Masamune (独眼竜政宗) is a 1987 Japanese historical television series. It is the 25th NHK taiga drama. The broadcast received an average viewer rating of 39.7 percent in the Kanto area with the highest viewing rating of 47.8%. The drama was adapted from the novel of Sōhachi Yamaoka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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