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Takeda Shingen (1988)

Takeda Shingen poster
Original title
武田信玄
Genre
drama, war & politics
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 50 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows the life of the 16th century Japanese warlord Takeda Shingen. It shows his military campaigns and political struggles during the Sengoku period.

historicalepicdramaticbattle-heavyslow-pacedseriousretrodetailed

What happens

Takeda Shingen (武田信玄) is a 1988 Japanese historical television series. It is the 26th NHK Taiga drama. It is based on the novels by Jirō Nitta of the same title. It had the average viewing rating of 39.7%, with its peak reaching 47.8%. It had the second highest average viewership rating in its history with only a 0.5% difference to the previous year's Taiga drama One-Eyed Dragon Masamune. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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