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Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000)

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Original title
葵 徳川三代
Directed by
Shigemitsu Akihiko, Ozaki Mitsunobu, Sato Yuzuru, Watanabe Kazutaka
Cast
Tsugawa Masahiko, Nishida Toshiyuki, Onoe Shoroku IV, UTA, Yoshinaga Kazuma, Sakai Takeru, Yamada Takayuki, Okamoto Fujita
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 49 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows the lives and rule of the first three Tokugawa shoguns in 17th-century Japan. It depicts political maneuvering and military conflicts as the Tokugawa clan consolidates power.

historicalepisodicstatelyformaldetailedslow-pacedmeditativegrand-scale

What happens

Aoi (Japanese: 葵 徳川三代, Hepburn: Aoi Tokugawa Sandai) is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes. Aoi is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in high definition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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