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Tokugawa Fūunroku: Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune

Tokugawa Fūunroku: Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune poster
Directed by
Ichikura Haruo, Fujioka Kojiro
Cast
Nakamura Masatoshi, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Uchida Asahi, Ishiguro Ken, Ooka Echizen-no-kami Tadasuke, Daichi Yasuo, Kumokiri Nizaemon, Naitou Takashi
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan

How it feels

This Japanese TV program is a historical drama about the eighth Tokugawa shogun, Yoshimune. It follows his life and rule during the Edo period. The story was broadcast as a single day-long event.

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What happens

Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (徳川風雲録 八代将軍吉宗) is a television program broadcast on January 2, 2008, on the TV Tokyo network in Japan. It was the 28th in the annual Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki series. Ten hours long, it began at 2:00 p.m. and ran until midnight. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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