Season
50 - Live Well, Die Well
Dec. 14,1997
49 - A Lonely Champion
Dec. 07,1997
48 - Terumoto Making a Debut
Nov. 30,1997
47 - An Avenging Battle
Nov. 23,1997
46 - Assassinating Takamoto
Nov. 16,1997
45 - Man's Caliber
Nov. 09,1997
44 - Dancing for Silver
Nov. 02,1997
43 - A Letter to Three Sons
Oct. 26,1997
42 - His Last Woman
Oct. 19,1997
41 - A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima
Oct. 12,1997
40 - Storms Bring Chances
Oct. 05,1997
39 - Outwitting a Plot
Sep. 28,1997
38 - A Decision at Age 59
Sep. 21,1997
37 - A Left-out Firefly
Sep. 14,1997
36 - Demon's Politics
Sep. 07,1997
35 - The Last Traitor
Aug. 31,1997
34 - Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness
Aug. 24,1997
33 - His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy
Aug. 17,1997
32 - Motonari Turns Into a Demon
Aug. 10,1997
31 - Sugi Goes To Paradise
Aug. 03,1997
30 - Good-bye, Mii
Jul. 27,1997
29 - Farewell to My Child
Jul. 20,1997
28 - I Want To See the Ocean
Jul. 13,1997
27 - No Way Out
Jul. 06,1997
26 - The Ghost is Our Enemy
Jun. 29,1997
25 - Amago Tsunehisa Dies
Jun. 22,1997
24 - Showdown at Koriyama Castle
Jun. 15,1997
23 - Invasion of the Amago
Jun. 08,1997
22 - Three Arrows
Jun. 01,1997
21 - A Million for One Heart
May. 25,1997
20 - An Illegitimate Woman
May. 18,1997
19 - A Husband in Love
May. 11,1997
18 - A Naval Goddess
May. 04,1997
17 - A Fierce Dawn
Apr. 27,1997
16 - His Younger Brother's Rebellion
Apr. 20,1997
15 - Turning the Tables in Tears
Apr. 13,1997
14 - A Giant and A Baby
Apr. 06,1997
13 - A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born
Mar. 30,1997
12 - An Order To Assassinate Motonari
Mar. 23,1997
11 - An Angry Bride
Mar. 16,1997
10 - His Miraculous First Battle
Mar. 09,1997
9 - Farewell, My Brother
Mar. 02,1997
8 - A Bride Who is Too Good
Feb. 23,1997
7 - I Fled From the Enemy
Feb. 16,1997
6 - A Romance
Feb. 09,1997
5 - A Castle of Conspiracy
Feb. 02,1997
4 - A Woman's Caliber
Jan. 26,1997
3 - The Disqualified Castellan
Jan. 19,1997
2 - Young Lord Raving Mad
Jan. 12,1997
1 - The Wives Say
Jan. 05,1997
Trailer
The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlord of the early 1500s who stood at the vanguard of the Warring States era. All Japanese school textbooks contain the Mitsuya no kyokun, Mori's famous lesson to his three sons that teaches that while one arrow is easily broken, three arrows together cannot be broken. In 1997, 500 years after his birth, NHK dramatizes Motonari's rise from a chief of the region of Aki (now Hiroshima) to a daimyo who rules over ten provinces of the Chugoku region. Motonari was 64 years old and already the patriarch of a powerful dynasty about the time Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen appeared on the scene. And even after his death, the Mori family figured prominently in Japanese history. His grandson Terumoto became a loyal Toyotomi vassal. Defeated at the Battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu confiscated most of his lands, leaving him only with Suwo and Nagato, later known as Choshu. But 260 years later, the Mori got their ultimate revenge, leading the imperial forces against the Tokugawa in the Meiji Restoration.
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