Taiga drama series

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Taiga drama series are NHK’s long-running annual historical television dramas that depict major figures and events from Japanese history in lavish, serialized form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese television program format
NHK television franchise
historical drama series
broadcastFrequency once per year
broadcastSchedule weekly
countryOfOrigin Japan
culturalSignificance influential in shaping popular understanding of Japanese history
major annual event in Japanese television
distribution domestic broadcast on NHK terrestrial channels
international distribution via NHK World and other partners
firstBroadcastYear 1963
firstSeriesTitle Hana no Shōgai NERFINISHED
focus major events in Japanese history
major figures in Japanese history
format annual long-form television drama
genre historical drama
period drama
hasNotableSeries Aoi Tokugawa Sandai NERFINISHED
Atsuhime NERFINISHED
Dokuganryū Masamune NERFINISHED
Fūrin Kazan NERFINISHED
Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku NERFINISHED
Idaten NERFINISHED
Kamakura-dono no 13-nin NERFINISHED
Kirin ga Kuru NERFINISHED
Onna Taikōki NERFINISHED
Ryōmaden NERFINISHED
Sanada Maru NERFINISHED
Segodon NERFINISHED
Shin Heike Monogatari NERFINISHED
Shinsengumi! NERFINISHED
Taira no Kiyomori NERFINISHED
Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED
Yoshitsune NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle serialized storytelling
numberOfEpisodesPerSeries approximately 45 to 50
originalLanguage Japanese
originalNetwork NHK NERFINISHED
producer NHK Drama Production Department NERFINISHED
productionCompany NHK NERFINISHED
productionValues lavish sets and costumes
settingLocation Japan NERFINISHED
targetAudience general Japanese television audience
timePeriodCovered various eras of Japanese history
typicalBroadcastDay Sunday evening
typicalProtagonistType cultural figures
daimyō
political figures
samurai leaders
typicalRuntimePerEpisode approximately 45 minutes
typicalSourceMaterial biographies
historical novels
historical research

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NHK notableProgram Taiga drama series