Mouri Motonari
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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Seasons & Episodes
1. The Wives Say
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2. Young Lord Raving Mad
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3. The Disqualified Castellan
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4. A Woman's Caliber
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5. A Castle of Conspiracy
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6. A Romance
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7. I Fled From the Enemy
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8. A Bride Who is Too Good
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9. Farewell, My Brother
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10. His Miraculous First Battle
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11. An Angry Bride
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12. An Order To Assassinate Motonari
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13. A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born
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14. A Giant and A Baby
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15. Turning the Tables in Tears
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16. His Younger Brother's Rebellion
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17. A Fierce Dawn
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18. A Naval Goddess
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19. A Husband in Love
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20. An Illegitimate Woman
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21. A Million for One Heart
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22. Three Arrows
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23. Invasion of the Amago
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24. Showdown at Koriyama Castle
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25. Amago Tsunehisa Dies
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26. The Ghost is Our Enemy
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27. No Way Out
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28. I Want To See the Ocean
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29. Farewell to My Child
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30. Good-bye, Mii
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31. Sugi Goes To Paradise
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32. Motonari Turns Into a Demon
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33. His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy
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34. Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness
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35. The Last Traitor
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36. Demon's Politics
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37. A Left-out Firefly
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38. A Decision at Age 59
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39. Outwitting a Plot
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40. Storms Bring Chances
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41. A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima
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42. His Last Woman
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43. A Letter to Three Sons
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44. Dancing for Silver
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45. Man's Caliber
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46. Assassinating Takamoto
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47. An Avenging Battle
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48. Terumoto Making a Debut
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49. A Lonely Champion
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50. Live Well, Die Well
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