"Yoshitsune"
2005 NHK Taiga Drama
49 Episodes
The 2005 NHK Taiga drama details the legendary life of Yoshitsune, and his rise from young orphan to powerful Genji general.
The historical drama for 2005 is a life story of Minamotono Yoshitsune, popular historical figure in Japan who is known to have been an excellent battle commander in the very end of the Heian period. Yoshitsune, a member of the Genji clan, contributed greatly to the clan's victory over their rival Heike clan and to establishment of his brother's first shogunate in history. Based on a novel by Tomiko Miyao, the drama portrays the life of the “super hero” focusing on the rivalry and sympathy between Yoshitsune and Tairano Kiyomori, the head of the Heike clan.
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Anybody watch the NHK Taiga drama Yoshitsune???