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Môri Motonari

★ 7.1 19 votes 1997–1997 1 season · 50 episodes Ended NHK
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Starring
Hashinosuke NakamuraKeiko MatsuzakaShingo TsurumiBaijaku NakamuraYoneko MatsukaneTôru Masuoka
Starring
Hashinosuke NakamuraKeiko MatsuzakaShingo TsurumiBaijaku NakamuraYoneko MatsukaneTôru Masuoka

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About

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.

All Seasons

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Season 11997
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EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Wives' Opinions—
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▶2The Young Lord's Madness—
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▶3Disqualified as Castle Lord—
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▶4A Woman's Qualities—
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▶5Castle of Schemes—
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▶6Love Story—
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▶7Fleeing Before the Enemy—
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▶8The Perfect Bride—
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▶9Farewell, Brother—
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▶10The Miracle of the First Battle—
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▶11The Angry Bride—
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▶12The Order to Assassinate Motonari—
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▶13A Child of War is Born—
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▶14The Giant and the Rookie—
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▶15Tears of Despair—
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▶16The Younger Brother's Rebellion—
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▶17A Terrible Dawn—
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▶18Goddess of the Navy—
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▶19A Husband's Love—
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▶20Hidden Woman—
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▶21One Million Hearts—
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▶22Three Arrows—
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▶23The Amago Clan Attacks—
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▶24Battle of Koriyama Castle—
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▶25Tsunehisa Amago's Death—
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▶26The Enemy is a Ghost—
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▶27The Route of No Escape—
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▶28I Want to See the Sea—
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▶29The Parting of Children—
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▶30Farewell, Mii—
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▶31Sugi Goes to Paradise—
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▶32Motonari Becomes a Demon—
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▶33A Brilliant Strategy—
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▶34Hannya Dancing in the Darkness—
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▶35The Last Rebel—
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▶36Demonic Bargaining—
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▶37Spilled Fireflies—
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▶38Decision at 59—
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▶39The Other Side—
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▶40The Storm is an Opportunity—
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▶41A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima—
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▶42The Last Woman—
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▶43Letter of Instruction to Three Children—
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▶44Dancing for Silver—
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▶45Man's Caliber—
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▶46Assassinating Takamoto—
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▶47Battle of the Dead—
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▶48Terumoto's Debut—
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▶49Lonely Champion—
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▶50Live Well, Die Well—
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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Hashinosuke Nakamura Motonari Mori, Mori Motonari
Keiko Matsuzaka Sugi Kata
Shingo Tsurumi Motozumi Katsura
Baijaku Nakamura Hiroyoshi Shiji
Yoneko Matsukane Hisa
Tôru Masuoka Nartiada Kodama, Naritada Kodama
Toshiyuki Nagashima Motoyasu Akagawa
Tsurutarô Kataoka Motokane Inoue
Mariko Kaga Fujino
Takaya Kamikawa Takamoto Môri

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