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