Avainsana Shogun

Kun häikälemätön sotapäällikkö tappaa herransa ja häätää pois hänelle uskolliset joukot, 47 samuraita ilman johtajaa ryhtyy kostoiskuun palauttaakseen heidän kunniansa. Kotoa häädettyinä ja hajallaan ympäri maata tämä Roninin joukko etsii käsiinsä Kain - puoliverisen, jonka he itse aiemmin hylkäsivät - taistellessaan samalla tietään läpi villin luonnon. He joutuvat kohtaamaan niin myyttisiä petoja sekä muotoa muuttavaa noituutta. Pian tästä karkotetusta ja orjuutetusta Kaista tulee heidän tappavin aseensa, ja hän muuttuu sankariksi, joka inspiroi koko kapinallisjoukkoa.

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!

The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.

Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic geisha and exquisite artisans—all were part of the Japanese “renaissance”; a period between the 16th and 19th Centuries when Japan went from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace. But stability came at a price: for nearly 250 years, Japan was a land closed to the Western world, ruled by the Shogun under his absolute power and control. Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire brings to life the unknown story of a mysterious empire, its relationship with the West, and the forging of a nation that would emerge as one of the most important countries in the world.