2001-01-07 0/10
Overview
The 40th NHK Taiga Drama is Hojo Tokimune. It tells the dramatic and turbulent life of young shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of Japan from invasion by Mongolia in the 1200's. It is a tragic story of betrayal and clan wars and Hojo Tokimune is at the center of it all. The main focus of the story is Hojo Tokiyori's older sons, their relationship, and their views and actions concerning Kublai Khan's attempted invasion. The two brothers, Tokimune and Tokisuke, are torn apart by politics.
Director : Yoshiyuki Yoshimura
Writer : Yumiko Inoue
Cast
Mayuko Fukuda
Kinya Kitaoji
Ken Watanabe
Hiromi Sakimoto
Atsuro Watabe
Motoya Izumi
Seasons List
Season 1
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1. The Kamakura Shock
2. Two Mothers
3. Confrontation of the Brothers
4. Resistance
5. A Turbulent Trip
6. Love in Hakata
7. Regent-in-Training
8. The Missing Bride
9. Duel
10. On One's Own
11. Tokiyori's Death
12. Assassination
13. A Huge Crossroad
14. Tokisuke's Banishment
15. Mother's Insanity
16. A New Shogun
17. Kublai's Shadow
18. Kublai's Correspondence
19. To Fight or Submit
20. The Young Regent
21. The First Battle
22. Darkness in Kyoto
23. The Hostages
24. A Letter from Korea
25. Final Warning
26. A Brothers' Bond
27. Treason Unforgiven
28. Kill My Brother!
29. Farewell Brother
30. An Elder's Death
31. Order to Attack
32. To Hakata
33. The Night Before the Attack
34. Mongol Invasion, Part I
35. Mongol Invasion, Part II
36. Mongol Invasion, Part III
37. Mysterious Retreat
38. Offense or Defense
39. The Targeted Princess
40. The Missing Messengers
41. Thou Shall Not Kill
42. As Long As I Live
43. Two Factions
44. A Wife's Tears
45. My Homeland
46. Kill Kublai
47. The Koan Era
48. The Fateful Storm
49. An Eternal Journey