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  • 1973
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    Kunitori Monogatari

    Kunitori Monogatari

    1 1973 HD

    Set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Saito, Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi.

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  • 2023
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    My Worst Friend

    My Worst Friend

    8.00 2023 HD

    Hotaru (Makita Aju), a college senior on a job-hunting losing streak, finds her childhood friend Miharu (Takaishi Akari) her nemesis. Miharu responds...

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  • 2009
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    8.00 2009 HD

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  • 2007
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    Kagerou no Tsuji

    Kagerou no Tsuji

    1 2007 HD

    Sakazaki Iwane is a ronin who spends idle days in Edo. Until a few months ago, he was a promising son and successor to a powerful family in Bungo. He...

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  • 1976
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    Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

    Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

    9.00 1976 HD

    Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji`s novels Taira no Masakado and Umi to Kaze to Niji to. The...

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  • 2019
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    Scarlet

    Scarlet

    7.50 2019 HD

    Born in 1937 in Osaka as the eldest daughter, Kawahara Kimiko moves to Shigaraki with her family at the age of 9. She works to support her family...

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  • 1983
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    Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Tokugawa Ieyasu

    10.00 1983 HD

    The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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  • 2016
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    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

    7.60 2016 HD

    The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is...

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  • 1994
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    Hana no Ran

    Hana no Ran

    1 1994 HD

    The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin War. The main character in the series is Tomiko Hino, a...

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  • 1997
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    Mouri Motonari

    Mouri Motonari

    1 1997 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Genroku Taiheiki

    Genroku Taiheiki

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1989
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    NHK Special

    NHK Special

    8.00 1989 HD

    An NHK flagship program, centered around a diverse range of documentaries, delves into the dynamic shifts of society, politics and history, as well...

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  • 1993
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    Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

    Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

    1 1993 HD

    The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the...

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  • 2008
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    Hitomi

    Hitomi

    1 2008 HD

    The 78th NHK Asadora is Hitomi. The series takes place in the old shitamachi area of Tokyo, and in these most recent episodes, 20-year old heroine...

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  • 2023
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    Ooku: The Inner Chambers

    Ooku: The Inner Chambers

    8.20 2023 HD

    In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant...

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  • 2007
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    Emily of New Moon

    Emily of New Moon

    7.00 2007 HD

    Based on the Emily of New Moon novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Emily is an orphan who gets sent to live with her relatives on Prince Edward Island,...

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  • 2004
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    Tenka

    Tenka

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2022
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    She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat

    She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat

    8.70 2022 HD

    Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she finds herself making way more than she can eat by herself. And so, she invites her neighbor...

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  • 2009
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    Element Hunters

    Element Hunters

    1.00 2009 HD

    In the year 2029, chemical elements such as oxygen, carbon, gold, molybdenum, and cobalt were continually disappearing from Earth. These disappearing...

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  • 2016
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    Wife of Soseki Natsume

    Wife of Soseki Natsume

    1 2016 HD

    Nakane Kyoko (Ono Machiko) grew up in a wealthy family and was raised by her strict father Shigekazu (Tachi Hiroshi) who did not see learning as a...

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