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Mouri Motonari

Mouri Motonari

1997 • 9.0 • Drama, War & Politics • 60m
JP • Japanese

Director: Kōji Matsuoka

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.

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Episodes

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The Wives Say

E1 60m
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Young Lord Raving Mad

E2 60m
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The Disqualified Castellan

E3 60m
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A Woman's Caliber

E4 60m
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A Castle of Conspiracy

E5 60m
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A Romance

E6 60m
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I Fled From the Enemy

E7 60m
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A Bride Who is Too Good

E8 60m
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Farewell, My Brother

E9 60m
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His Miraculous First Battle

E10 60m
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An Angry Bride

E11 60m
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An Order To Assassinate Motonari

E12 60m
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A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born

E13 60m
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A Giant and A Baby

E14 60m
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Turning the Tables in Tears

E15 60m
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His Younger Brother's Rebellion

E16 60m
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A Fierce Dawn

E17 60m
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A Naval Goddess

E18 60m
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A Husband in Love

E19 60m
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An Illegitimate Woman

E20 60m
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A Million for One Heart

E21 60m
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Three Arrows

E22 60m
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Invasion of the Amago

E23 60m
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Showdown at Koriyama Castle

E24 60m
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Amago Tsunehisa Dies

E25 60m
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The Ghost is Our Enemy

E26 60m
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No Way Out

E27 60m
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I Want To See the Ocean

E28 60m
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Farewell to My Child

E29 60m
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Good-bye, Mii

E30 60m
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Sugi Goes To Paradise

E31 60m
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Motonari Turns Into a Demon

E32 60m
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His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy

E33 60m
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Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness

E34 60m
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The Last Traitor

E35 60m
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Demon's Politics

E36 60m
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A Left-out Firefly

E37 60m
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A Decision at Age 59

E38 60m
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Outwitting a Plot

E39 60m
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Storms Bring Chances

E40 60m
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A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima

E41 60m
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His Last Woman

E42 60m
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A Letter to Three Sons

E43 60m
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Dancing for Silver

E44 60m
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Man's Caliber

E45 60m
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Assassinating Takamoto

E46 60m
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An Avenging Battle

E47 60m
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Terumoto Making a Debut

E48 60m
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A Lonely Champion

E49 60m
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Live Well, Die Well

E50 60m