Plot: Mito KÅmon is a Japanese jidaigeki or period drama that was on prime-time television from 1969 to 2011 making it the longest-running jidaigeki in Japanese television history. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-shÅgun and retired second daimyÅ...
Plot: Gokenin ZankurÅ is a novel by RenzaburÅ Shibata. The protagonist of this jidaigeki is Matsudaira ZankurÅ, a low-ranking gokenin in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. He lives with his mother Masajo in the shogunal capital of Edo. Wikipedia
Plot: Åoka Echizen is a prime-time television jidaigeki in Japan. From March 16, 1970 to March 15, 1999, 402 episodes and 15 seasons were broadcast. Wikipedia
Plot: Kumokiri Nizaemon is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995. It is based on ShÅtarÅ Ikenami's novel of the same title. It stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. Wikipedia
Plot: Åedo SÅsamÅ and Shin Åedo SÅsamÅ are long-running prime time television jidaigeki programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo. The title literally translates as "Oedo Dragnet". Early on, it carried the...