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.
The Wives Say
Young Lord Raving Mad
The Disqualified Castellan
A Woman's Caliber
A Castle of Conspiracy
A Romance
I Fled From the Enemy
A Bride Who is Too Good
Farewell, My Brother
His Miraculous First Battle
An Angry Bride
An Order To Assassinate Motonari
A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born
A Giant and A Baby
Turning the Tables in Tears
His Younger Brother's Rebellion
A Fierce Dawn
A Naval Goddess
A Husband in Love
An Illegitimate Woman
A Million for One Heart
Three Arrows
Invasion of the Amago
Showdown at Koriyama Castle
Amago Tsunehisa Dies
The Ghost is Our Enemy
No Way Out
I Want To See the Ocean
Farewell to My Child
Good-bye, Mii
Sugi Goes To Paradise
Motonari Turns Into a Demon
His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy
Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness
The Last Traitor
Demon's Politics
A Left-out Firefly
A Decision at Age 59
Outwitting a Plot
Storms Bring Chances
A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima
His Last Woman
A Letter to Three Sons
Dancing for Silver
Man's Caliber
Assassinating Takamoto
An Avenging Battle
Terumoto Making a Debut
A Lonely Champion
Live Well, Die Well
Ultraman Dyna
Ultraman Tiga
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Ooku Special ~Mou Hitotsu no Monogatari~
My Husband Won't Fit
Tokyo Vice
Yu Yu Hakusho
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020
Takeda Shingen
Burning Flower
Spec saga "The Romance of Satori"
Izakaya Bottakuri
Toshiie and Matsu
SIX HACK
My Boss, My Hero
My Dear Exes
Solitary Gourmet
Ooku: The Beginning
Crescent Scarred Hatamoto
Minamoto no Yoshitsune