Season
- Season 1 1999-01-10
Episode
- Episode 1: Minister-in-Training
- Episode 2: 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi
- Episode 3: Clan Ruin
- Episode 4: Return to Ako
- Episode 5: Praying for an Heir
- Episode 6: Bloodshed in the Castle
- Episode 7: The Wedding
- Episode 8: Marriage Offer
- Episode 9: Blind Ambition
- Episode 10: Aguri Times Three
- Episode 11: Adopted Heirs
- Episode 12: Castle Takeover
- Episode 13: Kidnapped
- Episode 14: Daimyo Firefighter
- Episode 15: The Baby Furor
- Episode 16: The Viper and the Leech
- Episode 17: Assassination Attempt
- Episode 18: Envoy Host
- Episode 19: The Pine Corridor Incident
- Episode 20: Death Sentence
- Episode 21: Great Conference
- Episode 22: Blood Oath
- Episode 23: Castle Surrender
- Episode 24: Episode 24
- Episode 25: Yamashina Quietude
- Episode 26: Edo Radicals
- Episode 27: Kuranosuke Goes to Edo
- Episode 28: Reunion
- Episode 29: Defection
- Episode 30: Death Poem
- Episode 31: Master Uki
- Episode 32: Okaru
- Episode 33: Lady Ichii
- Episode 34: Kuranosuke is Removed
- Episode 35: Successors
- Episode 36: The Decision
- Episode 37: Strike Against the Shogunate
- Episode 38: Test of Loyalty
- Episode 39: Dawn of Farewell
- Episode 40: Journey to Edo
- Episode 41: Floor Plans
- Episode 42: Causalties
- Episode 43: Kira's Tea Party
- Episode 44: At Last, the Strike
- Episode 45: Setback
- Episode 46: The Day of the Attack
- Episode 47: The Attack
- Episode 48: In Custody
- Episode 49: Paragons of Loyalty
Genroku Ryoran Season 1 Clan Ruin
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
