Seirei no Moribito Season 2
Date: January 2017 (continues in 2018)
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Omori Sumio (64, Nezumi Edo o Hashiru, Akumu-chan)
Original Work: Moribito Series by Uehashi Nahoko
Genre: Period fantasy
Cast: Ayase Haruka, Itagaki Mizuki, Maki Yoko, Emoto Akira, Suzuki Rio, Dean Fujioka, Dan Mitsu, Fukuyama Kohei, Hashimoto Satoshi, Shinagawa Toru, Ibu Masato, Watanabe Eri, Iwasaki Udai, Suzuki Ryohei, Oda Risa, Koichi Mantaro
Synopsis: Four year after her journey with Chagum ended, Balsa (Ayase Haruka) has become an outlaw. Concealing herself in the kingdom of Rota to the west of the New Yogo Empire, she continues to be a bodyguard. One day, Balsa saves a young girl Asura (Suzuki Rio) who is being sold by a human trafficking ring. The girl is the only survivor of a massacre that occurred several days ago. The kingdom of Rota was founded after the people of Taru who believe in Taru Hamaya, the god of devastation, were conquered and they have been persecuted since then. But Asura, the perpetrator of the massacre, has the ability to summon Taru Hamaya. Spies of the royal family are mobilised in an attempt to eliminate her. Balsa teaches Asura that she must not kill people as deadly combat with the Kasharu (Maki Yoko) begins. Meanwhile, in the New Yogo Empire, Chagum (Itagaki Mizuki) who is now the crown prince, has set out on a sea voyage. The Trush Empire to the south is trying to invade the north and wages war against the seafaring kingdom of Sangal as a beachhead. Chagum leads reinforcements, but this is the emperor’s ploy to expel the crown prince. Sangal falls into the hands of the Trush Empire and Chagum ends up becoming a captive … …
Website: www.nhk.or.jp/moribito
Related: Seirei no Moribito Season 1
Onna Joshu Naotora*NEW*
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Sundays, January 2017
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Morishita Yoshiko (Watashi o Hanasanaide, Tenno no Ryoriban, Tonbi)
Genre: Period
Cast: Shibasaki Kou, Sugimoto Tetta, Zaizen Naomi, Maeda Gin, Kobayashi Kaoru, Miura Haruma, Takahashi Issei, Yagira Yuya, Kanjiya Shihori, Muro Tsuyoshi, Ukaji Takashi, Fukikoshi Mitsuru, Kariya Shunsuke, Denden, Kakei Toshio, Nakamura Baijaku
Synopsis: During the Sengoku Period, Ii Naomori (Sugimoto Tetta), the head of the Ii family of Totomi (present day western Shizuoka), was killed in war and there were no male successors but only one princess (Shibasaki Kou). Taking the manly name, Naotora, she became the female lord of the castle in this turbulent age. However, the vassals could not hide their dismay. They did not think there was anything a female could do. At a time when the three major powers – the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province, Takeda clan of Kai Province and Tokugawa clan of Mikawa Province – were lying in wait for territory, her true worth as the lord was called into question. The only things Naotora could depend on in this place which had scarce resources and military might, were her own intellect and courage. She joined hands with comrades to run the province, resolutely survived and laid the foundation for future development. Her motivating force was her single-minded love for her fiance whom she made a promise to in her childhood.
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