Mouri Motonari Season 1 A Fierce Dawn
Mouri Motonari Season 1 A Fierce Dawn
60 minutes
1997
HD
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.
Stars Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Ogata, Takaya Kamikawa, Keiko Takeshita, Takanori Jinnai
Directors Toshiyuki Watanabe, Kōji Matsuoka, Makiko Uchidate, Michiko Nagai
Mouri Motonari Season 1 A Fierce Dawn
Live Well, Die Well
50

Live Well, Die Well

1997-12-14
A Lonely Champion
49

A Lonely Champion

1997-12-07
Terumoto Making a Debut
48

Terumoto Making a Debut

1997-11-30
An Avenging Battle
47

An Avenging Battle

1997-11-23
Assassinating Takamoto
46

Assassinating Takamoto

1997-11-16
Man's Caliber
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Man's Caliber

1997-11-09
Dancing for Silver
44

Dancing for Silver

1997-11-02
A Letter to Three Sons
43

A Letter to Three Sons

1997-10-26
His Last Woman
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His Last Woman

1997-10-19
A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima
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A Surprise Attack at Itsukushima

1997-10-12
Storms Bring Chances
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Storms Bring Chances

1997-10-05
Outwitting a Plot
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Outwitting a Plot

1997-09-28
A Decision at Age 59
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A Decision at Age 59

1997-09-21
A Left-out Firefly
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A Left-out Firefly

1997-09-14
Demon's Politics
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Demon's Politics

1997-09-07
The Last Traitor
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The Last Traitor

1997-08-31
Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness
34

Hannya (Jealous Female Demon) Hovering in Darkness

1997-08-24
His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy
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His Sharp Knife-Like Strategy

1997-08-17
Motonari Turns Into a Demon
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Motonari Turns Into a Demon

1997-08-10
Sugi Goes To Paradise
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Sugi Goes To Paradise

1997-08-03
Good-bye, Mii
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1997-07-27
Farewell to My Child
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Farewell to My Child

1997-07-20
I Want To See the Ocean
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I Want To See the Ocean

1997-07-13
No Way Out
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The Ghost is Our Enemy
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The Ghost is Our Enemy

1997-06-29
Amago Tsunehisa Dies
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Showdown at Koriyama Castle
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Showdown at Koriyama Castle

1997-06-15
Invasion of the Amago
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1997-06-08
Three Arrows
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Three Arrows

1997-06-01
A Million for One Heart
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A Million for One Heart

1997-05-25
An Illegitimate Woman
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An Illegitimate Woman

1997-05-18
A Husband in Love
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1997-05-11
A Naval Goddess
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A Fierce Dawn
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A Fierce Dawn

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His Younger Brother's Rebellion
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His Younger Brother's Rebellion

1997-04-20
Turning the Tables in Tears
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Turning the Tables in Tears

1997-04-13
A Giant and A Baby
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A Giant and A Baby

1997-04-06
A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born
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A Child of the War-torn Era Was Born

1997-03-30
An Order To Assassinate Motonari
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An Order To Assassinate Motonari

1997-03-23
An Angry Bride
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An Angry Bride

1997-03-16
His Miraculous First Battle
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His Miraculous First Battle

1997-03-09
Farewell, My Brother
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Farewell, My Brother

1997-03-02
A Bride Who is Too Good
8

A Bride Who is Too Good

1997-02-23
I Fled From the Enemy
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I Fled From the Enemy

1997-02-16
A Romance
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A Romance

1997-02-09
A Castle of Conspiracy
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A Castle of Conspiracy

1997-02-02
A Woman's Caliber
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A Woman's Caliber

1997-01-26
The Disqualified Castellan
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The Disqualified Castellan

1997-01-19
Young Lord Raving Mad
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Young Lord Raving Mad

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The Wives Say
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1997-01-05
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