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Ōgon no Hibi
Ōgon no Hibi

Ōgon no Hibi

NR

Ōgon no Hibi

·1978·51 episodes

Summary

Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This was the first taiga drama to concentrate on the lives of commoners and the reviled merchant class of the Tokugawa period. It documents the rise and fall of the merchant city of Sakai, as seen by its most famous resident, the semilegendary Luzon.

Crew

Status:

Ended

Original Language:

Japanese

Type:

Scripted

Networks:

NHK

Keywords

historical drama
renzoku
taiga

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