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Ooka Echizen

Name: Ooka Echizen
Released: 2013-03-30
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Masanobu Katsumura, Yoshimasa Kondo, Choei Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara

大岡越前

Seasons

8

Episodes

60

Networks

NHK BS Premium

Countries

JP

First aired

2013-03-30

Last aired

2024-08-11

Language

ja

Rating

7.5 / 10

Synopsis and details

The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms that Yoshimune advanced. Yoshimune goes beyond status and the position he has been thrust in, to join with Edo magistrate Ooka Tadasuke and the Western medicine doctor Sakakibara Iori in order to promote the creation of a world for the common people of Edo. These three men deepen exchanges with the magistrate’s office and the townsfolk, uphold justice and struggle to keep order in Edo…