TV Show Details
Air Date:May 19th, 1986
Last Air Date:February 25th, 1987
Network:NHK Educational TV
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary , Talk
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:NHK Osaka
TV Show Tags:
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Ryōtarō Shiba Zatsudan: Shōwa eno Michi (1986-1987)
NHK Educational TV
Scripted
StarringRyōtarō Shiba
Plot
Beginning with the Meiji Restoration, modern Japan became a great power in Asia, but ended in the catastrophe of defeat. Writer Ryōtarō Shiba's recognition of this history has led him to tell the story of the Showa period before the madness of war, going back to the end of the Meiji-Bakumatsu periods, in a 12-part series.