NHK's renowned serialized morning TV drama, "Oshin," which aired from 1983 to 1984 and was seen in 60 countries, is coming to the big screen. Details about the cast and filming schedule will be ...

For more than 60 years, the annual NHK taiga drama has been a fixture of Japanese television. It is a historical drama typically centered on a well-known figure from the past, such as Murasaki Shikibu ...

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who will play the role of Tokugawa Yoshinobu in NHK's 2021 historical drama series, is shown in this photo provided by NHK. TOKYO -- Japan's public broadcaster NHK revealed on July ...

Since 1961, NHK’s daily 15-minute morning dramas (asadora) have featured culturally important stories focusing on the lives of women. The latest installment, The Tiger and Her Wings (Tora ni tsubasa), ...

Public broadcaster NHK has selected Haruna Kawaguchi, 24, to play the role of 16th-century warlord Oda Nobunaga’s wife, Kicho, or Nohime, as a replacement for Erika Sawajiri, in NHK's historical drama ...

Rumor has it that NHK's taiga drama series — year-long Sunday night staples — may be cursed. Taiga (literally "big river," but here refers to a historical saga) has been an institution since the first ...

Production has commenced on Lost and Found, an adventure drama series targeting Gen Z audiences for NHK from Singapore’s Mocha Chai Laboratories (MCL), Empire of Arkadia (EOA) and Japan’s TV Man Union ...

Strange casting decisions are often explained by advertising prerogatives, so we're not sure what prompted NHK to cast Aya Ueto against type to play an ex-con in the 10-part drama "Itsuka Hi no Ataru ...

Shikamo basu wa hashitteiku was the first full-fledged TV drama using films produced in 1959, which heralded the beginning of film-drama making at NHK. It was a tough transition because all we had ...

‘Formation and Transformation of “TV Art,”’ is a series that examines how TV art was born and developed through interviews with relevant persons. The second part features drama set design. After ...

This photo shows a scene from the second episode of the historical drama "Seiten wo Tsuke" (scheduled to air on Feb. 21). In the center is Ryo Yoshizawa, who plays Japanese industrialist Eiichi ...