Ooka Echizen (2013)
Original title: 大岡越前
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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...
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Noriyuki HigashiyamaOoka Echizen
Masahiko TsugawaOoka Tadataka
Masanobu KatsumuraSakakibara Iori
Takehiro HiraTokugawa Yoshimune
Ryoko KuninakaYukie
Yoshimasa KondoSanji
Choei TakahashiMurakami Genjiro
Chieko MatsubaraTae
Natsuki Harada
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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...