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‘What Will You Do, Ieyasu?’: NHK’s Annual Taiga Drama Is The Biggest Japanese Primetime TV Series You’ve Never Heard Of

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever ...
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‘30,000,000 Yen’: ‘Breaking Bad’ DNA Mixed With Public Broadcasting Values Led To Creation Of Buzzy Japanese Thriller Series

Welcome to a new year of Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as ...
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NHK drama series returns to Sengoku Period spectacle

Every January, a new taiga series debuts on public broadcaster NHK, unfolding over the year. It’s a Sunday night ritual for many that has been going on for more than six decades. The taiga — literally ...
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‘What Will You Do, Ieyasu?’: NHK’s Annual Taiga Drama Is The Biggest Japanese Primetime TV Series You’ve Never Heard Of

We started the year in Japan, where annual historical taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu? was generating hype long before Shogun. NHK Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in ...