TV series

Ooka Echizen

2013 · 8 seasons

A stately, humane period procedural that unfolds with calm dignity, rewarding patient viewers with quiet moral satisfaction.

Created by: Hiroshi Hirata, Kiyomi Yada
Starring: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Masahiko Tsugawa, Masanobu Katsumura

Overview: 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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Created by: Hiroshi Hirata, Kiyomi Yada
Starring: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Masahiko Tsugawa, Masanobu Katsumura

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
class
power
corruption
loyalty
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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