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1 season · 51 episodes total · ~51 per season.
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Ōgon no Hibi
1978 1 seasons · 51 eps Japanese
Drama
Synopsis
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Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This was the first taiga drama to concentrate on the lives of commoners and the reviled merchant class of the Tokugawa period. It documents the rise and fall of the merchant city of Sakai, as seen by its most famous resident, the semilegendary Luzon.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Luzon Sukezaemon
Komaki Kurihara
Mio
Jinpachi Nezu
Ishikawa Goemon
Koji Tsuruta
Sen no Rikyū
Tetsuro Tamba
Imai Sōkyū
Ryūzō Hayashi
Imai Sōkun
Masahiko Tsugawa
Tsuda Sōgyū
Ken Ogata
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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CRAFT
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Roughly 38 hours end-to-end — 5 full workdays of television.
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RUNTIME
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Premiered 1978 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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CAST
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18 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.
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Airs on NHK.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 51
- Avg episode length
- 45 min
- Premiered
- 1978-01-08
- Last aired
- 1978-12-24
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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