One of the most influential character archetypes in film history is adapting to contemporary social mores and finding new life on Japan’s screens big and small.
, based on the life of a warlord from northern Japan, remains the most popular ever and through its 50 episodes broke an actor who would go on to become the worldwide face of Japanese cinema.logged truly incredible 39.7 percent average viewing figures while it aired every Sunday for a year. Ken Watanabe, who went on to a globally successful career, really made his name in that series,” notes Okamoto.miniseries in the U.S.
“In What Will You Do, Ieyasu? the Ieyasu character is indecisive, vacillating and really pretty weak,” says Okamoto with a chuckle. The protagonist of, a bastard son of a lord who suddenly inherits his father’s fiefdom only to discover it’s drowning in debt, is also far from a classic samurai figure.
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