List of Dramas
- Hana no Shogai (A Flamboyant Life) (花の生涯) 1st NHK Taiga Drama 1963
- Ako Roshi (赤穂浪士) 2nd NHK Taiga Drama 1964; The 47 Ronin
- Taiko-ki (太閤記) 3rd NHK Taiga Drama 1965; Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) 4th NHK Taiga Drama 1966
- Three Sisters (三姉妹) 5th NHK Taiga Drama 1967
- Ryôma ga Yuku (竜馬がゆく) 6th NHK Taiga Drama 1968; Sakamoto Ryôma
- Heaven and Earth (天と地と) 7th NHK Taiga Drama 1969; Uesugi Kenshin
- The Fir Tree Remains (樅の木は残った) 8th NHK Taiga Drama 1970
- Spring Hill (春の坂道) 9th NHK Taiga Drama 1971
- The New Tale of Heike (新平家物語) 10th NHK Taiga Drama 1972
- Kunitori Monogatari (国盗り物語) 11th NHK Taiga Drama 1973; Saitô Dôsan, Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide
- Katsu Kaishû (勝海舟) 12th NHK Taiga Drama 1974
- Genroku Taiheiki (元禄太平記) 13th NHK Taiga Drama 1975; Ôishi Yoshio, Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu
- Wind, Cloud, and Rainbow (風と雲と虹と) 14th NHK Taiga Drama 1976; Heian Period: Taira no Masakado
- Kashin (花神) 15th NHK Taiga Drama 1977; Bakumatsu Period:centering on Chôshû han figures--Murata Zôroku (later Ômura Masajirô), Philipp von Siebold's daughter Ine, Yoshida Shôin, Takasugi Shinsaku
- Golden Days (黄金の日日) 16th NHK Taiga Drama 1978; Azuchi-Momoyama Period the Sakai merchant Sukezaemon of Luzon
- Burning Grass (草燃える) 17th NHK Taiga Drama 1979; Hôjô Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo
- Shishi no Jidai (獅子の時代) 18th NHK Taiga Drama 1980; Bakumatsu Period-Early Meiji: a young man from the Satsuma han and the Aizu han who meet in Paris
- Onna Taikoki (おんな太閤記) 19th NHK Taiga Drama 1981; Nene, the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Toge no Gunzo (峠の群像 ) 20th NHK Taiga Drama 1982; The 47 Ronin
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康 ) 21st NHK Taiga Drama 1983
- Sanga Moyu (山河燃ゆ) 22nd NHK Taiga Drama 1984; A nisei family during WWII
- Haruno Nami (春の波涛) 23rd NHK Taiga Drama 1985
- Inochi (いのち) 24th NHK Taiga Drama 1986: a woman doctor after WWII
- Dokuganryu Masamune (独眼竜政宗) 25th NHK Taiga Drama 1987; Date Masamune
- Takeda Shingen (武田信玄) 26th NHK Taiga Drama 1988
- Kasuga no Tsubone (春日局) 27th NHK Taiga Drama 1989; very influential nurse of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
- Tobuga Gotoku (翔ぶが如く) 28th NHK Taiga Drama 1990; Saigo Takamori, Ôkubo Tadahiro
- Taiheiki (太平記) 29th NHK Taiga Drama 1991Nan-Boku period: Ashikaga Takauji
- Nobunaga, King of Zipangu (信長King of Zipangu) 30th NHK Taiga Drama 1992; Oda Nobunaga
- Ryûkyû no Kaze (琉球の風) 31st NHK Taiga Drama 1993; Azuchi-Momoyama Period Ryukyu at the time of the Satsuma han invasion
- Homura Tatsu (炎立つ) 32nd NHK Taiga Drama 1993/94; Heian Period Four generations of the Fujiwara family of Hiraizumi in the northern province of Mutsu
- Hana no Ran (花の乱 ) 33rd NHK Taiga Drama 1994; Muromachi Period, Ônin War--Hino Tomiko, wife of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa
- Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune (八代将軍吉宗) 34th NHK Taiga Drama 1995; Tokugawa Yoshimune
- Hideyoshi (秀吉) 35th NHK Taiga Drama 1996
- Mori Motonari (毛利元就) 36th NHK Taiga Drama 1997
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu (徳川慶喜) 37th NHK Taiga Drama 1998
- Genroku Ryoran (元禄繚乱) 38th NHK Taiga Drama 1999; The 47 Ronin
- Aoi Tokugawa Sendai (Three Generations of the Hollyhock [the Tokugawa crest] (葵～德川三代～) 39th NHK Taiga Drama 2000; Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemistu
- Hojo Tokimune (北条時宗) 40th NHK Taiga Drama 2001; Kamakura Period--Hôjô Tokimune
- Toshiie and Matsu (利家とまつ) 41st NHK Taiga Drama 2002; Maeda Toshiie and his wife Matsu
- Musashi (武蔵) 42nd NHK Taiga Drama 2003; Early Edo period Miyamoto Musashi
- Shinsengumi (新選組！) 43rd NHK Taiga Drama 2004
- Yoshitsune (義経) 44th NHK Taiga Drama 2005
- Komyo ga Tsuji (功名が辻) 45th NHK Taiga Drama 2006; Azuchi-Momoyama Period:Yamanouchi Kazutoyo and his wife
- Fūrin Kazan (風林火山) 46th NHK Taiga Drama 2007; Takeda Shingen's strategist Yamamoto Kansuke
- Atsu-hime (篤姫) 47th NHK Taiga Drama 2008; Atsu-hime