The 13 Lords of the Shogun

Japanese Taiga Drama

Synopsis: The battle of Genpei and the subsequent birth of the Kamakura shogunate were the backdrop for the games between men and women over the position of power. The second regent, Hojo Yoshitoki, a man who learned everything he could from Minamoto no Yoritomo and made the samurai world a firm foundation. How did a young man with no ambition rise to the top of the samurai world? A power game unfolds in the new capital of Kamakura.

What is Taiga Drama?

A full-length drama series centered on a Japanese historical figure, depicting the era in which the main character of each work lived and the drama of the people around him or her. As the name suggests, it is an epic drama that airs from January to December every year for almost a full year.

The script was written by Mitani Koki, his third Taiga drama. Set in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods, the film depicts the Genpei wars and the struggle for power that unfolded in the process of the birth of the Kamakura shogunate, with the winner, Hojo Yoshitoki, who became the…