30 Japanese Period Series to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 30 Japanese period series, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1TV Series
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
In an alternate history where the male population is nearly decimated, eligible men serve as concubines to the woman shogun inside the walls of the Ooku.
Runner-up picks
2TV Series
Jin
After awakening in the Edo era, a neurosurgeon uses his medical knowledge to help those around him while searching for a way back to the present day.
3TV Series
Nobunaga Concerto
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda, though, is physically weak, and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
More rankings
4TV SeriesThe Knife and the Sword
2013★ 6.4
5TV SeriesAshi Girl
2017★ 6.5
6TV SeriesSamurai Sensei
2015★ 6.4
7TV SeriesThe 13 Lords of the Shogun
2022★ 8.5
8TV SeriesSanadamaru
2016★ 8.0
9TV SeriesAtsuhime
2008★ 9.0
10TV SeriesRyōmaden
2010★ 9.1
11TV SeriesNaotora: The Lady Warlord
2017★ 8.3
12TV SeriesSegodon
2018★ 8.3
13TV SeriesDear Radiance
2024★ 8.9
14TV SeriesWhat Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023★ 7.9
15TV SeriesSamurai Banners
2007★ 7.6
16TV SeriesShinsengumi!
2004★ 8.1
17TV SeriesMusashi
2003★ 8.4
18TV SeriesYoshitsune
2005★ 8.3
19TV SeriesOnihei
2017★ 7.8
20TV SeriesHouse of Five Leaves
2010★ 7.6
21TV SeriesRurouni Kenshin
2023★ 8.3
22TV SeriesSamurai Champloo
2004★ 8.3
23TV SeriesBlade of the Immortal
2019★ 7.2
24TV SeriesDororo
2019★ 8.5
25TV SeriesGolden Kamuy
2018★ 7.5
26TV SeriesHakuoki
2010★ 6.6
27TV SeriesBasilisk
2005★ 7.4
28TV SeriesIntrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto
2006★ 5.9
29TV SeriesThe Elusive Samurai
2024★ 7.8
30TV SeriesHell's Paradise
2023★ 8.2
About this list
A curated MovieDB guide to 30 Japanese period series, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
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