

The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during a war. He grew up lonely and away from his mother. Takechiyo didn't have a clue about what his future would hold. He then has a dramatic meeting with the young Oda Nobunaga.
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.historical, tmdb.edo-period, tmdb.sengoku-period, tmdb.taiga, tmdb.samurai, tmdb.death-of-father + 31 more, tmdb.death, tmdb.death-of-mother, tmdb.poor-male-lead, tmdb.hardworking-male-lead, tmdb.smart-male-lead, imdb.japanese-drama, imdb.hardworking-male-lead, imdb.question-mark-in-title, imdb.reference-to-tokugawa-ieyasu, imdb.edo-period, imdb.based-on-real-person, imdb.historical-figure-as-protagonist, imdb.death-of-a-father, imdb.based-on-historical-figure, imdb.sengoku-period, imdb.historical-fiction, imdb.smart-male-lead, imdb.samurai-male-lead, imdb.death, imdb.samurai, imdb.taiga, imdb.historical-drama, imdb.historical-figure-name-in-title, imdb.life, imdb.poor-male-lead, imdb.death-of-father, imdb.death-of-mother, tmdb.jidaigeki, tmdb.tokugawa-ieyasu, tmdb.slice-of-life, tmdb.honno-ji-incident
Production companies: NHK, NEOTECH
Network: NHK