Season 1 (2000)

1. The Battle of Sekigahara

The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa power base.

2. The Taiko's Last Will

3. Five Great Elders, Five Comissioners

4. The Titan at 58

5. Against the Mainstream

6. Loyalities

7. Writ of Censure

8. Strength in Numbers

9. Ogaki Castle

10. Opening Skirmish

11. The Battle Begins

12. Sekigahara Bloodbath

13. Mitsunari's End

14. Yodo Loses Face

15. The Three-Year-Old Bride

16. Hidetada's Secret

17. Princess Sen Weds

18. Half Brothers

19. Shogun Hidetada

20. Dual Rule

21. Peerless Father

22. Ogosho

23. Scandal in the Court

24. Outline of Ambition

25. Hideyori Goes to Kyoto

26. Factional Rivalry

27. Commencement of Hostilities

28. Osaka Winter Campaign

29. Osaka Summer Campaign

30. Osaka Castle Burns

31. Tadateru is Disowned

32. Ieyasu's Death

33. Tosho Daigongen

34. Hidden Child

35. Takechiyo's Lesson

36. Princess Kazu Enters the Court

37. Tadanaga Goes Mad

38. The Utsunomiya Trap Ceiling

39. Shogun Iemitsu

40. A Father's Love

41. The Meeting

42. Imperial Visit

43. A Woman's Lifetime

44. A Princess is Born

45. Kasuga-no-Tsubone

46. Enthronement

47. Three Brothers

48. Farewell Hidetada

49. The Making of a Wise Ruler