Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Taiga drama (大河ドラマ Taiga dorama Big River Drama) is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage the network has hired a producer director writer music director and actors for the series.