The Japanese Period Dramas category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 1402191. Below are 7 Japanese Period Dramas titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include The Magnificent Nine (2016), Hanayoi Dochu (2014), Honnouji Hotel (2017).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Residents of an impoverished and overtaxed town decide to fight back by outwitting their oppressors through a risky financial scheme.
Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.5
Runtime: 02:09:08
Netflix ID: 80097352 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
High-class courtesan Asagiri plans to finish her indenture and leave the Yoshiwara pleasure district of Edo, until she meets the handsome Hanjiro.
Year: 2014
IMDb: 6.3
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Runtime: 01:42:27
Netflix ID: 80135212 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
An aimless young woman checks into a hotel and time slips to Honnouji Temple in 1582, the year feudal lord Oda Nobunaga changed the course of history.
Year: 2017
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:58:40
Netflix ID: 80191846 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
An earnest high school history teacher and her excitable students travel back to the Edo era and try really hard not to alter the course of time.
Year: 2014
IMDb: 5.9
Runtime: 01:47:49
Netflix ID: 80191922 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Two factions struggle for control over the child shogun within Edo Castle, leaving senior attendant Ejima caught between friendship and true love.
Year: 2006
Netflix rating: 2.8/5
Runtime: 02:06:08
Netflix ID: 80114830 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
After fulfilling his duty to visit the shogun, feudal lord Masaatsu Naito and his entourage must return home immediately to quell a peasant uprising.
Year: 2016
Runtime: 01:59:16
Netflix ID: 80127647 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
In the series's medieval-era entry, a traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains employment.
Year: 1998
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Runtime: 01:57:08
Netflix ID: 80127555 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb