Dokuganryu Masamune (Scripted, Japanese)
Genres: Drama, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1987-01-04
Ended: 1987-12-13
Network: NHK
Country: JP
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 20:00
Runtime: 45 minutes
Historical drama starring Ken Watanabe as Date Masamune, a regional strongman of Japan's Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful daimyo in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more iconic for his missing eye, and Date was often called dokuganryū, or the "one-eyed dragon".