Yup, like the title of my review suggests I watched this series after watching Space Sheriff Shaider and searching for more stuff in which the civilian identity of Shaider acted, and the second series he made after that one was this spin-off of the NHK Taiga Dramas focused on the life of the Sanada Clan, series in which he performed in a very good way (albeit with not much exposure in comparison to the total runtime) in the role of Toyotomi Hideyori and which fansubs by Koala fansubs you can find online. All I can say that it's an amazing series through and through that will give you more insight on the sengoku period than your regular blockbuster schlock a là The Last Samurai or the recent Shogun series by Disney since this was at least made by actual japanese people (meaning for once there are no external influences to speak of bogging down the whole affair, no offense to other non-japanese like me) with the most possible objective look at the facts in question without being too positive or too negative during the portrayal of the people in question, both the Sanada clan and their allies and enemies like Leyasu Tokugawa . Of course it's a drama, not a documentary, so a few liberties were clearly taken (I'm talking about liberties in respect to what Wikipedia tells me, I'm no expert in medieval japanese history) but even by taking that into consideration it gave me an incredible insight of an historical period I had no previous knowledge before and it made me interested in watching more Taigas in the future. On the technical side the acting is all great, the costumes are all great, really a shame this is not passed on the regular broadcasting antenna of my country (Italy) together with Tokusatsus and animes, it would be far more entertaining and informing than a lot of garbage passing from there. Highly recommended.
P. S. The appareance of the idol Yukiko Okada in the role of one of Masayuki Sanada's daughters (Idol who suffered an equally tragic passing like Hiroshi's) was really appreciated too, I must say.
P. S. S. I finished this series exactly the same day of Hiroshi's Birthday, apparently. That's really incredible. Rest in Peace.
