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is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama. It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed the last true samurai.

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Duration: 45
Official website: www6.nhk.or.jp/drama/pastprog/detail.html?i=4136

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number of episodes: 47
Commons category: Segodon
start time: 2018-01-07
end time: 2018-12-16
title: 西郷どん

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Plot
Cast
Saigo family
Ōkubo family
[[Satsuma Domain]]
[[Chōshū Domain]]
[[Tosa Domain]]
[[Fukui Domain]]
[[Tokugawa shogunate]]
[[Aizu]] and [[Kuwana Domain]]s
[[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial Court]]
[[Government of Meiji Japan|The Government of Meiji]]
Foreigners
Others
Production
Casting
TV schedule
Omnibus
Soundtracks
See also
References
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is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama. It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed the last true samurai.

==Plot== The drama follows the life of historical figure Saigō Takamori. Born the first son of a lower-class samurai, he was exiled two times and went through three marriages. He was one of the central figures of the Meiji Restoration but later rebelled against the government over dissatisfaction with Meiji reforms.