jidaigeki
Noun
Meaning
(uncountable) A Japanese genre of film and television set in pre-Meiji Restoration Japan
(countable) A film or programme of this kind.
Hypernym: period drama
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Examples
Popular culture further Actor Kotaro Satomi on the set of Mito Komon Actors playing samurai and ronin at Kyoto 's Eigamura film studio Jidaigeki (literally historical drama ) has always been a staple program on Japanese movies and television.