jidaigeki

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) A genre of film and television in Japan based on the Edo period of Japanese history which was from 1600 to 1868 (C.E.) , showing the lives of samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of this time.
  2. Noun.  (countable, rare) A film or programme of this kind.

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