Atsuhime is done, and Tenchi-jin brings us back to the later years of the Sengoku period, with the life of an Uesugi retainer
Naoe Kanetsugu.
It seems that unlike Furin-Kazan, the theme this year is in the portrayal of a benevolent and genteel kind of Samurai spirit, in light of the recent societal conditions in Japan. Of course, they had planned these dramas years beforehand...