jidaigeki English

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jidaigeki noun

— (uncountable) A genre of film and television in Japan based on the Edo period of Japanese history (from 1600 to 1868 C.E.), showing the lives of samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of this time.

— (countable, rare) A film or programme of this kind.