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jidaigeki
jidaigeki
English
Noun
jidaigeki (usually uncountable, plural jidaigekis)
- (uncountable) A genre of film and television in Japan based on the Edo period of Japanese history which was from 1600 to 1868 CE, showing the lives of samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of this time.
- (countable, rare) A film or programme of this kind.