Yup, this is a very enjoyable experience from start to finish thanks to a writer (James Miki) who, albeit changing some stuff to fit the usual Taiga drama tropes of a main character being elevated in respect to other ones, non-historical elements or rumors treated like they were actual things and an insane amount of praise thrown at the idea of the japanese nation (it's the government-sponsored broadcasting company that produced this), entertains to start to finish without changing too much historical events in a ridicolous way and ending just boring on all fronts like the second part of the Hideyoshi Taiga from 1997 or, even worst, the terrible Ieyasu Taiga from 1983. Also the cast makes a very good job, particularly Ken Watanabe is great in the armour of the main protagonist and the rest is no slouch too. Of course you won't use this as a lesson in actual japanese history (I consider it more akin to an historically-focused tokusatsu than anything else, the presence in this of actresses who took part in some Gojira movies helps in that sense), but whatever this being the most highly rated taiga drama in Japan for once it has a good reason behind. Watch this and enjoy it in full, and thanks once again to the work of Hiroshi Tsuburaya (who I will ever consider the best Toyotomi Hideyori in any Taiga ever) in Sanada Taheiki for getting me interested in these dramas to begin with.
