Japanese Dramas by Difficulty

All of the dramas were analysed from their Japanese subtitles and the difficulty reflects the actual dialogues. Dramas cover a wide range, from everyday casual Japanese, to business and historical dialogues, which makes the easier ones a good first step into native media.

3,055 dramas, sorted from easiest to hardest.

#	Title	Difficulty	Characters	Year
3001	Kaze no Hate風の果てThe End of the Wind	Expert	44,959	2007
3002	Ooka Echizen大岡越前	Expert	509,123	2013
3003	Onna Nobunaga女信長	Expert	33,018	2013
3004	Aibou相棒AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo	Expert	2,310,887	2002
3005	Eizou no Seiki Premium映像の世紀プレミアム	Expert	211,555	2016
3006	Nanohana no Oki菜の花の沖	Expert	49,943	2001
3007	Saiai no Teki: Ou taru Shukumei最愛の敵～王たる宿命～Bloody Heart	Expert	98,687	2022
3008	Kaze no Touge: Ginkan no Fu風の峠～銀漢の賦～	Expert	29,547	2015
3009	Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu影武者徳川家康Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu	Expert	76,987	1998
3010	Oooku: Tanjou大奥〜誕生Ooku: The Beginning	Expert	54,083	2012
3011	Tokugawa Fuuunroku: Gosanke no Yabou徳川風雲録御三家の野望Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches	Expert	72,484	1986
3012	Bakumatsu Gourmet Bushimeshi!幕末グルメブシメシ!Bushimeshi! The Samurai Cook	Expert	71,273	2017
3013	Kumokiri Nizaemon雲霧仁左衛門	Expert	305,147	2013
3014	Shinsengumi Keppuroku新選組血風録	Expert	59,098	2011
3015	Sangarei山河令Word of Honor	Expert	234,004	2021
3016	Toyotomi Kyoudai!豊臣兄弟！	Expert	220,999	2026
3017	Shiba Ryotaro no Komyo ga Tsuji司馬遼太郎の功名が辻	Expert	73,982	1997
3018	Eizou no Seiki映像の世紀	Expert	144,142	1995
3019	Oooku Hana no Ran大奥～華の乱～	Expert	47,781	2005
3020	Samurai Senseiサムライせんせい	Expert	71,977	2015
3021	Kokichi no Nyoubou小吉の女房Kokichi's Wife	Expert	110,693	2019
3022	The Matchmakers	Expert	148,214	2023
3023	Tsukahara Bokuden塚原卜伝	Expert	33,675	2011
3024	Atsuhime篤姫	Expert	70,295	2008
3025	Chuushingura no Koi: 48-ninme no Chuushin忠臣蔵の恋～４８人目の忠臣～Chushingura: A 48th Loyal Retainer in Love	Expert	70,103	2016
3026	TempestテンペストThe Tempest	Expert	64,030	2011
3027	Saigo no Chuushingura最後の忠臣蔵	Expert	35,000	2004
3028	Dou suru Ieyasuどうする家康What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Expert	314,317	2023
3029	Unchained Love	Expert	236,924	2022
3030	Ieyasu ga Mottomo Osoreta Otoko: Sanada Yukimura家康が最も恐れた男真田幸村Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most	Expert	81,487	1998
3031	Nobunaga no Chef信長のシェフA Chef of Nobunaga	Expert	120,196	2013
3032	New Life Begins	Expert	352,020	2022
3033	Kagero no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zoshi陽炎の辻〜居眠り磐音江戸双紙〜Crossing of Heat Haze	Expert	212,144	2007
3034	Hakuoki薄桜記Samurai Vendetta	Expert	66,286	2012
3035	Tenchijin天地人Heart of a Samurai	Expert	237,018	2009
3036	Oooku大奥Ooku: The Inner Chambers	Expert	143,458	2023
3037	Ningyou Rekishi Spectacle: Heike Monogatari人形歴史スペクタクル平家物語Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike	Expert	158,675	1993
3038	Kamakura-dono no 13-nin鎌倉殿の13人The 13 Lords of the Shogun	Expert	296,971	2022
3039	JINJIN - 仁 -Jin	Expert	162,424	2009
3040	Oda Nobunaga織田信長	Expert	96,903	1994
3041	Onna Taikoukiおんな太閤記Onna Taikoki	Expert	401,313	1981
3042	Onna Joushu Naotoraおんな城主直虎Naotora: The Lady Warlord	Expert	290,055	2017
3043	Hikaru Kimi e光る君へDear Radiance	Expert	214,760	2024
3044	Gou: Hime-tachi no Sengoku江〜姫たちの戦国〜Princess Go	Expert	244,239	2011
3045	Seiten wo Tsuke青天を衝けReach Beyond the Blue Sky	Expert	263,583	2021
3046	Hana Moyu花燃ゆBurning Flower	Expert	280,364	2015
3047	Yae no Sakura八重の桜Yae's Sakura	Expert	264,788	2013
3048	Gunshi Kanbei軍師官兵衛Strategist KANBE	Expert	274,830	2014
3049	Taira no Kiyomori平清盛	Expert	254,490	2012
3050	Sanada Maru真田丸Sanadamaru	Expert	338,598	2016
3051	Ryōmaden龍馬伝	Expert	285,208	2010
3052	Segodon西郷どん	Expert	282,512	2018
3053	Saka no Ue no Kumo坂の上の雲Clouds Over the Hill	Expert	127,441	2009
3054	Kirin ga Kuru麒麟がくるAwaiting Kirin	Expert	248,707	2020
3055	Ougon no Hibi黄金の日日Ōgon no Hibi	Expert	277,530	1978