The best episode directed by Hiroshi Nagahama is "Banquet at the Forest's Edge", rated 8.3/10 from 3 user votes. It was "written by Hiroshi Nagahama". "Banquet at the Forest's Edge" aired on 4/5/2014 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass".
A sake brewer once lost his way home and chanced upon a strange ceremony. There, he tasted a sweet, glowing sake that he's never been able to forget. Years later, his son has followed in his footsteps and is trying to brew a sake to match his dad's. When he, too, encounters a late-night ceremony, he pretends to be part of it, meeting Ginko during the occasion.
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer: Hiroshi Nagahama
Taku is a peculiar young boy who has always wondered who the people were that always passed by the mountains during the rainy seasons. One day he meets a boy named Isaza, while catching fish. It seems that not only Taku can see the Komiyaku in the mountains however Isaza seems to know a lot more about the mountain than him. "The world is filled with life unknown to man..."
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
Shinra, a boy living in a forest with mysterious powers, calls for Ginko, The Mushishi, to help him with his problems. While Ginko is staying with Shinra, he tells him all about Mushi and his powers. Later on, while walking in Shinra's house at night, Ginko finds a Mushi... But this isn't an ordinary Mushi, it's Shinra's grandmother!
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
Ginko arrives at a secluded place, to meet an old acquaintance, who seems to be in charge of a large volume of archival, confidential text. Ginko is allowed to read it, and discovers it is the work of Tan'yu, a writer. Tan'yu is the descendant of the Karibusa family, being born with a black mark on a part of their body.
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata