Japanese drama about a biblical character (4)
I believe the answer is:
noah
'biblical character' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'japanese drama about a' is the wordplay.
'japanese drama' becomes 'noh' (type of drama in Japan).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'noh' enclosing 'a' is 'NOAH'.
(Other definitions for noah that I've seen before include "A very early sailor" , "He survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain" , "Hebrew patriarch who survived the Flood" , "Historic sailor" , "Animal conservationist" .)