CinemaOSSeries · 2008 · 1 Season

Atsuhime

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The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.

Created byTomiko Miyao

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Status
Ended
Language
JA
First aired
January 6, 2008
Last aired
December 14, 2008
Seasons
1
Episodes
50
Network
NHK BS1NHK

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki

Okatsu / Atsu-hime

Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama

Kimotsuki Naogoro

Maki Horikita

Maki Horikita

Princess Kazu

Rie Tomosaka

Rie Tomosaka

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

Komatsu Kiyomichi

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Taizo Harada

Taizo Harada

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Hisa-hime

Hiroshi Tamaki

Hiroshi Tamaki

Kanako Higuchi

Kanako Higuchi

Creative team
Created by
Tomiko Miyao
Showrunner
Motohiko Sano
Produced by
Yashiki Yotaro

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