

Atsuhime
2008-01-06 · 45 min / episode · ★ 9.0
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.
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- Creators
- Tomiko Miyao
- Production companies
- NHK
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
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Aoi MiyazakiOkatsu / Atsu-hime
Eita NagayamaKimotsuki Naogoro
Maki HorikitaPrincess Kazu
Rie Tomosaka
Ikki SawamuraKomatsu Kiyomichi
Hideki Takahashi
Taizo Harada
Kimiko YoHisa-hime
Hiroshi Tamaki
Kanako Higuchi
Atsuko TakahataHonjuin
Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Mayu Tsuruta
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Mikako IchikawaOryu
Masato SakaiTokugawa Iesachi
Kinya Kitaoji
Masao KusakariAbe Masahiro
Tomoko Nakajima
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