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Atsuhime

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Plot

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.

Cast

Aoi Miyazaki as Okatsu / Atsu-hime
Aoi Miyazaki

as Okatsu / Atsu-hime

Eita Nagayama as Kimotsuki Naogoro
Eita Nagayama

as Kimotsuki Naogoro

Maki Horikita as Princess Kazu
Maki Horikita

as Princess Kazu

Ikki Sawamura as Komatsu Kiyomichi
Ikki Sawamura

as Komatsu Kiyomichi

Kimiko Yo as Hisa-hime
Kimiko Yo

as Hisa-hime

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Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • January 6, 2008

Last Aired Date

  • December 14, 2008

Production Companies

  • NHK

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 50

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