Atsuhime
Drama·2008·1 Seasons
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.
Starring: Aoi Miyazaki，Eita Nagayama，Maki Horikita，Rie Tomosaka
Episodes
Season 1
S01 | E01
Child of Destiny
2008-01-06
S01 | E02
Vow at Sakurajima
2008-01-13
S01 | E03
Satsuma Divide
2008-01-20
S01 | E04
A Wise Lord Angered
2008-01-27
S01 | E05
Japan's Best Man
2008-02-03
S01 | E06
A Woman's Destiny
2008-02-10
S01 | E07
The Father's Tears
2008-02-17
S01 | E08
How to be a Princess
2008-02-24
S01 | E09
Atsuhime is Born
2008-03-02
S01 | E10
Determined to Become the Shogun's Wife
2008-03-09
S01 | E11
Reunion on the Tanabata
2008-03-16
S01 | E12
Farewell, Sakurajima
2008-03-23
S01 | E13
The Mother in Edo
2008-03-30
S01 | E14
The Father's Wish
2008-04-06
S01 | E15
The Princess Goes to Battle
2008-04-13
S01 | E16
Cherry Blossoms Amidst Tumult
2008-04-20
S01 | E17
An Unexpected Marriage
2008-04-27
S01 | E18
Nariakira's Secret Orders
2008-05-04
S01 | E19
Ascend to the Ooku
2008-05-11
S01 | E20
The Wedding Night
2008-05-18
Cast
Aoi Miyazaki
Okatsu / Atsu-hime
Eita Nagayama
Kimotsuki Naogoro
Maki Horikita
Princess Kazu
Rie Tomosaka
Ikki Sawamura
Komatsu Kiyomichi
Hideki Takahashi
Taizo Harada
Kimiko Yo
Hisa-hime
Hiroshi Tamaki
Kanako Higuchi
Atsuko Takahata
Honjuin
Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Mayu Tsuruta
Yuriko Yoshitaka
