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Details

Title: 篤姫
Title (romaji): Atsu-hime / Atsuhime / Atsu Hime
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 50
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-6 to 2008-Dec-14
Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime 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. In 1835, Shimazu Tadatake, head of the Imaizumi-Shimazu family of Satsuma clan, and Oyuki are blessed with a long-awaited daughter, Okatsu, who later becomes Atsuhime. She grows up as a tomboy, full of wonders, yet warm-hearted. Meanwhile, as Satsuma clan is under going financial reform, headed by chief retainer Zusho, Tadatake is punished for being lenient with farmers. Okatsu, unable to absorb why her father is punished, charges over to Zusho.

Episode Information

Episode	Air Date	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)	Difference
01	2008-Jan-06	Child of Destiny	20.3	========
02	2008-Jan-13	Vow at Sakurajima	20.4	+0.1
03	2008-Jan-20	Satsuma Divide	21.4	+1.0
04	2008-Jan-27	A Wise Lord Angered	22.7	+1.3
05	2008-Feb-03	Japan's Best Man	24.0	+1.3
06	2008-Feb-10	A Woman's Destiny	22.7	-1.3
07	2008-Feb-17	The Father's Tears	21.6	-1.1
08	2008-Feb-24	How to be a Princess	22.4	+0.8
09	2008-Mar-02	Atsuhime is Born	25.3	+2.9
10	2008-Mar-09	Determined to Become the Shogun's Wife	23.8	-1.5
11	2008-Mar-16	Reunion on the Tanabata	24.7	+0.9
12	2008-Mar-23	Farewell, Sakurajima	23.5	-1.2
13	2008-Mar-30	The Mother in Edo	21.6	-1.9
14	2008-Apr-06	The Father's Wish	22.3	+0.7
15	2008-Apr-13	The Princess Goes to Battle	23.7	+1.4
16	2008-Apr-20	Cherry Blossoms Amidst Tumult	22.4	-1.3
17	2008-Apr-27	An Unexpected Marriage	23.1	+0.7
18	2008-May-04	Nariakira's Secret Orders	20.9	-2.2
19	2008-May-11	Ascend to the Ooku	24.6	+3.7
20	2008-May-18	The Wedding Night	24.2	-0.4
21	2008-May-25	Battle of the Wives	24.4	+0.2
22	2008-Jun-01	The Shogun's Secret	24.8	+0.4
23	2008-Jun-08	The Better Man	24.8	--
24	2008-Jun-15	It's Unforgivable, Atsu-hime	25.7	+0.9
25	2008-Jun-22	A Mother's Love and Hate	22.6	-3.1
26	2008-Jun-29	A Hell-Raising Petition	24.7	+2.1
27	2008-Jul-06	Wife of the Tokugawa	26.0	+1.3
28	2008-Jul-13	Two Wills	26.2	+0.2
29	2008-Jul-20	Tenshoin Atsu-hime	24.3	-1.9
30	2008-Jul-27	The Shogun's Mother	25.8	+1.5
31	2008-Aug-03	Farewell, Ikushima	24.6	-1.2
32	2008-Aug-10	The Incident Outside Sakuradamon Gate	26.4	+1.8
33	2008-Aug-17	Princess Kazu	27.7	+1.3
34	2008-Aug-24	Imperial Court and Feudal Clan	26.4	-1.3
35	2008-Aug-31	Dagger of Doubt	23.3	-3.1
36	2008-Sep-07	Satsuma or Tokugawa	27.7	+4.4
37	2008-Sep-14	Parting of Friendship	26.1	-1.6
38	2008-Sep-21	Heart of the Mother-In-Law, Heart of the Wife	26.1	--
39	2008-Sep-28	Burning Satsuma	24.7	-1.4
40	2008-Oct-05	Son Taking the Field	28.1	+3.4
41	2008-Oct-12	Satcho Alliance	24.2	-3.9

Cast

Correlation Chart #1

Heroine

Miyazaki Aoi as Okatsu / Atsu-hime (Tenshoin)
- Iwamoto Chinami (岩本千波) as Okatsu (child)
- Nagai Honoka (永井穂花) as Okatsu (child)

Imaizumi Shimazu Family

Nagatsuka Kyozo as Shimazu Tadatake
Higuchi Kanako as Oyuki
Okada Yoshinori as Shimazu Tadayuki
- Sakai Kazuhisa (坂井和久) as Tadayuki (child)
Sasaki Sumie as Kikumoto
Umeno Yasukiyo (梅野泰靖) as Kurikawa Magoroku
Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Takuma Harumichi
Kobayashi Asako (小林麻子) as Shino
Kono Yasuro (河野安郎) as Shimazu Tadafuyu
- Fujisaki Go (藤崎剛) as Tadafuyu (child)
Matsuo Katsuhisa (松尾勝久) as Shimazu Hisayuki
- Tanaka Oga (田中碧海) as Hisayuki (child)
Tanahashi Sachiyo (棚橋幸代) as Mine
Miura Kiyomitsu (三浦清光) as a retainer

Satsuma Feudal Clan

Ladies-in-Waiting

Itaya Yuka as Hirokawa
Hidari Tokie (左時枝) as Takayama
Matsuda Miho (松田美保) as Yuki
Oishi Yoshimi (大石好美) as Hisa
Kitahara Sachiko (北原佐和子) as Fujino
Sato Aiko as O-no-shima

Shogunate

Shogun's Family

Sakai Masato as Tokugawa Iesachi / Tokugawa Iesada
Hira Takehiro as Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu / Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Saiki Shigeru as Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Matsuda Shota as Tokugawa Yoshitomi / Tokugawa Iemochi

Ooku

Matsuzaka Keiko as Ikushima
Takahata Atsuko as Honjuin
Iwai Yumi (岩井友見) as Utahashi
Inamori Izumi as Takiyama
Yamamoto Ikuko (山本郁子) as Kameoka
Tsuruta Mayu as Shiga
Takahashi Yumiko as Karahashi
Miyaji Masako as Hatsuse
Totani Tomo (戸谷友) as Tokiwai
Kawata Shinobu (川田しのぶ) as the machijoro
Nakajima Tomoko as Shigeno

Shogun's Advisors

Kusakari Masao as Abe Masahiro
Tatsumi Takuro as Hotta Masayoshi
Matsuzawa Kazuyuki as Matsudaira Tadakata
Shiga Kotaro as Kuze Hirochika
Sakuragi Kenichi (桜木健一) as Wakisaka Yasuori
Tanimoto Hajime (谷本一) as Manabe Akikatsu
Shirai Akira as Ando Nobumasa

Shogun's Retainers

Nomura Shinji (野村信次) as Fukaya Morifusa
Tokui Yuu as Ito Genboku
Yoshimi Yukihiro (吉見幸洋) as Iwase Tadanari
Honda Shin (本多晋) as Kawaji Toshiakira
Yoshimitsu Ryota (吉満涼太) as Inoue Kiyonao
Fujiki Takashi (藤木孝) as Kugai Inaba-no-Kami
Kobayashi Katsuya (小林勝也) as Kimura Settsu-no-Kami
Kitaoji Kinya as Katsu Rintaro / Katsu Kaishuu

The Imperial Court

Horikita Maki as Kazunomiya Chikako
Wakamura Mayumi as Kangyoin
Togi Hideki (東儀秀樹) as Emperor Komei
Shunputei Koasa (春風亭小朝) as Konoe Tadahiro
Hayakawa Yuri (早川ゆり) as Ikuhime
Hoshi Yuriko as Muraoka
Nakamura Meiko as Niwata Tsuguko
Mitsueda Akihiko (光枝明彦) as Takatsukasa Masamichi
Isobe Tsutomu (磯部勉) as Kujo Hisatada
Toriki Motohiro (鳥木元博) as Hirohashi Mitsushige (buke tenso)
Kobayashi Toshiya (小林利也) as the giso

Other Clans

Morita Junpei as Date Munenari
Emori Toru as Tokugawa Nariaki
Yajima Kenichi as Matsudaira Yoshinaga
Tamaki Hiroshi as Sakamoto Ryoma
Ichikawa Mikako as Oryu
Nakamura Baijaku as Ii Naosuke
Ohbayashi Takeshi (大林丈史) as Nagano Shume (Yoshitoki)
Sato Akira (佐藤旭) as Utsugi Rokunojo
Toyoshima Minoru (豊嶋稔) as Nagaoka Kenmotsu
Nakayama Masei (中山麻聖) as Hashimoto Sanai
Akazaki Hikaru (赤崎ひかる) as Ugai Kichizaemon
Happa Ikki (八波一起) as Toda Mitsuhisa

Other Cast

Maro Akaji as the shadow
Sasaki Yohei (佐々木洋平) as a roamer
Kitayama Yuichiro (北山雄一郎) as a roamer
Kondo Tsuyoshi (近藤剛史) as a peasant
Ian Moore (イアン・ムーア) as captain of the Morrison
Katsuji Ryo as John Manjiro
Croquette (コロッケ) as the newsboy Taisuke
Mitani Masato (三谷昌登) as the newsboy Senkichi
Nino A (ニーノA) as Perry
Minami Kazue (南一恵) as Masa
Blake Crawford (ブレイク・クロフォード) as Harris
マキシム・ツェリッシェフ as Heusken
Takahashi Choei (高橋長英) as Gessho
Chiyoda Yoshinori (千代田義徳) as the monk
- Minor Cast & Guests

Production Credits

Original writing: Miyao Tomiko (宮尾登美子) Tenshoin Atsuhime (novel)
Screenwriter: Tabuchi Kumiko
Chief producer: Sano Motohiko (佐野元彦)
Directors:
- Sato Mineyo (佐藤峰世) (ep01-02,07-08,13-14,19-20,30)
- Okada Ken (岡田健) (ep03-04,09-10,15-16,23-24,29)
- Horikirizono Kentaro (堀切園健太郎) (ep05-06,21-22,27-28,32)
- Watanabe Yoshio (渡邊良雄) (ep11-12,17-18, 25-26,31)
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
Narrator: Naraoka Tomoko (奈良岡朋子)

Awards

1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Period Drama
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2008): Best Actress - Miyazaki Aoi

Notes

When the first episode aired January 5, 2008, Miyazaki Aoi, at 22 years, 1 month became the youngest lead artist in an NHK taiga drama. The record was previously held by Takizawa Hideaki (Yoshitsune, 2005) at 22 years, 9 months.

External Links

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 ==Awards==
 *'''1st [[Tokyo Drama Awards]]:''' Best Period Drama
+*'''12th [[Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix]] (Jul-Sep 2008):'''  Best Actress - [[Miyazaki Aoi]]
 ==Notes==