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Yae no Sakura

Details

Title: 八重の桜
Title (romaji): Yae no Sakura
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 50
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-06 to 2013-Dec-15
Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

“Yae no Sakura” will tell the story of Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, who was born into the Aizu Domain during the late Edo period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning her the nickname of the “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc.” After the war, she married educator Joseph Hardy Neesima (Niijima Jo) and became a Christian, and she helped Neesima found Doshisha University. --Tokyograph

Cast

Character Relationship Chart

Ayase Haruka as Niijima Yae

Yamamoto Clan

Matsushige Yutaka as Yamamoto Gonpachi
Nishijima Hidetoshi as Yamamoto Kakuma
Fubuki Jun as Yamamoto Saku
Hasegawa Kyoko as Yamamoto Ura
Kudo Asuka as Yamamoto Saburou
- Murayama Kenta (村山謙太) as teen Saburou
- Yamazaki Satoshi (山崎智史) as child Saburou
Toda Masahiro as Tokuzou
Yamano Umi as O-kichi
Mine Azusa (三根梓) as Yamamoto Mine
- Ikeda Sayaka (池田沙弥花) as teen Mine
- Toyoshima Hana as young Mine
- Chiba Risako (千葉理紗子) as child Mine
- Nakayama Kagura (中山香楽) as infant Mine (ep6)
- Tanigawa Yumeho (谷川夢歩) as baby Mine (ep7)
Kadowaki Mugi as Yamamoto Hisae
- Imase Aoi (今瀬葵) as teen Hisae
- Ota Shizuku (太田しずく) as child Hisae

Matsudaira Clan

Ayano Go as Matsudaira Katamori
- Yamashita Tetsupei (山下哲平) as young Katamori
Nakanishi Miho (中西美帆) as Toshihime
Inamori Izumi as Teruhime

Yamakawa Clan

Yamamoto Kei as Yamakawa Hyoue
Akiyoshi Kumiko　as Yamakawa En
Tamayama Tetsuji as Yamakawa Ookura
- Satomura Hiromu (里村洋) as young Ookura
Ichikawa Mikako as Yamakawa Futaba
- Aikawa Aoi (愛川あおい) as young Futaba
Katsuji Ryo as Yamakawa Kenjiro
Shirahane Yuri as Yamakawa Tose
Mizuhara Kiko as Yamakawa Sakiko / Ooyama Sutematsu
- Aikawa Aoi (愛川あおい) as young Sutematsu
- Honoka as child Sutematsu
Morita Nao (守田菜生) as Yamakawa Miwa
- Sawada Shione (澤田汐音) as teen Miwa
- Sakai Ayane as young Miwa
Takeshima Yuka (竹島由夏) as Yamakawa Misao
- Kawashima Ririka as young Misao
Sato Miyuki (佐藤みゆき) as Yamakawa Tokiwa
- Nagano Mei as teen Tokiwa
- Shinta Maki as young Tokiwa
Saeki Yuenshi (佐伯元希) as Yamakawa Shigeharu

Aizu women

Miyazaki Yoshiko as Saigou Chie
Kuroki Meisa as Takano Takeko
Ashina Sei as Jinbo Yukiko
Gouriki Ayame as Hinata Yukiko
Kanjiya Shihori as Takagi Tokio

Aizu men

Nakamura Shido as Sagawa Kanbe-e
Nishida Toshiyuki as Saigou Tanomo
Sato B-saku as Tanaka Tosa
Kazama Morio as Hayashi Konsuke
Tsukayama Masane as Jinbo Kuranosuke
Saito Takumi as Jinbo Shuri
Kitamura Yukiya as Akizuki Teijiro
Okada Yoshinori as Hirosawa Tomijiro
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Kajiwara Heima
Yanagisawa Shingo as Kayano Konbe-e
Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Yokoyama Chikara
Yamano Fubito (山野史人) as Yanase Sanza-e mon
Musaka Naomasa as Kurokouchi Dengoro

Edo Shogunate

Koizumi Kotaro as Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Ibuki Goro (伊吹吾郎) as Tokugawa Nariaki / Mito Nariaki
Murakami Hiroaki as Matsudaira Shungaku
Namase Katsuhisa as Katsu Kaishu
Enoki Takaaki as Ii Naosuke

Others

Oguri Shun as Yoshida Shouin
Tanimura Mitsuki as Oda Tokie
Koichi Mantaro as Furukawa Shunei
Matsukata Hiroki as Oogakiya Seihachi
Okuda Eiji as Sakuma Jouzan
Hasegawa Hiroki as Kawasaki Shounosuke
Odagiri Joe as Niijima Jo
Nakamura Aoi as Tokutomi Iichiro
Taketomi Seika (ep22-28)
Kudo Asuka as Saburo Yamamoto (ep6-21)
Hayama Shono as Tokugawa Iemochi (ep6, 8, 14-15)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yamamoto Mutsumi
Executive Producer: Naito Shinsuke

Recognitions

16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jan-Mar 2013): Best Actress - Ayase Haruka

External Links

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 *[[Fubuki Jun]] as Yamamoto Saku
 *[[Hasegawa Kyoko]] as Yamamoto Ura
-*[[Kudo Asuka]] (工藤明須加) as Yamamoto Saburou
+*[[Kudo Asuka]] as Yamamoto Saburou
+**[[Murayama Kenta]] (村山謙太) as teen Saburou
+**[[Yamazaki Satoshi]] (山崎智史) as child Saburou
 *[[Toda Masahiro]] as Tokuzou
 *[[Yamano Umi]] as O-kichi
+*[[Mine Azusa]] (三根梓) as Yamamoto Mine
+**[[Ikeda Sayaka]] (池田沙弥花) as teen Mine
+**[[Toyoshima Hana]] as young Mine
+**[[Chiba Risako]] (千葉理紗子) as child Mine
+**[[Nakayama Kagura]] (中山香楽) as infant Mine (ep6)
+**[[Tanigawa Yumeho]] (谷川夢歩) as baby Mine (ep7)
+*[[Kadowaki Mugi]] as Yamamoto Hisae
+**[[Imase Aoi]] (今瀬葵) as teen Hisae
+**[[Ota Shizuku]] (太田しずく) as child Hisae
 '''Matsudaira Clan'''
 *[[Ayano Go]] as Matsudaira Katamori
+**[[Yamashita Tetsupei]] (山下哲平) as young Katamori
 *[[Nakanishi Miho]] (中西美帆) as Toshihime
 *[[Inamori Izumi]] as Teruhime
@@ Line 36: / Line 48: @@
 *[[Akiyoshi Kumiko]]　as Yamakawa En
 *[[Tamayama Tetsuji]] as Yamakawa Ookura
-*[[Ichikawa Mikako]]　as Yamakawa Futaba
+**[[Satomura Hiromu]] (里村洋) as young Ookura
+*[[Ichikawa Mikako]] as Yamakawa Futaba
+**[[Aikawa Aoi]] (愛川あおい) as young Futaba
 *[[Katsuji Ryo]] as Yamakawa Kenjiro
 *[[Shirahane Yuri]] as Yamakawa Tose
 *[[Mizuhara Kiko]] as Yamakawa Sakiko / Ooyama Sutematsu
+**[[Aikawa Aoi]] (愛川あおい) as young Sutematsu
+**[[Honoka (2006)|Honoka]] as child Sutematsu
+*[[Morita Nao]] (守田菜生) as Yamakawa Miwa
+**[[Sawada Shione]] (澤田汐音) as teen Miwa
+**[[Sakai Ayane]] as young Miwa
+*[[Takeshima Yuka]] (竹島由夏) as Yamakawa Misao
+**[[Kawashima Ririka]] as young Misao
+*[[Sato Miyuki]] (佐藤みゆき) as Yamakawa Tokiwa
+**[[Nagano Mei]] as teen Tokiwa
+**[[Shinta Maki]] as young Tokiwa
+*[[Saeki Yuenshi]] (佐伯元希) as Yamakawa Shigeharu
 '''Aizu women'''