

Atsuhime
Overview
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.
Top 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
Themes & Keywords
About Atsuhime
Atsuhime is a drama series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of jidaigeki, edo period, costume drama, taiga, bakumatsu, 大河剧. Created by Motohiko Sano, it stars Aoi Miyazaki, Eita Nagayama, Maki Horikita. 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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