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Princess Go

Princess Go

20118.31 Season46 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a remarkable life in an age of turmoil and civil war. Go loses her parents in the war, marries three times, and feuds with her own sister in competing for power. Go's husband becomes the second Tokugawa Shogun and she ensures her prominence as she gives birth to a son who later becomes the third Shogun and a daughter, a wife of the Emperor. The drama describes the age of the civil war through the eyes of Princess Go, who plays a significant part in establishing the age of peace that lasts over 200 years in Japan.

Created by Yashiki Yotaro
NetworksNHK BS1NHK

Top Cast

Asami Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa

Hatsu

Juri Ueno

Juri Ueno

Gou

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Chacha/Yododono

Mone Kamishiraishi

Mone Kamishiraishi

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

Yasuko Tomita

Yasuko Tomita

Kinya Kitaoji

Kinya Kitaoji

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Maika Yamamoto

Maika Yamamoto

Yoh Yoshida

Yoh Yoshida

Themes & Keywords

historicaljidaigekisengoku periodjapanese invasion of koreataiga

About Princess Go

Princess Go is a drama series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of historical, jidaigeki, sengoku period, japanese invasion of korea, taiga. Created by Yashiki Yotaro, it stars Asami Mizukawa, Juri Ueno, Rie Miyazawa. Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a remarkable life in an age of turmoil and civil war. Go loses her parents in the war, marries three times, and feuds with her own sister in competing for power. Go's husband becomes the second Tokugawa Shogun and she ensures her prominence as she gives birth to a son who later becomes the third Shogun and a daughter, a wife of the Emperor. The drama describes the age of the civil war through the eyes of Princess Go, who plays a significant part in establishing the age of peace that lasts over 200 years in Japan.

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