Atsuhime - Season 1
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.
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Studio: NHK BS1
Director: Tomiko Miyao
Cast: Aoi Miyazaki, Eita Nagayama, Maki Horikita, Rie Tomosaka, Ikki Sawamura, Hideki Takahashi
Crew:
First Air Date: Jan 06, 2008
Last Air date: Dec 14, 2008
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 50 Episode
Runtime: 45 minutes
IMDb: 9.20/10 by 5.00 users
Popularity: 67.353
Language: Japanese
Season
Season 1
Episode
Child of Destiny
Vow at Sakurajima
Satsuma Divide
A Wise Lord Angered
Japan's Best Man
A Woman's Destiny
The Father's Tears
How to be a Princess
Atsuhime is Born
Determined to Become the Shogun's Wife
Reunion on the Tanabata
Farewell, Sakurajima
The Mother in Edo
The Father's Wish
The Princess Goes to Battle
Cherry Blossoms Amidst Tumult
An Unexpected Marriage
Nariakira's Secret Orders
Ascend to the Ooku
The Wedding Night
Battle of the Wives
The Shogun's Secret
The Better Man
It's Unforgivable, Atsu-hime
A Mother's Love and Hate
A Hell-Raising Petition
Wife of the Tokugawa
Two Wills
Tenshoin Atsu-hime
The Shogun's Mother
Farewell, Ikushima
The Incident Outside Sakuradamon Gate
Princess Kazu
Imperial Court and Feudal Clan
Dagger of Doubt
Satsuma or Tokugawa
Friendship and Parting
Heart of the Mother-In-Law, Heart of the Wife
Satsuma Burns
Son Taking the Field
Satcho Alliance
The Death of the Son
The Determination of the Wife
Ryoma Dies
A Letter from Mother
Yoshinobu Rescued
Ooku's Messenger
Bloodless Surrender
Reunion on the Eve of Meiji
One Path