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J-Drama: 篤姫 (Atsu-hime)
Atsu-hime (篤姫) 2008 NHK Taiga Drama
• Scheduled to Air: Saturday, February 9, 2008 | 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | LA18 - KSCI | UTB Programing
* Following the end of the 2007 Taiga, Fuurin Kazan
• English Subtitles
• Official NHK Taiga Website (Japanese)
• NHK Kagoshima Site (Japanese)
• DramaWiki: Atsu-hime
• 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 start (Japan)
* Air time: Sunday 20:00 (Japan)
• 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.
• SPOILER WARNING! - Synopsis for Episodes 1-30
• Character Chart
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Cast
• Heroine
* Miyazaki Aoi as Okatsu → Atsu-hime → Teshouin
* 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
• Shimazu Family
* Takahashi Hideki as Shimazu Nariakira
* Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Shimazu Hisamitsu
* Nagato Hiroyuki as Shimazu Narioki
* Suzukaze Mayo as Oyura
* Kondo Takatada (近藤隆正) as Shimazu Hironosuke
* Motokawa Ransho (本川嵐翔) as Shimazu Tokunosuke
* Yo Kimiko as Hisa-hime
* Yo****aka Yuriko as Otetsu
* Kaji Masaki (加治将樹) as Shimazu Ukon
* Aka Marino (阿嘉真理乃) as Osada
* Ebisu Reina (戎怜菜) as Ohiro
• Elite Clan Members
* Eita as Komatsu Tatewaki / Kimotsuki Naogoro
* Enoki Takaaki as Kimotsuki Kaneyoshi
* Hira Mikijiro as Zusho Hirosato
* Sawamura Ikki as Komatsu Kiyomichi
* Tomosaka Rie as Ochika
* Misawa Akemi (三沢明美) as Kimotsuki Kinu
* Sakabe Fumiaki (坂部文昭) as Shimazu Hisakaze
* Asanuma Shinpei as Shimazu Bungo
* Tengenji Ryu (天現寺竜) as Shimazu Shozo
* Yamamoto Ryuji as Tateyama Buhei
* Nagasawa Dai (長沢大) as a Shimazu Family retainer
* Okamoto Kotaro (岡本光太郎) as Kawakami Chikugo
• Lower Clan Members
* Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Saigo Kichinosuke (Takamori)
* Harada Taizo as Okubo Shosuke (Toshimichi)
* Maya Kyoko as Okubo Fuku
* Matoba Koji as Arima Shinshichi
* Owada Shinya (大和田伸也)as Okubo Toshiyo
* Miyake Hiroki as Ijichi Masaharu
* Hirayama Hiroyuki as Arimura Shunsai
* Kurihara Hitomi (栗原瞳) as Okubo Suma
* Takamatsu Iku (高松いく) as Okubo Mine
* Endo Yuya (遠藤雄弥) as Arimura Jizaemon
* Tanoue Koukichi (田上晃吉) as Arimura Yusuke
* Mizutani Momosuke as Saigo Shingo
* Go Shiro (五王四郎) as Saigo Kichibe
* Moriwaki Yuki (森脇由紀) as Suga
* Suzuki Heitaro (鈴木兵太郎) as Saigo Kichijiro
* Takaoka Masako (高岡雅子) as Masako
* Koizumi Tatsuhiko (小泉龍彦) as Saigo Ryuemon
* Murofushi Yukie (室伏由紀江) as Koto
* Aoki Kotoko (青木琴子) as Taka
• Ladies-in-Waiting
* Matsuzaka Keiko as Ikushima
* Sato Aiko as O-no-shima
* 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
Shogunate
• Shogun's Family
* Sakai Masato as Tokugawa Iesada
* Saiki Shigeru (斉木しげる) as Tokugawa Ieyoshi
* Matsuda Shota as Tokugawa Iemochi
• Ooku
* Inamori Izumi as Takiyama
* Tsuruta Mayu as Oshiga
* Takahata Atsuko as Honjuin
* Takahashi Yumiko as Karahashi
• Shogun's Advisors
* Kusakari Masao as Abe Masahiro
* Nakamura Baijaku as Ii Naosuke
* Tatsumi Takuro as Hotta Masayoshi
• Shogun's Retainers
* Kitaoji Kinya as Katsu Kaishuu
* Nomura Shinji (野村信次) as Fukaya Morifusa
The Imperial Court
* Horikita Maki as Kazunomiya Chikako
* Wakamura Mayumi as Kangyouin
* Togi Hideki (東儀秀樹) as Koumei Tenou
* 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
• Other Clans
* Tamaki Hiroshi as Sakamoto Ryoma
* Ichikawa Mikako as Oryu
* Yajima Kenichi as Matsudaira Yoshinaga
* Morita Junpei (森田順平) as Date Munenari
* Emori Toru as Tokugawa Nariaki
• 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 (Nakahama 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
• Minor Cast & Guests
• Production Credits
* Original writing: Miyao Tomiko (宮尾登美子) (宮尾登美子) Tenshoin Atsuhime (novel)
* Screenwriter: Tabuchi Kumiko (田渕久美子) (田渕久美子)
* Chief producer: Sano Motohiko (佐野元彦)
* Director: Director: Sato Mineyo (佐藤峰世) (ep01-02,07-08,13), Okada Ken (岡田健) (ep03-04,09-10), Horikirizono Kentaro (堀切園健太郎) (ep05-06), Watanabe Yoshio (渡邊良雄) (ep11-12)
* Historical research: Oishi Manabu
* Music: Yoshimata Ryo (吉俣良)
* Narrator: Tomoko Naraoka (奈良岡朋子)
• Notes
* Once the series airs in January 2008, Miyazaki Aoi, at 22 years, 1 month will become the youngest lead artist in a NHK taiga drama. The record is currently held by Takizawa Hideaki (Yo****sune, 2005) at 22 years, 9 months.
Last edited by Hiroshi66, 1/25/2009, 7:21 am
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Re: J-Drama: 篤姫 (Atsu-hime)
Episode 1 - The Child of Destiny (Part 1 of 2)
aired February 9, 2008
Well, Episode 1 just ended. We saw probably less than half of it, since UTB seems to always choose the day that a drama debuts in order to run special one-time programs (they did it last week with the premiere episode of Jigoku no sata mo yome shidai as well) so we didn't really get to see too much of the debut episode. But so far, so good!
I really like Princess Katsu's actress (the little girl). She will give out the most poignant facial expressions, I think its really one of those expressions only a little kid can give out. She had it when her mother was telling her that a samurai woman must be strong and be able to deal with all situations.
The time period we're dealing with right now is in the 1830s-1840s, when the Tokugawa regime in Edo is still intact but is really losing a lot of their influence that they once held throughout Japan. The Shimazu clan ruled the southernmost areas of Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands aka. Okinawa) and were one of the most influential clans during this period.
Remember the retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa from Yo****sune, anybody? Well, he's back as the financial advisor! Looks like he still has that sneakiness factor that his other role did in Yo****sune. I can tell he's going to be more than difficult to deal with. In the end, the peasants get hit with the bulk of the financial reforms even though they're not the ones causing it. Many famines occured during the early 1800s, and yet the peasants are still being "bullied", so to speak.
Well, its a bit too early to give a concrete opinion on the new taiga, but so far so good!
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2/9/2008, 9:52 pm
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Re: J-Drama: 篤姫 (Atsu-hime)
It was quite a jolt to pull myself forward from the Tokagawa and the Shingen and Uesagi days. I even was still immersing myself in Oda Nobunaga on the Wiki pages. those were certainly the days of wars and change.
Now to come into the 1800's is strange. Japan was still a mysterious country and I have to keep reminding myself that nothing changed culturally there even up to the later part of the 1800 period. I have a lovely book which was about that later time and it includes a visit of the then Prince of Wales (later uncrowned King Edward and dubbed Duke of Windsor. He was about twenty years old and his trip was so stilted because it was a state affair. He and his retinue were escorted constantly and there is a black and white photo of them all in Japanese robes
Other photos of the general populace also show people wearing Japanese daily attire. .... so interesting seeing photos of that time.
I think this drama will be very interesting and lively.
Peggy
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