Yae no Sakura (2013)

Title: 八重の桜 / Yae no Sakura
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 50
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-06 to
Air time: Sunday 20:00
Executive Producer: Naito Shinsuke
Screenwriter: Yamamoto Mutsumi

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.

Cast:
Ayase Haruka - Niijima Yae

Yamamoto Clan:
Matsushige Yutaka - Yamamoto Gonpachi
Nishijima Hidetoshi - Yamamoto Kakuma
Fubuki Jun - Yamamoto Saku
Hasegawa Kyoko - Yamamoto Ura
Kudo Asuka - Yamamoto Saburou
Toda Masahiro - Tokuzou
Yamano Umi - O-kichi

Matsudaira Clan:
Ayano Go - Matsudaira Katamori
Nakanishi Miho - Toshihime
Inamori Izumi - Teruhime

Yamagawa Clan:
Yamamoto Kei - Yamagawa Hyoue
Akiyoshi Kumiko　- Yamagawa En
Tamayama Tetsuji - Yamagawa Ookura
Ichikawa Mikako　- Yamagawa Futaba
Katsuji Ryo - Yamagawa Kenjiro
Shirahane Yuri - Yamagawa Tose
Mizuhara Kiko - Yamagawa Sakiko / Ooyama Sutematsu

Aizu women:
Miyazaki Yoshiko - Saigou Chie
Kuroki Meisa - Takano Takeko
Ashina Sei - Jinbo Yukiko
Gouriki Ayame - Hinata Yukiko
Kanjiya Shihori - Takagi Tokio

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

Edo Shogunate:
Koizumi Kotaro - Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Ibuki Goro - Tokugawa Nariaki / Mito Nariaki
Murakami Hiroaki - Matsudaira Shungaku
Namase Katsuhisa - Katsu Kaishu
Enoki Takaaki - Ii Naosuke

Others:
Oguri Shun - Yoshida Shouin
Tanimura Mitsuki - Oda Tokie
Koichi Mantaro - Furukawa Shunei
Matsukata Hiroki - Oogakiya Seihachi
Okuda Eiji - Sakuma Jouzan
Hasegawa Hiroki - Kawasaki Shounosuke
Odagiri Joe - Niijima Jo

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

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