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Atsuhime

9.02008 · 1 season

Drama

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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Seasons

Season 1
2008 · 50 eps

Details

Status: Ended
First air date: January 6, 2008
Last air date: December 14, 2008
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 50
Episode runtime: 45m
Network: NHK BS1, NHK
Original language: JA

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