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Atsuhime (2008)

45m

Running Time

1
Seasons

50
Episodes

Atsuhime (2008)

Name: Atsuhime
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-01-06

45m

Running Time

1
Seasons

50
Episodes

January 6, 2008
Release Date

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Plot.

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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Scripted ·

taiga ·

大河剧 ·

幕末

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Details.

Release Date
January 6, 2008

Original Name
篤姫

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
50

Running Time
45m

Genres
Drama

Wiki.

Atsuhime (篤姫, "Princess Atsu") is a 2008 Japanese historical drama television series. It is the 47th NHK taiga drama. It aired from January 6 to December 14, 2008, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama chronicles the life of Tenshō-in, based on Tomiko Miyao's 1984 novel Tenshō-in Atsuhime (天璋院篤姫). Viewership for Atsuhime was high; the series received an average rating of 24.5%, the highest rating received by a taiga drama since Hideyoshi in 1996.