Atsu-Hime
(Atsuhime)
The Complete Japanese Drama DVD Collection (1-50 End)
Japanese with English Subtitles
Format: DVD

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.

Cast

Heroine
    * Miyazaki Aoi as Okatsu / Atsu-hime (Tenshoin)
          o Nagai Honoka as Okatsu (child)
          o Iwamoto Chinami as Okatsu (child)

Imaizumi Shimazu Family
    * Nagatsuka Kyozo as Shimazu Tadatake
    * Higuchi Kanako as Oyuki
    * Okada Yoshinori as Shimazu Tadayuki
          o Sakai Kazuhisa as Tadayuki (child)
    * Sasaki Sumie as Kikumoto
    * Umeno Yasukiyo as Kurikawa Magoroku
    * Shoji Yusuke as Takuma Harumichi
    * Kobayashi Asako as Shino
    * Tanahashi Sachiyo as Mine
    * Kono Yasuro as Shimazu Tadafuyu
          o Fujisaki Go as Tadafuyu (child)
    * Matsuo Katsuhisa as Shimazu Hisayuki
          o Tanaka Oga as Hisayuki (child)

Satsuma Feudal Clan

Shimazu Family
    * Takahashi Hideki as Shimazu Nariakira
    * Yo Kimiko as Hisa-hime
    * Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Shimazu Tadayuki (Hisamitsu)
    * Nagato Hiroyuki as Shimazu Narioki
    * Suzukaze Mayo as Oyura
    * Nakagawa Shingo as Shimazu Tadayoshi
    * Yoshitaka Yuriko as Otetsu
    * Kaji Masaki as Shimazu Ukon
    * Kondo Takatada as Shimazu Hironosuke
    * Motokawa Ransho as Shimazu Tokunosuke
    * Aka Marino as Osada
    * Ebisu Reina as Ohiro
    * Watanabe Takuto as Torajumaru (Shimazu Chujiro)
    * Iida Shion as Teruhime

Elite Clan Members
    * Eita as Kimotsuki Naogoro / Komatsu Tatewaki
    * Sawamura Ikki as Komatsu Kiyomichi
    * Tomosaka Rie as Ochika
    * Harada Natsuki as Kotohana (Okoto)
    * Enoki Takaaki as Kimotsuki Kaneyoshi
    * Hira Mikijiro as Zusho Hirosato
    * Takahashi Taira as Komatsu Kiyonao
          o Nakamura Shuga as Komatsu Yasuchiyo (young Kiyonao)
    * Nakayama Katsumi as Shimazu Bungo
          o Asanuma Shinpei as Shimazu Bungo
    * Tengenji Ryu as Shimazu Shoso
    * Ito Hiromu as Komatsu Kiyoatsu
    * Minami Kazue as Masa
    * Misawa Akemi as Kinu
    * Nagasawa Dai as a Shimazu Hoki
    * Okamoto Kotaro as Kawakami Chikugo
    * Yamamoto Ryuji as Tateyama Buhee
    * Sakabe Fumiaki as Shimazu Hisakaze
    * Honda Kiyozumi as Niro Hisanori
    * Uehara Kensuke as Tanimura Masatake

Lower Clan Members
    * Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Saigo Kichinosuke (Takamori)
    * Harada Taizo as Okubo Shosuke (Ichizo / Toshimichi)
    * Matoba Koji as Arima Shinshichi
    * Maya Kyoko as Fuku
    * Owada Shinya as Okubo Toshiyo
    * Miyake Hiroki as Ijichi Masaharu
    * Hirayama Hiroyuki as Arimura Shunsai / Kaieda Nobuyoshi
    * Mizutani Momosuke as Saigo Shingo (Judo)
    * Shundo Mitsutoshi as Oyama Tsunayoshi
    * Tanoue Koukichi as Arimura Yusuke
    * Endo Yuya as Arimura Jizaemon
    * Takechi Kenji as Narahara Kihachiro
    * Majima Kohei as Saigo Kichijiro
          o Suzuki Heitaro as Kichijiro
    * Yano Yoshito as Michishima Gorobee
    * Ishikawa Kenji as Hashiguchi Kichinojo
    * Kurihara Hitomi as Suma
    * Takamatsu Iku as Mine
    * Go Shiro as Saigo Kichibe
    * Moriwaki Yuki as Suga
    * Takaoka Masako as Masako
    * Koizumi Tatsuhiko as Saigo Ryuemon
    * Murofushi Yukie as Koto
    * Aoki Kotoko as Taka

Ladies-in-Waiting
    * Sato Aiko as Onoshima
    * Itaya Yuka as Hirokawa
    * Hidari Tokie as Takayama
    * Kitahara Sawako as Fujino
    * Matsuda Miho as Yuki
    * Oishi Yoshimi as Hisa

Shogunate

Shogun's Family
    * Sakai Masato as Tokugawa Iesachi (Iesada)
    * Matsuda Shota as Tokugawa Yoshitomi (Iemochi)
    * Hira Takehiro as Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu / Tokugawa Yoshinobu
    * Saiki Shigeru as Tokugawa Ieyoshi
    * Yoshitake Reo as Tokugawa Iesato
          o Kobayashi Kaito as Tayasu Kamenosuke (young child)
          o Kisaichi Yuta as Tayasu Kamenosuke (child)

Ooku
    * Horikita Maki as Princess Kazunomiya Chikako / Seikanin
    * Matsuzaka Keiko as Ikushima
    * Inamori Izumi as Takiyama
    * Takahata Atsuko as Honjuin
    * Wakamura Mayumi as Kangyoin
    * Nakamura Meiko as Niwata Tsuguko
    * Tsuruta Mayu as Shiga / Hokenin
    * Nakajima Tomoko as Shigeno
    * Takahashi Yumiko as Karahashi
    * Iwai Yumi as Utahashi
    * Miyaji Masako as Hatsuse
    * Totani Tomo as Tokiwai
    * Takemoto Satoko as Tsuchimikado Fujiko
    * Kodama Ai as Hanazono
    * Abe Asami as Tokiwa
    * Hasegawa Manami as Konoe Hiroko
    * Kawata Shinobu as the machijoro

Shogun's Advisors
    * Kusakari Masao as Abe Masahiro
    * Nakamura Baijaku as Ii Naosuke
    * Tatsumi Takuro as Hotta Masayoshi
    * Shirai Akira as Ando Nobumasa
    * Matsuzawa Kazuyuki as Matsudaira Tadakata
    * Shiga Kotaro as Kuze Hirochika
    * Sakuragi Kenichi as Wakisaka Yasuori
    * Tanimoto Hajime as Manabe Akikatsu
    * Nishida Seishiro as Itakura Katsukiyo
    * Ijuin Hachiro as Ogasawara Nagamichi
    * Sato Masahiro as Matsudaira Yasuhide

Shogun's Retainers
    * Kitaoji Kinya as Katsu Rintaro (Kaishuu)
    * Katsuji Ryo as John Manjiro
    * Fujiki Takashi as Kugai Inaba-no-Kami
    * Kobayashi Katsuya as Kimura Settsu-no-Kami
    * Suzuki Soma as Enomoto Takeaki
    * Nomura Shinji as Fukaya Morifusa
    * Honda Shin as Kawaji Toshiakira
    * Yoshimitsu Ryota as Inoue Kiyonao
    * Yoshimi Yukihiro as Iwase Tadanari
    * Tokui Yuu as Ito Genboku

Other Clansmen and Patriots

Lords
    * Emori Toru as Tokugawa Nariaki
    * Yajima Kenichi as Matsudaira Yoshinaga (Shungaku)
    * Morita Junpei as Date Munenari
    * Shimura Togo as Matsudaira Katamori
    * Kon Takuya as Yamanouchi Yodo
    * Happa Ikki as Toda Mitsuhisa

Retainers
    * Obayashi Takeshi as Nagano Shume (Yoshitoki)
    * Suzuki Junpei as Kido Takayoshi
    * Okamoto Koei as Ito Shunsuke
    * Yoshino Yasuomi as Inoue Monta
    * Nakayama Masei as Hashimoto Sanai
    * Sato Akira as Utsugi Rokunojo
    * Toyoshima Minoru as Nagaoka Kenmotsu
    * Akazaki Hikaru as Ugai Kichizaemon
    * Azuma Takeshi as Kusaka Genzui
    * Nihashi Susumu as Miyoshi Shinzo
    * Furumoto Shinnosuke as Goto Shojiro

Other Patriotic Figures
    * Tamaki Hiroshi as Sakamoto Ryoma
    * Ichikawa Mikako as Oryu
    * Takahashi Choei as Gessho
    * Sato Masayuki as Hirano Kuniomi
    * Amahara Masamichi as Nakaoka Shintaro

The Imperial Family
    * Togi Hideki as Emperor Komei
    * Takezai Terunosuke as Prince Arisugawa Taruhito

The Konoe Clan
    * Shunputei Koasa as Konoe Tadahiro
    * Hoshi Yuriko as Muraoka
    * Mikami Ichiro as Konoe Tadafusa
    * Hayakawa Yuri as Ikuhime
    * Yamamoto Ikuko as Kameoka

Nobles
    * Kataoka Tsurutaro as Iwakura Tomomi
    * Kimura Gen as Ohara Shigetomi
    * Isobe Tsutomu as Kujo Hisatada
    * Mitsueda Akihiko as Takatsukasa Masamichi
    * Era Jun as Takatsukasa Sukehiro
    * Wakamatsu Yasuhiro as Anegakoji Kintomo
    * Kanzaki Tomotaka as Nakamura Tadayasu
    * Kohama Masahiro as Sanjo Sanetomi
    * Toriki Motohiro as Hirohashi Mitsushige (buke tenso)

Other Cast

Foreign Figures
    * Nino A as Matthew Perry
    * Blake Crawford as Townsend Harris
    * Christopher Mae as Charles Lennox Richardson
    * Haruka Orth as Margaret Borradail
    * Garthe Nelson as William Marshall
    * Dennis Longley as Woodthope Clark
    * Ian Moore as captain of the Morrison
    * Sasaki Yohei as Shozo
    * Kitayama Yuichiro as a Jusaburo

Other Figures
    * Maro Akaji as the shadow
    * Croquette as the newsboy Taisuke
    * Mitani Masato as the newsboy Senkichi