The taiga drama is based on Tomiko Miyao's novel Tenshō-in Atsuhime. The protagonist is Tenshō-in (Princess Atsu), the wife of … 詳細

• Okatsu – Atsuhime – Tenshōin: Honoka Nagai – Chinami Iwamoto – Aoi Miyazaki
• Hideki Takahashi as Shimazu Nariakira
• Yūichirō Yamaguchi as Shimazu Tadayuki/ Shimazu Hisamitsu… 詳細

Production Credits
• Original – Tomiko Miyao (Tenshō-in Atsuhime, Kōdansha, 1984)
The author of the original story, Tomiko Miyao, was born in Kōchi. She received the New Female Wri… 詳細

The episodes largely fall into two parts. The first half of the series revolves around Atsuhime's life in Satsuma. The latter half mainly proceeds with the politics around the Tokugawa Shogunate after she moved to Edo to marry … 詳細

Atsuhime Travel Sketches is a series of sketches that is assigned to the last few minutes of each episode. In each sketch, a few historical sites relevant to the drama are introduced with a short video clip and brief comment. … 詳細

The first 27 episodes of the Atsuhime series were released by Geneon Entertainment in a 7-disc DVD box set on December 19, 2008. A second DVD box set for the remaining episodes was later released by the … 詳細