Atsuhime(2008)
Overview
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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Season 1
50 episodes • 2008
Season 1
50 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Child of Destiny | Jan 6, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Vow at Sakurajima | Jan 13, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Satsuma Divide | Jan 20, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | A Wise Lord Angered | Jan 27, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Japan's Best Man | Feb 3, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 6 | A Woman's Destiny | Feb 10, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Father's Tears | Feb 17, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 8 | How to be a Princess | Feb 24, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Atsuhime is Born | Mar 2, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Determined to Become the Shogun's Wife | Mar 9, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Reunion on the Tanabata | Mar 16, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Farewell, Sakurajima | Mar 23, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Mother in Edo | Mar 30, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Father's Wish | Apr 6, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Princess Goes to Battle | Apr 13, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Cherry Blossoms Amidst Tumult | Apr 20, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 17 | An Unexpected Marriage | Apr 27, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Nariakira's Secret Orders | May 4, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ascend to the Ooku | May 11, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Wedding Night | May 18, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Battle of the Wives | May 25, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Shogun's Secret | Jun 1, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Better Man | Jun 8, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 24 | It's Unforgivable, Atsu-hime | Jun 15, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 25 | A Mother's Love and Hate | Jun 22, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 26 | A Hell-Raising Petition | Jun 29, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Wife of the Tokugawa | Jul 6, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Two Wills | Jul 13, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Tenshoin Atsu-hime | Jul 20, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Shogun's Mother | Jul 27, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Farewell, Ikushima | Aug 3, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Incident Outside Sakuradamon Gate | Aug 10, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Princess Kazu | Aug 17, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Imperial Court and Feudal Clan | Aug 24, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Dagger of Doubt | Aug 31, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Satsuma or Tokugawa | Sep 7, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Friendship and Parting | Sep 14, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Heart of the Mother-In-Law, Heart of the Wife | Sep 21, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Satsuma Burns | Sep 28, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Son Taking the Field | Oct 5, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Satcho Alliance | Oct 12, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 42 | The Death of the Son | Oct 19, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 43 | The Determination of the Wife | Oct 26, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Ryoma Dies | Nov 2, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 45 | A Letter from Mother | Nov 9, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Yoshinobu Rescued | Nov 16, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Ooku's Messenger | Nov 23, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Bloodless Surrender | Nov 30, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Reunion on the Eve of Meiji | Dec 7, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 50 | One Path | Dec 14, 2008 | 0.0 |
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