Yae no Sakura

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Drama: Yae no Sakura
Romaji: Yae no Sakura
Japanese: 八重の桜
Director: Taku Kato, Masae Ichiki, Takuya Shimizu, Yoshiharu Sasaki, Hajime Suenaga, Ryohei Nakano
Writer: Mutsumi Yamamoto
Network: NHK
Episodes: 50
Release Date: January 6 - December 15, 2013
Runtime: Sundays 20:00-20:45
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Yae (Haruka Ayase) is born into the Yamamoto family in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture. Her father is Aizu domain's official gunnery instructor. Yae becomes more interested in guns than sewing. She learns gunnery from her brother Kakuma (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and participates in the Battle of Aizu. Aizu though loses the battle.

Yae divorces her husband Naonosuke Kawasaki (Hiroki Hasegawa) and walks away from guns. She finds a new interest in learning. Yae then meets Jo Niijima (Joe Odagiri), the founder of Doshisha University, and marries him.

Yae is a strong proponent of gender equality and acts according to what she believes in. This rubs others the wrong way, but her husband, who experienced western culture in the United States, supports her. In her later years, Yae servers as a nurse during the Russo-Japanese War. Yae is later referred to as the "Nightingale of Japan".

Notes

"Yae no Sakura" takes over NHK's Sunday 20:00 time slot previously occupied by "Taira no Kiyomori" and followed by "Strategist Kanbe."
Based on the life of Yae Niijima (December 1, 1845 – June 14, 1932), who took part in the defense of Aizu during the Boshin War and later married Jo Niijima. Yae and Jo Niijima would go on to establish Doshisha University and spread Christianity in Japan.
NHK's 52nd taiga drama series.

Cast



Haruka Ayase	Hidetoshi Nishijima	Asuka Kudo	Kyoko Hasegawa	Hiroki Hasegawa
Yae Niijima	Kakuma Yamamoto	Saburou Yamamoto	Ura Yamamoto	Naonosuke Kawasaki



Yutaka Matsushige	Jun Fubuki	Masahiro Toda	Umi Yamano	Kei Yamamoto
Gonpachi Yamamoto	Saku Yamamoto	Tokuzou	O-kichi	Hyoue Yamagawa



Kumiko Akiyoshi	Mikako Ichikawa	Tetsuji Tamayama	Ayame Goriki	Shihori Kanjiya
En Yamagawa	Futaba Yamagawa	Okura Yamagawa	Yukiko Hinata	Tokio Takagi



Sei Ashina	Go Ayano	Miho Nakanishi	Izumi Inamori	Toshiyuki Nishida
Yukiko Jinbo	Katamori Matsudaira	Toshihime	Teruhime	Tanomo Saigou



B-saku Sato	Tomiyuki Kunihiro	Fubito Yamano	Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	Masane Tsukayama
Tosa Tanaka	Chikara Yokoyama	Yanase Sanza-e mon	Heima Kajiwara	Kuranosuke Jinbo



Takumi Saito	Shido Nakamura	Morio Kazama	Shingo Yanagisawa	Yoshinori Okada
Shuri Jinbo	Kanbe-e Sagawa	Konsuke Hayashi	Konbe-e Kayano	Tomijiro Hirosawa



Yukiya Kitamura	Naomasa Musaka	Mantaro Koichi	Eiji Okuda	Shun Oguri
Teijiro Akizuki	Dengoro Kurokouchi	Shunei Furukawa	Shozan Sakuma	Shoin Yoshida



Koji Kikkawa	Kotaro Koizumi	Hiroaki Murakami	Katsuhisa Namase	Takaaki Enoki
Takamori Saigo	Yoshinobu Tokugawa	Shungaku Matsudaira	Kaishu Katsu	Naosuke Ii

Goro Ibuki

Nariaki Tokugawa

Additional Cast Members:

Joe Odagiri - Jo Niijima
Ryo Katsuji - Kenjiro Yamakawa
Kiko Mizuhara - Sutematsu Oyama
Mitsuki Tanimura - Tokie Oda
Mitsuhiro Oikawa - Takayoshi Kido
Masahiro Takashima - Masanao Makimura
Hiroki Matsukata - Seihachi Taiyaki
Masane Tsukayama - Kuranosuke Jinbo
Rio Suzuki - Yae Yamamoto (child)
Tomoya Shiroishi - Tetsunosuke Koide
Tadashi Mizuno - Shinpachi Nagakura
Minoru Sawatari - Masato Abe
Yu Saitoh - Matsudaira Mochiaki
Manabu Ino - Aritomo Yamagata
Kota Ohshima - Tokujiro Okayama
Shinichiro Matsuura - Shinbei Tanaka
Hayato Nakamura - Sadaaki Matsudaira
Yoichi Hayashi - Shimazu Nariakira
Daisuke Isui - boy soldier
Keiko Shirasu - Sumako Okamura
Kazuki Kosakai - Tomomi Iwakura
Arisa Nakajima - Bijyu Saigo
Kenji Furuya - Hajime Saito
Shingo Murakami - Kakunoshin Oyama
Yuka Takeshima - Misao Yamakawa
Kimihiko Hasegawa - Satohiro Ido
Rio Suda - Sue Saigo (young)
Honoka - Sutematsu (child)
Maki Shinta - Tokiwa Yamakawa (young - ep.6-7,13)
Yasuyuki Hamaya - Sataro Takasaki (ep.9)
Fumie Hamakawa - female school student (ep.33-36)
Miyuki Sato - Futaba Yamakawa (ep.42-43)
Shogen - (ep.44)
Ryo Hashizume

Comments

demante Dec 27 2022 1:39 pm fun fact mr. sunshine copy this drama

Hai-desu Aug 01 2016 11:55 pm Does anyone know the name of the Actress that played (adult) Mine Yamamoto? If someone knows, please let post her name.

ARVIN G Jul 20 2015 10:32 am this is the frist time that i have watched this kind of j drama at it is stunning that they have gatered all the actors and actresses spanning in all generations. I can say this is star sudded production.

Jay Jun 28 2014 5:24 pm This is the 1st Japanese historic drama that I actually got hooked into. I don't normally get hooked into historic Asian dramas because they usually don't pertain to my culture, but I still liked this one. I found myself learning much about Japanese culture while at the same time enjoying the drama.

Ron Mar 09 2014 3:08 am Enjoyed this story about Japanese history and the transition that the entire country underwent at every level of society as a result of the new pressures of westernization, industrialization, technology, new political influences, as well as

western economic concepts.   I sat on the edge of my chair watching each episode.   The story about Yae Niijima and the Aizu Clan came true to life each Saturday evening in my living room.

Thank you for producing and showing such a amazing drama and educating myself and thousands of others about traditional Japanese culture and history. I feel that I have learned more about life and its many challenges through this story and much insight into the Japanese and Samurai culture.

katy Sep 18 2013 8:21 pm excellent drama , so real , i can understand Japanese history and unique culture from this drama .

katy Jun 19 2013 7:54 pm excellent drama ,

through this drama i can learn Japanese history and culture .

i can see none of non- Japanese actors can act as true Japanese , even Korea actors and Chinese actors , they are poor in acting , very poor .

katy Jun 09 2013 4:34 pm Excellent Japanese historical drama , make me feel like living in that century . Excellent from directing to script to acting .

missherwood Apr 15 2013 8:36 am i've been watched the first episode.. i think the story is good.. is really going to be 50 eps?? that's really a lot..

Shahrul Jasnizam Nov 27 2012 8:15 pm Don't forget,Ayame Gouriki,Meisa Kuroki and Kyoko Hasegawa also in action this drama.

DaDa Nov 21 2012 9:48 pm The official poster was released today and Ayase Haruka looks like she can kick some serious ass! I can't wait until they release a trailer!

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ＮＨＫ：２０１３年の大河ドラマ　主役は綾瀬はるかさん, "Mainichi," "June 22, 2011".
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