Complete (J-Drama) Yae no Sakura

Complete (J-Drama) Yae no Sakura

Title: 八重の桜

Title (romaji): Yae no Sakura

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Jidaigeki

Episodes: 50

Broadcast network: NHK

Broadcast period: 2013, January 06 to 2013, December 15

Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

“Yae no Sakura” will tell the story of Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, who was born into the Aizu Domain during the late Edo period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning her the nickname of the “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc.” After the war, she married educator Joseph Hardy Neesima (Niijima Jo) and became a Christian, and she helped Neesima found Doshisha University.

Cast

Ayase Haruka as Niijima Yae

Yamamoto Clan

Matsushige Yutaka as Yamamoto Gonpachi

Nishijima Hidetoshi as Yamamoto Kakuma

Fubuki Jun as Yamamoto Saku

Hasegawa Kyoko as Yamamoto Ura

Kudo Asuka (工藤明須加) as Yamamoto Saburou

Toda Masahiro as Tokuzou

Yamano Umi as O-kichi

Matsudaira Clan

Ayano Go as Matsudaira Katamori

Nakanishi Miho (中西美帆) as Toshihime

Inamori Izumi as Teruhime

Yamakawa Clan

Yamamoto Kei as Yamakawa Hyoue

Akiyoshi Kumiko　as Yamakawa En

Tamayama Tetsuji as Yamakawa Ookura

Ichikawa Mikako　as Yamakawa Futaba

Katsuji Ryo as Yamakawa Kenjiro

Shirahane Yuri as Yamakawa Tose

Mizuhara Kiko　(水原希子) as Yamakawa Sakiko / Ooyama Sutematsu

Aizu women

Miyazaki Yoshiko as Saigou Chie

Kuroki Meisa as Takano Takeko

Ashina Sei as Jinbo Yukiko

Gouriki Ayame as Hinata Yukiko

Kanjiya Shihori as Takagi Tokio

Aizu men

Nakamura Shido as Sagawa Kanbe-e

Nishida Toshiyuki as Saigou Tanomo

Sato B-saku as Tanaka Tosa

Kazama Morio as Hayashi Konsuke

Tsukayama Masane as Jinbo Kuranosuke

Saito Takumi as Jinbo Shuri

Kitamura Yukiya as Akizuki Teijiro

Okada Yoshinori as Hirosawa Tomijiro

Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Kajiwara Heima

Yanagisawa Shingo as Kayano Konbe-e

Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Yokoyama Chikara

Yamano Fubito (山野史人) as Yanase Sanza-e mon

Musaka Naomasa as Kurokouchi Dengoro

Edo Shogunate

Koizumi Kotaro as Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Ibuki Goro (伊吹吾郎) as Tokugawa Nariaki / Mito Nariaki

Murakami Hiroaki as Matsudaira Shungaku

Namase Katsuhisa as Katsu Kaishu

Enoki Takaaki as Ii Naosuke

Others

Oguri Shun as Yoshida Shouin

Tanimura Mitsuki as Oda Tokie

Koichi Mantaro as Furukawa Shunei

Matsukata Hiroki as Oogakiya Seihachi

Okuda Eiji as Sakuma Jouzan

Hasegawa Hiroki as Kawasaki Shounosuke

Odagiri Joe as Niijima Jo

Nakamura Aoi as Tokutomi Iichiro