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