1 Season
50 Episode
Atsuhime - Season 1 Episode 28 Two Wills
Ii becomes shogun's chief adviser and Yoshitomi is chosen as the next shogun. Iesada orders Ii and Hotta, the chief retainer of the shogunate, to entrust Atsu-hime with Yoshitomi in emergency. Suddenly Iesada suffers a stroke which fact the shogunate tries to hide even to Atsu-hime and Honjuin. Ii signs a treaty with the U.S. without the shogunate's approval. In Satsuma, Nariakira passes away. Atsu-hime shortly learns the death of another important person in her life.
- Year: 2008
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: NHK BS1
- Keyword: jidaigeki, edo period, costume drama, taiga, bakumatsu, 大河剧, 幕末
- Director: Tomiko Miyao
- Cast: Aoi Miyazaki, Eita Nagayama, Maki Horikita, Rie Tomosaka, Ikki Sawamura, Hideki Takahashi