Atsuhime (TV series)

*Atsuhime*
Atsuhime
Genre	Historical, Jidaigeki
Based on	Tenshō-in Atsuhime (天璋院篤姫) by Miyao Tomiko
Written by	Kumiko Tabuchi
Directed by	Motohiko Sano
Starring	Aoi Miyazaki; Eita; Masato Sakai; Yukiyoshi Ozawa; Taizo Harada; Maki Horikita; Shota Matsuda; Kyōzō Nagatsuka; Kanako Higuchi; Yoshinori Okada; Hiroshi Tamaki; Sumie Sasaki; Ikki Sawamura; Aiko Satō; Rie Tomosaka; Yumi Iwai; Takehiro Hira; Shunpūtei Koasa; Atsuko Takahata; Masao Kusakari; Tsurutaro Kataoka; Nakamura Baijaku II; Yūichirō Yamaguchi; Hiroyuki Nagato; Izumi Inamori; Meiko Nakamura; Tōru Emori; Keiko Matsuzaka; Mikijirō Hira; Hideki Takahashi; Kin'ya Kitaōji;
Narrated by	Naraoka Tomoko
Theme music composer	Yoshimata Ryō
Opening theme	"Atsuhime (Main Theme)" (「篤姫（メインテーマ）」)
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	50
Production
Producer	Motohiko Sano
Production location	Japan
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 6 –; December 14, 2008

Atsuhime (篤姫, "Princess Atsu") is a 2008 Japanese historical drama television series. It is the 47th NHK taiga drama. It aired from January 6 to December 14, 2008, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama chronicles the life of Tenshō-in, based on Tomiko Miyao's 1984 novel Tenshō-in Atsuhime (天璋院篤姫). Viewership for Atsuhime was high; the series received an average rating of 24.5%, the highest rating received by a taiga drama since Hideyoshi in 1996.