On Tuesday, NHK made a cast announcement for next year’s taiga drama, “Atsuhime.” The series stars Aoi Miyazaki as the title character.
Popular actress Maki Horikita has been cast as princess Kazunomiya Chikako, the daughter of Emperor Ninko and the sister of Emperor Komei. She was briefly married to Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who is being played by Shota Matsuda.
Other cast members include Masato Sakai, Takehiro Hira, Masao Kusakari, Hiroshi Tamaki, Toru Emori, Kinya Kitaoji, Keiko Matsuzaka, Izumi Inamori, Mayu Tsuruta, Yumiko Takahashi, Mayumi Wakamura, Atsuko Takahata, Yuriko Hoshi, Meiko Nakamura, and Kimiko Yo.
