Gō (TV series)
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| Written by | Kumiko Tabuchi |
| Starring |
Juri Ueno Rie Miyazawa Asami Mizukawa Etsushi Toyokawa Osamu Mukai Honami Suzuki Yasuo Daichi Takehiro Hira Akira Masato Hagiwara Mimura Shinji Takeda Takumi Saito Sawa Suzuki Toshio Shiba Masao Kusakari Yasuko Tomita Mariko Kaga Tomoko Naraoka Gorō Kishitani Masachika Ichimura Shinobu Otake Kōji Ishizaka Kin'ya Kitaōji |
| Composer(s) | Ryō Yoshimata |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 47 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Yōtarō Yashiki |
| Running time | 45 x 45 minutes 2 x 73 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NHK |
| Original release | January 9 – November 27, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Ryōmaden |
| Followed by | Taira no Kiyomori |
| External links | |
| Gō Official site | |
Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku (江〜姫たちの戦国〜?) is the Taiga drama for 2011 and the fiftieth Taiga drama. NHK announced that it will be written by Kumiko Tabuchi, who wrote the 2007 Taiga drama Atsuhime.
Ueno Juri has been announced as the lead actress of the series. The roles of Yodo and Hatsu will be played by Miyazawa Rie and Mizukawa Asami respectively.
At the center of a network of powerful warriors, the title character is Oeyo, also known as Ogō. The series carries the subtitle Himetachi no Sengoku (姫たちの戦国), spotlighting the ladies of the Sengoku period. Gō was a daughter of Oichi, the sister of Oda Nobunaga. Oichi was the wife of Sengoku daimyo Azai Nagamasa. The couple had three daughters. The first, Yodo Dono, became the second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of his successor Hideyori. The second, Ohatsu, married another Sengoku daimyo, Kyōgoku Takatsugu.
The third daughter was Gō. She was the first wife of Saji Kazunari. However, he joined forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, and opponent Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced them to divorce. Her second husband, Toyotomi Hidekatsu, was a nephew of Hideyoshi, but died in the Japanese invasions of Korea. Finally, Gō married Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shogun, and gave birth to his successor Iemitsu as well as his brother Tadanaga. Her two daughters were Senhime, who married Hideyori, and Masako (Kazuko), consort of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Moreover, her granddaughter ascended the throne as Empress Meishō.
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