Yae no Sakura

Yae no Sakura
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Mutsumi Yamamoto
Starring	Haruka Ayase Hidetoshi Nishijima Joe Odagiri Hiroki Hasegawa Jun Fubuki Yutaka Matsushige Kyoko Hasegawa Tetsuji Tamayama Go Ayano Shun Oguri Meisa Kuroki Kotaro Koizumi Shido Nakamura Takumi Saito Yoshiko Miyazaki Katsuhisa Namase Kumiko Akiyoshi Masaya Kato Masahiro Takashima Kōji Kikkawa Ichikawa Somegorō VII Takashi Sorimachi Izumi Inamori Hiroaki Murakami Hiroki Matsukata Toshiyuki Nishida
Narrated by	Mitsuko Kusabue
Theme music composer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer(s)	Nobuyuki Nakajima
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	50
Production
Running time	48 x 45 minutes 1 x 75 minutes 1 x 60 minutes
Release
Original network	NHK
Original release	January 6 – December 15, 2013
Chronology
Preceded by	Taira no Kiyomori
Followed by	Gunshi Kanbei

Yae no Sakura (八重の桜^?) is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase. Yae is a strong believer in women's rights and the story follows her journey in Japan, during the time it is opened up to Western ideas.

In 2014, the series was nominated for the International Emmy Award for best drama series.

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