1 Season
50 Episode
Atsuhime - Season 1 Episode 23 The Better Man
Despite Atsu-hime's persuasion to name Yoshinobu successor, Iesada disagreed saying it was nonsense to recommend someone she had never met. Atsu-hime invites Yoshinobu and Tokugawa Yoshitomi, another candidate from the Kishu-Tokugawa family, to the castle to see them face to face. While Yoshinobu disappoints her, Atsu-hime was fascinated by Yoshitomi to whom laced snack was served.
- Year: 2008
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: NHK BS1, NHK
- 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