Yae no Sakura I

Prietenul meu Sangjoo Michael Lee urmărește un amplu serial japonez, Yae no Sakura. E atât de entuziasmat încât m-a făcut curioasă...Am utmărit primul episod și promite să fie fparte interesant. Acțiunea se petrece la sfârșitul Shogunatului și deschiderea Japoniei către lume la presiunea căpitanului Perry...

Pare a fi la fel de interesant ca Shogunul lui James Clavel, deși acela se petrecea la începutul Shogunatului...Am citit cartea în engleză, pe nerăsuflate, iar serialul, despre care se spune că ar fi fost cel mai costisitor din istorie, a fost extraordinar...Richard Chamberlain a fost multă vreme idolul meu...
     Romaji: Yae no Sakura
    Japanese: 八重の桜
    Director: Taku Kato, Masae Ichiki, Takuya Shimizu, Yoshiharu Sasaki
    Writer: Mutsumi Yamamoto
    Network: NHK
    Episodes: 50
    Release Date: January 6 - December 15, 2013
    Runtime: Sundays 20:00-20:45
    Language: Japanese
    Country: Japan

Plot

Yae (Haruka Ayase) is born into the Yamamoto family in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture. Her father is Aizu domain's official gunnery instructor. Yae becomes more interested in guns than sewing. She learns gunnery from her brother Kakuma (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and participates in the Battle of Aizu. Aizu though loses the battle.

Yae divorces her husband Naonosuke Kawasaki (Hiroki Hasegawa) and walks away from guns. She finds a new interest in learning. Yae then meets Jo Niijima (Joe Odagiri), the founder of Doshisha University, and marries him.

Yae is a strong proponent of gender equality and acts according to what she believes in. This rubs others the wrong way, but her husband, who experienced western culture in the United States, supports her. In her later years, Yae servers as a nurse during the Russo-Japanese War. Yae is later referred to as the "Nightingale of Japan".
Notes

    Based on the life of Yae Niijima (December 1, 1845 – June 14, 1932), who took part in the defense of Aizu during the Boshin War and later married Jo Niijima. Yae and Jo Niijima would go on to establish Doshisha University and spread Christianity in Japan.
    NHK's 52nd taiga drama series.

http://kissasian.com/Drama/Yae-no-Sakura/Episode-1