Gō (TV series)

Gō
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.^[1]

Ueno Juri has been announced as the lead actress of the series.^[2] The roles of Yodo and Hatsu will be played by Miyazawa Rie and Mizukawa Asami respectively.^[3]

Synopsis

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.

Staff

• Original : Kumiko Tabuchi
• Music : Ryō Yoshimata
• Titling : Kinko Kikuchi
• Narrator : Honami Suzuki
• Historical research : Tetsuo Owada
• Architectural research : Sei Hirai
• Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
• Production coordinator : Yōtarō Yashiki
• Casting : Masaya Iseda

Cast

• Juri Ueno as Gō - youngest daughter of Azai Nagamasa, mother of Iemitsu

Azai Family

• Rie Miyazawa as Cha-cha - oldest daughter of Azai Nagamasa
  • Mana Ashida as Childhood Chacha
• Asami Mizukawa as Hatsu - older sister of Gō
• Honami Suzuki as Ichi - mother of Gō
• Saburō Tokitō as Azai Nagamasa - father of Gō
• Minori Terada as Azai Hisamasa
• Masayuki Yui as Akao Kiyotsuna

Oda Family

• Etsushi Toyokawa as Oda Nobunaga - brother of Ichi, uncle of Gō
• Ayumi Tanida as Oda Nobutada - eldest son of Oda Nobunaga
• Yūta Yamazaki as Oda Nobukatsu - second son of Oda Nobunaga
• Yūta Kanai as Oda Nobutaka - third son of Oda Nobunaga
• Takashi Kobayashi as Oda Nobukane - uncle of Gō

Vassal of Oda Family

• Yasuo Daichi as Shibata Katsuie
• Keisaku Wada as Maeda Toshiie
  • Shun Ōide as Old Toshiie
• Takehiro Hira as Saji Kazunari - cousin of three sisters
• Yoshiharu Takeda as Ikeda Tsuneoki
• Jundai Yamda as Sakuma Morimasa
• Kōji Seto as Mori Ranmaru
• Shōta Someta as Mori Bōmaru
• Shōgo Sakamoto as Mori Rikimaru

Akechi Family

• Masachika Ichimura as Akechi Mitsuhide - a general under Oda Nobunaga
• Mimura as Hosokawa Gracia - a daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide
• Yū Kamio as Saitō Toshimitsu

Toyotomi Family

• Gorō Kishitani as Toyotomi Hideyoshi - vassal of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Shinobu Otake as One - legal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Tomoko Naraoka as Naka - mother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Yukiya Kimura as Toyotomi Hidetsugu - a nephew and retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Yoshihiko Hakamada as Hashiba Hidenaga - Toyotomi Hidenaga
• Taiga as Toyotomi Hideyori
• Shiori Kutsuna as Senhime
• Sawa Suzuki as Kyōgoku Tatsuko

Vassal of Toyotomi Family

• Masato Hagiwara as Ishida Mitsunari
• Toshio Shiba as Kuroda Kanbei
• Shinji Takeda as Ōno Harunaga

Tokugawa Family

• Kin'ya Kitaōji as Tokugawa Ieyasu - father of Tokugawa Hidetada
• Osamu Mukai as Tokugawa Hidetada - third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Kayo Asano as Tsukiyamadono
• Shōgo Kimura as Tokugawa Nobuyasu - eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Yasuko Tomita as Fuku
• Naoto Kinosaki as Takechiyo
• Tomoyuki Imagawa as Kunimatsu
• Kaito Kobayashi as Hoshina Kōmatsu

Vassal of Tokugawa Family

• Masao Kusakari as Honda Masanobu
• Shunsuke Kariya as Honda Tadakatsu
• Ken'ichi Sakuragi as Sakai Tadatsugu

Others

• Motoya Izumi as Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the 15th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
• Jin Nakayama as Asakura Yoshikage
• Kōji Ishizaka as Sen no Rikyū - famous tea masters
• Manabu Hamada as Sanada Yukimura
• Tatsumi Fujinami as Sanada Masayuki
• Takumi Saito as Kyōgoku Takatsugu

TV schedule

The 1st episode and the last episode are 73 minutes long. Others are 45 minutes long without commercials.

Episode	Title	Directed by	Travelogue	Original airdate	Rating
1	"Kokoku no hime" (湖国の姫 Princess of Lake Country)	Masaya Iseda	Nagahama, Shiga about Odani Castle	January 9, 2011	21.7%
2	"Chichi no kataki" (父の仇 Enemy of Father)		Tsu, Mie about Ise-Ueno Castle	January 16, 2011	22.1%
3	"Nobunaga no himitsu" (信長の秘密 The Secret of Nobunaga)		Nagahama, Shiga about Chikubu Island	January 23, 2011	22.6%
4	"Honnō-ji e" (本能寺へ Going to Honnō-ji)		Kyoto about Sōken'in Nara, Nara about Shōsōin	January 30, 2011	21.5%
5	"Honnō-ji no hen" (本能寺の変 The Incident at Honnō-ji)		Kyoto about Honnō-ji	February 6, 2011	22.0%
6	"Mitsuhide no tenka" (光秀の天下 Glory of Mitsuhide)		Ōtsu, Shiga about Saikyō-ji	February 13, 2011	19.6%
7	"Haha no saikon" (母の再婚 Remarriage of Mother)	Yūsuke Noda	Kiyosu, Aichi about Kiyosu Castle	February 20, 2011	18.5%
8	"Hajimete no chichi" (初めての父 The First Father)		Fukui, Fukui about Fukui Castle	February 27, 2011	20.9%
9	"Gifu no namida" (義父の涙 Tears of Stepfather)		Nagahama, Shiga about Shizugatake-kosenjō	March 6, 2011	20.0%
10	"Wakare" (わかれ Farewell)		Fukui, Fukui about Kitanoshō-Seikōji	March 20, 2011	16.9%
11	"Saru no hitojichi" (猿の人質 The Hostage of Saru)	Masaya Iseda	Tamaki, Mie about Tamaru Castle	March 27, 2011	15.7%
12	"Cha-cha no hanran" (茶々の反乱 The Rebellion of Cha-cha)		Sakai, Osaka about a residence of Sen no Rikyū	April 3, 2011	17.1%
13	"Hanayome no ketsui" (花嫁の決意 The Determination of Bride)	Yūsuke Noda	Tokoname, Aichi about Ōno Castle	April 10, 2011	16.6%
14	"Rien seyo" (離縁せよ The Instruction of Dissolution)		Aisai, Aichi about Sanri no watashi	April 17, 2011	19.2%
15	"Saru no shōtai" (猿の正体 The Identity of Saru)	Masaya Iseda	Osaka about Osaka Castle	April 24, 2011	18.0%
16	"Kanpaku Hideyoshi" (関白秀吉 Kanpaku Hideyoshi)		Nagaokakyō, Kyoto about Shōryūji Castle	May 1, 2011	15.9%
17	"Ieyasu no hanayome" (家康の花嫁 The Bride of Ieyasu)	Tsutomu Yoshida	Hamamatsu about Hamamatsu Castle	May 8, 2011	20.7%
18	"Koishikute" (恋しくて Loving)		Takashima, Shiga about Ōmizo Castle	May 15, 2011	18.1%
19	"Hatsu no endan" (初の縁談 The First Engagement)	Yūsuke Noda	Kyoto about Jurakudai	May 22, 2011	17.3%
20	"Cha-cha no koi" (茶々の恋 Cha-cha's Love)		Kyoto about Kitano Tenman-gū	May 29, 2011	19.0%
21	"Toyotomi no tsuma" (豊臣の妻 Toyotomi's Wife)	Masaya Iseda	Kyoto about Myōkyōji	June 5, 2011	17.6%
22	"Fubo no shōzō" (父母の肖像 The Portrait of Parents)	Tadashi Tanaka	Kōya, Wakayama about Jimyōin	June 12, 2011	18.3%
23	"Hitojichi, Hidetada" (人質秀忠 The Hostage, Hidetada)	Masaya Iseda	Odawara, Kanagawa about Odawara Castle	June 19, 2011	18.0%
24	"Rikyū, Seppuku" (利休切腹 Seppuku of Rikyū)	Tadashi Tanaka	Yamatokōriyama, Nara about Kōriyama Castle	June 26, 2011	18.1%
25	"Ai no arashi" (愛の嵐 Storm of Love)	Yūsuke Noda	Kyoto about Daitoku-ji	July 3, 2011	16.3%
26	"Haha ni naru toki" (母になる時 Time to Become a Mother)		Gifu, Gifu about Gifu Castle(Mount Kinka Ropeway)	July 10, 2011	16.2%
27	"Hidekatsu no yuigon" (秀勝の遺言 Hidekatsu's Will)	Masaya Iseda	Ōmihachiman, Shiga about Hachiman'yama Castle	July 17, 2011	15.3%
28	"Hidetada ni totsuge" (秀忠に嫁げ The Marriage of Hidetada)		Kyoto, Kyoto about Suizenji	July 24, 2011	18.9%
29	"Saiaku no otto" (最悪の夫 The Worst Husband)	Tadashi Tanaka	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka about the well where Hidekatsu was born	July 31, 2011	17.4%
30	"Itoshiki hito yo" (愛しき人よ Beloved Person)	Yūsuke Noda	Kyoto, Kyoto about Fushimi Castle ruins	August 7, 2011	17.6%
31	"Hideyoshi shisu" (秀吉死す Hideyoshi's Death)	Takuya Shimizu	Kyoto, Kyoto about Daigoji temple	August 14, 2011	13.1%
32	"Edo no oni" (江戸の鬼 The Devil of Edo)	Masaya Iseda	Chiyoda, Tokyo about Kanda Shrine	August 21, 2011	15.4%
33	"Tokugawa no yome" (徳川の嫁 The Wife of Tokugawa)	Tadashi Tanaka	Hikone, Shiga about Wakayama Castle	August 28, 2011	15.6%
34	"Hime no jūjika" (姫の十字架 The Crucifix of the Princess)	Yūsuke Noda	Osaka, Osaka about Ecchūi	September 4, 2011	17.8%
35	"Maboroshi no sekigahara" (幻の関ヶ原, The Phantom of Sekigahara)	Masaya Iseda	Ōtsu, Shiga about Ōtsu Castle	September 11, 2011	15.4%
36	"Otoko no kakugo" (男の覚悟 Preparedness for a Man)	Takuya Shimizu	Sekigahara, Gifu about Sekigahara	September 18, 2011	15.8%
37	"Senhime no konrei" (千姫の婚礼 The Marriage of Senhime)	Masaya Iseda	Kyoto, Kyoto about Gogōnomiya shrine	September 25, 2011	16.4%
38	"Saikyō no onba" (最強の乳母 The Strongest Nanny)	Yūsuke Noda	Nara, Nara about Obitoke temple	October 2, 2011	15.9%
39	"Unmei no taimen" (運命の対面 The Faceoff of Fate)	Takuya Shimizu	Obama, Fukui about Jōkō temple	October 9, 2011	15.7%
40	"Ieyasu no shūnen" (家康の執念 Ieyasu's Obsession)	Masaya Iseda	Kawagoe, Saitama about Kita-in	October 16, 2011	15.2%
41	"Shimai gekitotsu!" (姉妹激突！ Sisters Clash)		Kyoto about Hōkō-ji	October 23, 2011	17.0%
42	"Ōsaka fuyu no jin" (大坂冬の陣 Ōsaka Winter Campaign)	Yūsuke Noda	Osaka about Okachiyama Mound	October 30, 2011	16.1%
43	"Yodo, Chiru" (淀、散る The Demise of Yodo)		Osaka about Ikukunitama shrine	November 6, 2011	16.1%
44	"Edo-jō Sōran" (江戸城騒乱 The Mayhem at Edo Castle)	Tomohiro Kuwano	Chiyoda, Tokyo about Edo Castle	November 13, 2011	15.6%
45	"Musuko yo" (息子よ My son)	Masaya Iseda	Shizuoka City about Kunōzan Tōshō-gū	November 20, 2011	15.6%
46	"Kibō" (希望 Hope)		Minato, Tokyo	November 27, 2011	19.1%
Average rating 17.7% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research(Kantō region).

Soundtrack and Books

Soundtrack

• NHK Taiga drama Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku, Original Soundtrack (February 16, 2010)

Books

Official guide

• NHK Taiga drama story Gō First volume ISBN 978-4-14-923356-7(December 18, 2010)
• NHK Taiga drama story Gō Latter volume ISBN 978-4-14-923357-4(May 29, 2011)
• NHK Taiga drama, Historical handbook, Gō ISBN 978-4-14-910766-0(December 21, 2010)

Novel

• Gō First volume ISBN 978-4-14-005570-0(October 31, 2009)
• Gō Last volume ISBN 978-4-14-005571-7(January 29, 2010)
• Gō, New Edition, First volume ISBN 978-4-14-005594-6(November 12, 2010)
• Gō, New Edition, Latter volume ISBN 978-4-14-005595-3(November 12, 2010)
• Gō, New Edition, Last volume ISBN 978-4-14-005596-0(November 12, 2010)

Comic

• Gō 1 ISBN 978-4-06-365635-0(December 20, 2010)
• Gō 2 ISBN 978-4-06-376045-3(April 13, 2011)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2011	Shinchō Razzie Awards	Worst TV Series		Won
		Worst Actress	Juri Ueno	Won

References

1. 大河ドラマ 第50 作 江（ごう）　姫たちの戦国 (Retrieved on June 17, 2009)
2. Announcement of NHK Japan's 2011 Taiga 'Go', NHK, February 12, 2010. Retrieved April 01, 2010.
3. "Ueno Juri's Two Older Sisters" (上野樹里の２人の姉), Sponichi Annex; retrieved April 14, 2010.

External links

• (Japanese) NHK website
• (Japanese) 2011 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Gō"
• Gō at the Internet Movie Database

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