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.
Original : Kumiko TabuchiMusic : Ryō YoshimataTitling : Kinko KikuchiNarrator : Honami SuzukiHistorical research : Tetsuo OwadaArchitectural research : Sei HiraiClothing research : Kiyoko KoizumiProduction coordinator : Yōtarō YashikiCasting : Masaya IsedaJuri Ueno as Gō - youngest daughter of Azai Nagamasa, mother of IemitsuAzai Family
Rie Miyazawa as Cha-cha - oldest daughter of Azai NagamasaMana Ashida as Childhood ChachaAsami Mizukawa as Hatsu - older sister of GōHonami Suzuki as Ichi - mother of GōSaburō Tokitō as Azai Nagamasa - father of GōMinori Terada as Azai Hisamasa - father of Azai Nagamasa, grandfather of GoMasayuki Yui as Akao KiyotsunaOda Family
Etsushi Toyokawa as Oda Nobunaga - brother of Ichi, uncle of GōAyumi Tanida as Oda Nobutada - eldest son of Oda NobunagaYūta Yamazaki as Oda Nobukatsu - second son of Oda NobunagaYūta Kanai as Oda Nobutaka - third son of Oda NobunagaTakashi Kobayashi as Oda Nobukane - uncle of GōVassal of Oda Family
Yasuo Daichi as Shibata KatsuieKeisaku Wada as Maeda ToshiieShun Ōide as Old ToshiieTakehiro Hira as Saji Kazunari - cousin of three sistersYoshiharu Takeda as Ikeda TsuneokiJundai Yamda as Sakuma MorimasaKōji Seto as Mori RanmaruShōta Someta as Mori BōmaruShōgo Sakamoto as Mori RikimaruAkechi Family
Masachika Ichimura as Akechi Mitsuhide - a general under Oda NobunagaMimura as Hosokawa Gracia - a daughter of Akechi MitsuhideYū Kamio as Saitō ToshimitsuToyotomi Family
Gorō Kishitani as Toyotomi Hideyoshi - vassal of Oda NobunagaShinobu Otake as One - legal wife of Toyotomi HideyoshiTomoko Naraoka as Naka - mother of Toyotomi HideyoshiYukiya Kitamura as Toyotomi Hidetsugu - a nephew and retainer of Toyotomi HideyoshiYoshihiko Hakamada as Hashiba Hidenaga - Toyotomi HidenagaTaiga as Toyotomi HideyoriShiori Kutsuna as SenhimeSawa Suzuki as Kyōgoku TatsukoVassal of Toyotomi Family
Masato Hagiwara as Ishida MitsunariToshio Shiba as Kuroda KanbeiShinji Takeda as Ōno HarunagaTokugawa Family
Kin'ya Kitaōji as Tokugawa Ieyasu - father of Tokugawa HidetadaOsamu Mukai as Tokugawa Hidetada - third son of Tokugawa IeyasuKayo Asano as TsukiyamadonoShōgo Kimura as Tokugawa Nobuyasu - eldest son of Tokugawa IeyasuYasuko Tomita as FukuNaoto Kinosaki as TakechiyoTomoyuki Imagawa as KunimatsuKaito Kobayashi as Hoshina KōmatsuVassal of Tokugawa Family
Masao Kusakari as Honda MasanobuShunsuke Kariya as Honda TadakatsuKen'ichi Sakuragi as Sakai TadatsuguOthers
Motoya Izumi as Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the 15th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunateJin Nakayama as Asakura YoshikageKōji Ishizaka as Sen no Rikyū - famous tea mastersManabu Hamada as Sanada YukimuraTatsumi Fujinami as Sanada MasayukiTakumi Saito as Kyōgoku TakatsuguAkira Hamada as Mōri TerumotoKoji Shimizu as Hōjō UjimasaNobuyoshi Hisamatsu as Takeda KatsuyoriThe 1st episode and the last episode are 73 minutes long. Others are 45 minutes long without commercials.
NHK Taiga drama Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku, Original Soundtrack (February 16, 2010)Official guideNHK 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)NovelGō 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)ComicGō 1 ISBN 978-4-06-365635-0(December 20, 2010)Gō 2 ISBN 978-4-06-376045-3(April 13, 2011)
