is a 2011 Japanese historical drama television series and the 50th NHK taiga drama. It was written for television by Kumiko Tabuchi,大河ドラマ 第50 作 江（ごう） 姫たちの戦国 . based on her own novel of the same name. The drama stars Juri Ueno in the title role, with Rie Miyazawa and Asami Mizukawa as Cha-cha and Hatsu respectively, the sisters of Gō."Ueno Juri's Two Older Sisters" (上野樹里の2人の姉) , Sponichi Annex.
The series was critically panned by viewers for being "dark" and "boring", and it received two Shinchō Razzie Awards for Worst TV Series and Worst Actress (Juri Ueno).
Plot 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 (), spotlighting the ladies of the Sengoku period. Gō was a daughter of Oichi, the sister of Oda Nobunaga. Oichi was the wife of Sengoku daimyō 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.
Cast Principal Juri Ueno as Gō, youngest daughter of Azai Nagamasa, mother of Iemitsu Rie Miyazawa as Cha-cha, oldest daughter of Azai Nagamasa Asami Mizukawa as Hatsu, older sister of Gō
Azai Family Mana Ashida as young Cha-cha Honami Suzuki as Ichi, mother of Gō Saburō Tokitō as Azai Nagamasa, father of Gō Minori Terada as Azai Hisamasa, father of Azai Nagamasa, grandfather of Go 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 Yamada as Sakuma Morimasa Kōji Seto as Mori Ranmaru Shōta Sometani 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 Shinobu Otake as One, legal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tomoko Naraoka as Naka, mother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Yukiya Kitamura as Toyotomi Hidetsugu, a nephew and retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Yoshihiko Hakamada as Hashiba Hidenaga, Toyotomi Hidenaga Taiga as Toyotomi Hideyori Shioli Kutsuna as Senhime Mana Ashida as young 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 Lady Tsukiyama 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 Mone Kamishiraishi as Masa
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 Akira Hamada as Mōri Terumoto Koji Shimizu as Hōjō Ujimasa Nobuyoshi Hisamatsu as Takeda Katsuyori
Production Gō was announced as the 50th taiga drama by the NHK on June 17, 2009, to be based on the novel of the same name by Kumiko Tabuchi, who is also the writer for the drama. Tabuchi, composer Ryō Yoshimata, and actress Tomoko Naraoka all previously worked on the 47th taiga drama Atsuhime in 2008. With the success of Atsuhime, Tabuchi was asked in the middle of its run if she can write a series about Gō and her sisters, to which she agreed to. Though she began to write the teleplays for Gō in 2008, she would decide to complete the novel first before continuing to write the scripts.
The usual taiga drama production would first have one-third of the expected number of scripts finished before shooting begins. Afterwards, audience reception is taken into account as the rest of the series is written.
Production credits Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi
Episode list The first and last episodes are 73 minutes long. The rest are 45 minutes long without commercials. EpisodeTitleDirected byTravelogueOriginal airdateRating1Masaya IsedaNagahama, Shiga about Odani Castle21.7%2Tsu, Mie about Ise-Ueno Castle22.1%3Nagahama, Shiga about Chikubu Island22.6%4Kyoto about Sōken'inNara, Nara about Shōsōin21.5%5Kyoto about Honnō-ji22.0%6Ōtsu, Shiga about Saikyō-ji19.6%7Yūsuke NodaKiyosu, Aichi about Kiyosu Castle18.5%8Fukui, Fukui about Fukui Castle20.9%9Nagahama, Shiga about Shizugatake-kosenjō20.0%10Fukui, Fukui about Kitanoshō-Seikōji16.9%11Masaya IsedaTamaki, Mie about Tamaru Castle15.7%12Sakai, Osaka about a residence of Sen no Rikyū17.1%13Yūsuke NodaTokoname, Aichi about Ōno Castle16.6%14Aisai, Aichi about Sanri no watashi19.2%15Masaya IsedaOsaka about Osaka Castle18.0%16Nagaokakyō, Kyoto about Shōryūji Castle15.9%17Tsutomu YoshidaHamamatsu about Hamamatsu Castle20.7%18Takashima, Shiga about Ōmizo Castle18.1%19Yūsuke NodaKyoto about Jurakudai17.3%20Kyoto about Kitano Tenman-gū19.0%21Masaya IsedaKyoto about Myōkyōji17.6%22Tadashi TanakaKōya, Wakayama about Jimyōin18.3%23Masaya IsedaOdawara, Kanagawa about Odawara Castle18.0%24Tadashi TanakaYamatokōriyama, Nara about Kōriyama Castle18.1%25Yūsuke NodaKyoto about Daitoku-ji16.3%26Gifu, Gifu about Gifu Castle(Mount Kinka Ropeway)16.2%27Masaya IsedaŌmihachiman, Shiga about Hachiman'yama Castle15.3%28Kyoto, Kyoto about Suizenji 18.9%29Tadashi TanakaHamamatsu, Shizuoka about the well where Hidekatsu was born 17.4%30Yūsuke NodaKyoto, Kyoto about Fushimi Castle ruins 17.6%31Takuya ShimizuKyoto, Kyoto about Daigoji temple 13.1%32Masaya IsedaChiyoda, Tokyo about Kanda Shrine 15.4%33Tadashi TanakaHikone, Shiga about Wakayama Castle 15.6%34Yūsuke NodaOsaka, Osaka about Ecchūi 17.8%35Masaya IsedaŌtsu, Shiga about Ōtsu Castle 15.4%36Takuya ShimizuSekigahara, Gifu about Sekigahara 15.8%37Masaya IsedaKyoto, Kyoto about Gogōnomiya shrine16.4%38Yūsuke NodaNara, Nara about Obitoke temple15.9%39Takuya ShimizuObama, Fukui about Jōkō temple15.7%40Masaya IsedaKawagoe, Saitama about Kita-in15.2%41Kyoto about Hōkō-ji17.0%42Yūsuke NodaOsaka about Okachiyama Mound16.1%43Osaka about Ikukunitama Shrine16.1%44Tomohiro KuwanoChiyoda, Tokyo about Edo Castle15.6%45Masaya IsedaShizuoka City about Kunōzan Tōshō-gū15.6%46Minato, Tokyo19.1%Average rating 17.7% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).
Reception Though Gō was rigorous in trying to achieve an accurate depiction of Japanese history, it was reported to have been negatively received by viewers, who complained about the series being "dark" and "boring".
Soundtrack NHK Taiga Drama Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku, Original Soundtrack (February 16, 2010)
Bibliography Official guide NHK Taiga Drama Story Gō First Volume (December 18, 2010) NHK Taiga Drama Story Gō Latter Volume (May 29, 2011) NHK Taiga Drama, Historical Handbook, Gō (December 21, 2010) Novel Gō First Volume (October 31, 2009) Gō Last Volume (January 29, 2010) Gō, New Edition, First Volume (November 12, 2010) Gō, New Edition, Latter Volume (November 12, 2010) Gō, New Edition, Last Volume (November 12, 2010) Comic Gō 1 (December 20, 2010) Gō 2 (April 13, 2011)
Accolades Year Award Category Nominee Result2011Shinchō Razzie Awards Worst TV Series Gō Worst Actress Juri Ueno
References
External links
NHK website 2011 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Gō"
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