asa ▁Sug a ▁as ▁K us aka ▁G enz ui ▁H itos hi ▁O za wa ▁as ▁S era ▁Sh ū z ō ▁ ▁S ats uma ▁Domain ▁Ko ji ▁K ik ka wa ▁as ▁Sa ig ō ▁Tak am ori ▁Y o ichi ▁Hay ashi ▁as ▁Sh im azu ▁N aria ki ra ▁ ▁O thers ▁H iro aki ▁Mur ak ami ▁as ▁M ats ud ai ra ▁Y osh in aga ▁E iji ▁Ok uda ▁as ▁Sak uma ▁Sh ō zan ▁G oro ▁I bu ki ▁as ▁Tok ug awa ▁N aria ki ▁Ky ū s aku ▁Sh im ada ▁as ▁M aki ▁Y as u omi ▁ ▁H iro ki ▁M ats uk ata ▁as ▁ Ō g aki ya ▁Se ih achi ▁Eric ▁B oss ick ▁as ▁Carl ▁Wilhelm ▁Heinrich ▁Le h mann ▁May uk o ▁K aw ak ita ▁as ▁Ts uda ▁U me ko ▁Ich ik awa ▁Som eg or ō ▁VII ▁as ▁Emperor ▁K ō me i ▁Ken ji ▁Mas aki ▁as ▁Sak am oto ▁Ry ō ma ▁ ▁Production ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁N H K ▁announced ▁that ▁its ▁ 5 2 nd ▁ta iga ▁drama ▁is ▁titled ▁Y ae ' s ▁Sak ura ▁and ▁will ▁be ▁about ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Ni ij ima ▁Y ae , ▁the ▁" Je anne ▁d ' Ar c ▁of ▁Bak um ats u ", ▁with ▁Mut sum i ▁Yam am oto ▁as ▁writer ▁and ▁K atu ▁Tak ō ▁as ▁director