Gō (TV series)
is a 2011 Japanese historical drama television series and the 50th NHK taiga drama. It was written for television by Kumiko Tabuchi, 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. The series was criticized 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