Yae's Sakura

Yae's Sakura
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Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Mutsumi Yamamoto
Starring	Haruka Ayase Hidetoshi Nishijima Joe Odagiri Hiroki Hasegawa Jun Fubuki Yutaka Matsushige Kyōko Hasegawa Tetsuji Tamayama Gō Ayano Shun Oguri Meisa Kuroki Kotaro Koizumi Shido Nakamura Takumi Saito Yoshiko Miyazaki Katsuhisa Namase Kumiko Akiyoshi Masaya Kato Masahiro Takashima Kōji Kikkawa Ichikawa Somegorō VII Izumi Inamori Takashi Sorimachi Eiji Okuda Hiroaki Murakami Hiroki Matsukata Toshiyuki Nishida
Narrated by	Mitsuko Kusabue
Theme music composer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer	Nobuyuki Nakajima
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	50
Production
Producer	Shinsuke Naitō (chief)
Running time	45–75 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 6 (2013-01-06) – December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
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Yae's Sakura^[1] (Japanese: 八重の桜, Hepburn: Yae no Sakura) is a 2013 Japanese historical drama television series and the 52nd NHK taiga drama. Written by Mutsumi Yamamoto, the drama focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase.^[2] Yae is a strong believer in women's rights and the story follows her journey in Japan, during the time it is opened up to Western ideas.

Yae, who came from the Aizu Domain (now within Fukushima Prefecture), was chosen for the taiga drama as her story of loss and hope was felt to be timely in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The drama was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series, losing to Utopia.