Yae no Sakura: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Niijima Yae, who grew up in the Aizu domain, was a spunky girl despite her mother's wishes that she be feminine. Because of anecdotes of how she barricaded herself with 500 women in Tsuruga Castle while being besieged during the Boshin War, and fought with guns, she was acclaimed as the "Joan of Arc of the late Edo period". After the Meiji Restoration, she became the wife of Niijima Jo (Odagiri Joe), who had returned from America. She soon joined the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War together with her Aizu comrades as Japan's first volunteer nurses, going from warrior woman to Japan's Nightingale.

Series details

• Title: Yae no Sakura
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2013-01-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-12-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61762
• IMDb ID: tt1975780
• TVDB ID: 265657

Cast and credited roles

• Haruka Ayase — Niijima Yae

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-01-06; final listed air date 2013-12-15; episode order: 50.

Source and licence

Adapted from Yae no Sakura on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.