Chuushingura no Koi

Details

 * Title: 忠臣蔵の恋
 * Title (romaji): Chuushingura no Koi
 * Also known as: A 48th Loyal Retainer in Love / Forbidden Love with a Samurai
 * Tagline: 四十八人目の忠臣 / 48-ninme no Chuushin
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Jidaigeki, romance
 * Episodes: 20
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Broadcast period: 2016-Sep-24 to 2017-Feb-25
 * Air time: Saturday 18:10

Synopsis
Set in the Edo period, a story revolves around Kiyo, a woman who strives to overcome status differences of those days. When she pledges to live for love, a knife attack occurs at Edo castle. And as a 48th loyal retainer, her fate changes after a raid on Kira: she is determined to serve at the inner palace of Edo Castle called "Ooku". -- NHK

Cast

 * Takei Emi as Kiyo
 * Segizawa Yura (堰沢結愛) as young Kiyo
 * Fukushi Seiji as Isogai Jurozaemon
 * Tanaka Rena as Aguri
 * Sato Ryuta as Horibe Yasubei
 * Nakao Akiyoshi as Muramatsu Sandayu
 * Minagawa Sarutoki
 * Daito Shunsuke
 * Honda Daisuke (本田大輔) as Fuwa Masatane
 * Miyazaki Karen as Tsuma
 * Hizuki Hana as Hori
 * Nakamura Tomoya as Asano Nagahiro
 * Niiro Shinya (新納慎也) as Kataoka Takafusa
 * Yamamoto Hiroshi (山本浩司) as Maehara Munefusa
 * Masuko Shizue
 * Oshimoto Naoko (押元奈緒子)
 * Daike Yuko (大家由祐子) as Sae
 * Kansyuji Tamotsu (勧修寺保都)
 * Imai Tsubasa as Asano Naganori
 * Fujiki Takashi
 * Tsuji Kazunaga (辻萬長)
 * Tokui Yuu
 * Sasano Takashi as Horibe Yahei
 * Ishimaru Kanji as Oishi Kuranosuke
 * Hirata Mitsuru
 * Ibu Masato
 * Mita Yoshiko
 * Kakizawa Hayato (柿澤勇人)
 * Hirayama Hiroyuki
 * Shimizu Misa as Ejima
 * Kawahara Ayako as Hiroko
 * Nono Sumika (野々すみ花) as Sume
 * Naito Risa as Kon (ep16-)
 * Takito Kenichi as Arai Hakuseki

Production Credits

 * Original work: Novel 48-ninme no Chuushin by Morota Reiko (諸田玲子)
 * Screenwriter: Yoshida Noriko, Shiota Chigusa (塩田千種)
 * Producer: Komatsu Masayo, Yamamoto Toshihiko (山本敏彦)
 * Director: Iseda Masaya (伊勢田雅也), Shimizu Kazuhiko (清水一彦), Mayuzumi Rintaro (黛りんたろう)
 * Music: Yoshimata Ryo