
Son Taking the Field S01E40
Saigo, who had been exiled, came back. At the gathering where Saigo and his old friends reunited, Tatewaki met a geisho, Okoto. The Chōshū domain, which is bent on regaining its political leverage in the capital, suddenly attacked the Imperial Palace. This is known as the Kinmon Incident. Tatewaki, who led the Satsuma forces, joined forces with the Shōgunate, along with Yoshinobu, and defeat the enemy forces. In the meantime, in Ōoku, Takiyama advised Tenshōin to let the Shogun have a concubine who could bear his heir, for she was purely concerned with the future of the Tokugawa clan and desired to consolidate the foundations of the Shugunate’s rule. Tenshōin, however, did not want to tear up the intimate relationship between Kazunomiya and Iemochi and flatly rejected the idea.
Series Cast

Aoi Miyazaki
Okatsu / Atsu-hime

Eita Nagayama
Kimotsuki Naogoro

Maki Horikita
Princess Kazu

Rie Tomosaka

Ikki Sawamura
Komatsu Kiyomichi

Hideki Takahashi

Taizo Harada

Kimiko Yo
Hisa-hime

Hiroshi Tamaki

Kanako Higuchi

Atsuko Takahata
Honjuin

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Mayu Tsuruta

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Mikako Ichikawa
Oryu

Masato Sakai
Tokugawa Iesachi

Kinya Kitaoji

Masao Kusakari
Abe Masahiro

Tomoko Nakajima

Kenichi Yajima

Mayumi Wakamura

Sumie Sasaki

Yoshinori Okada