Sugi family •
Mao Inoue as
Sugi Fumi (later Katori Miwako) • Momoka Yamada as young Fumi •
Yusuke Iseya as
Yoshida Shōin,
Shishi of Bakumatsu era, Fumi's second eldest brother •
Rihito Itagaki as young Shōin •
Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Sugi Yurinosuke, Fumi's father •
Fumi Dan as Sugi Taki, Fumi's mother •
Eiji Okuda as Tamaki Bun'noshin, Fumi's uncle •
Taizo Harada as Sugi Umetarō, Fumi's eldest brother •
Yūka as Odamura Hisa, Fumi's second eldest sister, Odamura's first wife • Kanon as young Hisa •
Yūki Morinaga as Sugi Toshisaburō, Fumi's younger brother
Odamura family •
Takao Osawa as Odamura Inosuke (later Katori Motohiko), Fumi's second husband •
Rino Katase as Odamura Shino, Inosuke's mother •
Kanji Tsuda as Matsushima Gōzō, Inosuke's elder brother
Students of Shoka Sonjuku •
Kengo Kora as
Takasugi Shinsaku •
Masahiro Higashide as
Kusaka Genzui, Fumi's first husband •
Kōji Seto as Yoshida Toshimaro •
Hitori Gekidan as
Itō Risuke (later Ito Hirobumi), the first prime minister of Japan •
Ryūta Satō as Maebara Issei, leader of
Hagi Rebellion •
Jun Kaname as Irie Kuichi •
Takurō Ōno as
Nomura Yasushi Chōshū Domain •
Kin'ya Kitaōji as
Mōri Takachika, the 13th daimyō of
Chōshū •
Takahiro Miura as Mōri Motonori, the last daimyō of Chōshū •
Keiko Matsuzaka as Mōri Tomiko •
Rena Tanaka as Mōri Yasuko •
Takashi Naitō as Mukunashi Tōta •
Mayumi Wakamura as Mukunashi Mitsuru •
Noriyuki Higashiyama as
Kido Takayoshi, one of the
Three great nobles •
Kanji Ishimaru as Sufu Masanosuke •
Shinji Yamashita as
Kijima Matabei •
Masanori Ishii as
Inoue Kaoru •
Tasuku Nagaoka as
Yamagata Aritomo •
Yūto Ichioka as
Ōmura Masujirō •
Mizuki Itagaki as Mōri Motoakira
Okugoten Okugoten is the harem (
oku) of
Chōshū Domain. •
Kayoko Shiraishi as Kunishima •
Guin Poon Chaw as Sonoyama, director of Okugoten •
Anna Ishibashi as Mari •
Machiko Washio as Ushio •
Noriko Eguchi as Hinode •
Yumiko Takahashi as Shino •
Rina Ikoma (
Nogizaka46) •
Nanase Nishino (Nogizaka46) •
Mai Shiraishi (Nogizaka46) •
Nanami Hashimoto (Nogizaka46) •
Erika Ikuta (Nogizaka46) •
Kazumi Takayama (Nogizaka46) •
Yumi Wakatsuki (Nogizaka46) •
Reika Sakurai (Nogizaka46) •
Mai Fukagawa (Nogizaka46) •
Manatsu Akimoto (Nogizaka46)
Satsuma Domain •
Takayuki Takuma as
Saigō Takamori, one of the Three great nobles • Naoto Eguchi (Dobu Rock) as
Shimazu Hisamitsu Tosa Domain •
Tsuyoshi Ihara as
Sakamoto Ryōma Tokugawa shogunate • Shintarō Mori (Dobu Rock) as
Tokugawa Yoshinobu •
Hideki Takahashi as
Ii Naosuke • Ryuichi Isozaki as
Matsudaira Shungaku Shinsengumi •
Masaya Nakamura as
Kondō Isami •
Kento Kaku as
Okita Sōji Aizu Domain • Takehiko Fujita as
Matsudaira Katamori Foreigners • Lee Longshaw as
Townsend Harris • Mark Chinnery as
Samuel Wells Williams • John Ohkuma as
Thomas Blake Glover Others •
Haruka Igawa as Takasu Hisako •
Umika Kawashima as Takasu Ito •
Hirotarō Honda as Tominaga Yūrin •
Kento Miyahara as a sumo wrestler •
Anne Suzuki as Tatsuji •
Mitsuru Hirata as Dr. Yamane Bunki •
Yuina Kuroshima as Takasugi Masa, Shinsaku's wife •
George Yamamoto as Shiraishi Shōichirō •
Akiko Hinagata as
Ikumatsu, Takayoshi's wife •
Tōru Emori as Akuzawa Gonzō, official of
Gunma prefecture •
Yoshiko Mita as Akuzawa Sei •
Shunsuke Daito as Hoshino Chōtarō •
Yoshihiko Hosoda as
Arai Ryōichirō •
Kazuyuki Aijima as Suzuki Eitarō •
Hiroyuki Onoue as Kudō Chōjirō •
Masako Miyaji as Tome •
Yoshizumi Ishihara as Funatsu Denjibei, one of "Three agricultural professionals of Meiji" •
Takamasa Suga as Murakami Tsunehisa •
Kurara Chibana as
Tsuda Umeko •
Kisuke Iida as
Saigō Jūdō •
Eri Fuse as Mrs. Sagano •
Atsuko Sakurai as Mrs. Iketani •
Fumina Hara as Mrs. Sakata • Karen Miyazaki as Irie Sumi •
Fujiko Kojima as Yoshida Fusa •
Anna Yamada as Hisa's friend ==Production==