Details
Title: 虹を架ける王妃
Title (romaji): Niji wo Kakeru Ouhi
Tagline: 朝鮮王朝最後の皇太子と方子妃の物語
Tagline (English): The Story of Princess Masako and the Joseon Dynasty's Last Crown Prince
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Period drama
Viewership rating: 17.2
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2006-Nov-24
Air time: Friday 21:00
Related TV shows: Haruka naru Yakusoku
Synopsis
Princess Masako (Kanno Miho), the first in the Imperial House of Japan to be married off to a foreign country, and his Highness the Crown Prince Eun (Okada Junichi), the last member of the ill-fated Joseon Dynasty of Korea, forcibly brought to Japan at the young age of 11 under the premise of education... Amidst fierce rivalry between Japan and Korea, these two are chosen for a political marriage in the interests of "friendship" between the two countries, but through the eras of upheaval--Meiji, Taishou, Shouwa--these two would attempt to forge that fateful marriage into a bond of true love.
Combined with location shots at UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Important Cultural Properties sites, this drama paints on a grand scale the story of a beautiful but trying love engulfed into the whirlpool of history.
Cast
Kanno Miho as Crown Princess Li Masako (maiden name: Nashimotonomiya Masako; Korean name: Li Bangja)
Okada Junichi as Crown Prince Li Eun
Watanabe Ikkei as Ko Wi-gyeong (Japanese name: Kou Gi-kei)
Hirota Reona as Nakagawa Tae
Furuya Ikko as Nashimotonomiya Morimasa
Harada Mieko as Nashimotonomiya Itsuko
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Makino Nozomi (マキノノゾミ)
Producers: Nakashima Kumiko (中島久美子), Nishioka Yoshinobu (西岡善信), Sakai Minoru (酒井実)
Director: Kawake Shunsaku
Narrator: Mori Mitsuko
Notes
This is the first night of a two-night special program featuring two true stories about the miraculous love between a husband and wife. The second night is Haruka naru Yakusoku.
The 2003 TV Asahi tanpatsu drama Ryuuten no Ouhi - Saigo no Koutei featured the political marriage between Pujie, the younger brother of the last emperor of China Puyi, and his Japanese bride Lady Hiro Saga.
