这是NHK的第5部大河剧。这是大河剧第一次以虚构人物作为主角，也是首部以女性为主角。本作以旗本家三姐妹的视角，讲述动乱的幕末至明治维新前，随着时代浪潮颠沛流转的命运故事。
Mariko Okada
Nagai Mura
Shiho Fujimura
Nagai Rui
Komaki Kurihara
Nagai Yuki
Shinsuke Ashida
Nagai Shinsuke [The Elder brother]
Nobuyuki Katsube
Jimbo Matashiro [Rui's husband]
Takashi Yamaguchi
Misawa Hannosuke [Yuki's husband]
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Aoe Kingoro
Takashi Shimura
Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
Katsuo Nakamura
Taki Gotaro [Hannosuke's younger brother]
Hideo Kanze
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Katsura Kogoro / Kida Junichiro
Tamao Nakamura
Ikumatsu
Gaku Yamamoto
Takasugi Shin
Atsuo Nakamura
Sakamoto Ryoma
