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The last samurai's daughter

Madame Butterfly (2011)

First aired November 19, 20111h 14m/ep1 season · 2 epsEnded

Overview

Like the opera, the story is set in Nagasaki in the early 1900s. It portrays the ups and downs of a young woman known as Butterfly, who lost her parents at a young age and has become an apprentice geisha. She later meets a naval officer and gets married, though the officer intends for the marriage to last only while he is stationed in Nagasaki.

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Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

Japanese

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

November 26, 2011

Networks

NHK

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