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Asa ga Kita
Japanese Drama - 2015, 156 episodes8.4
In the late Tokugawa Shogunate, Asa was born as the second daughter of a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, Japan. Later, in Osaka, Asa entered various business fields like coal mines, banks, life insurance. She also founded…
Oshin
Japanese Drama - 1983, 297 episodes8.2
The 31st NHK Asadora Drama is Oshin. Oshin tells the story of a girl born in a very poor rural family in Japan, who through hard work and perseverance eventually triumphs over pain and adversity to achieve fame and success.…
Natsuzora
Japanese Drama - 2019, 156 episodes8.2
The story is set during the high economic development time of the Showa period. Natsu lost her parents during the war so she moves to the Tokachi region in Hokkaido with her foster father who is a dairy farmer. While…
Hanako to Anne
Japanese Drama - 2014, 156 episodes8.1
Follows the life of a translator Hanako Muraoka; from the turbulent Meiji Period, to the Taisho Period and the Showa Period. Hanako Muraoka would go on to translate novel "Anne of Green Gables," by Canadian author Lucy…
Gochisosan
Japanese Drama - 2013, 150 episodes8.0
In the food themed drama, Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka,…
Ohisama
Japanese Drama - 2011, 156 episodes8.0
Set in Nagano prefecture, the drama covers the life of Yoko Sudo through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those other around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through…
Carnation
Japanese Drama - 2011, 151 episodes7.9
The story is based on the life of fashion designer Koshino Ayako, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 92. Although she was a successful designer in Japan, she also single-handedly raised three daughters who followed…
Hanbun, Aoi
Japanese Drama - 2018, 156 episodes7.9
In 1971, the year after the Osaka Exposition, a girl called Nireno Suzume is born to the owners of a small-town eatery in Gifu Prefecture. At first, she is a healthy child who runs around the hills and fields every day,…
Warotenka
Japanese Drama - 2017, 151 episodes7.9
Set during the late Meiji era to post-World War II period at Osaka, featuring the lead character Fujioka Ten who is modeled after Yoshimoto Sei, the founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo and a female comedy show promoter. Ten is…
Boogie Woogie
Japanese Drama - 2023, 126 episodes7.8
Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young age, Suzuko loved to sing and dance, and joined the Umemaru Girls Opera…
Jun-chan no Ouen-ka
Japanese Drama - 1988, 151 episodes7.5
The 41th NHK Asadora. The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that…
Suzuran
Japanese Drama - 1999, 156 episodes8.4
The 60th NHK Asadora Drama is Suzuran. Locations include Hokkaido Numata and Tokyo. Beginning in 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting…
Toto nee-chan
Japanese Drama - 2016, 156 episodes8.3
The eldest daughter of the Kohashis, Tsuneko, was 11 years old when her father Takezo died of tuberculosis. Taking her father’s teachings about the importance of ordinary life to heart, she became ‘Toto One-chan’,…
Ranman
Japanese Drama - 2023, 130 episodes8.2
Mantaro comes from a rich family in Kochi who owns a brewery but because of him being sickly, he becomes the target of bullying. As a child, he has been fascinated with plants and decides to quit school so as to head…
Mio Tsukushi
Japanese Drama - 1985, 162 episodes8.2
The 34th NHK Asadora drama is Mio Tsukushi. Locations include Choshi-shi, Chiba. The courageous and steadfast heroine of this popular serial drama, set in a port city in 1920s Japan, defies tradition to marry the man…
Massan
Japanese Drama - 2014, 150 episodes8.1
It is based on the true story of Taketsuru Masataka and his Scottish wife Rita Cowen. Masataka is the first Japanese person to produce whisky in Japan when he opened his own distillery in Hokkaido in 1934. The title…
Gegege no Nyobo
Japanese Drama - 2010, 156 episodes8.1
The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from…
Yell
Japanese Drama - 2020, 120 episodes8.0
In 1909, a long-awaited baby boy was born to a family which has run a dry goods store for generations in Fukushima Prefecture. He would later become the talented composer Koyama Yuichi who wrote many famous songs. Although…
Manpuku
Japanese Drama - 2018, 151 episodes8.0
The 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks…
Ochoyan
Japanese Drama - 2020, 115 episodes8.0
Takei Chiyo was born to a poor family in Osaka Prefecture’s Minamikawachi district at the of the Meiji era. Her mother passed away when she was still a child, and she lived with her father Teruo and younger brother.…
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