Part of the opening track is sung by fascinating traditional singer Sato Anna (里アンナ), who also plays the role of Satochiyo Kane in this drama. Too bad that she has no profile here yet, but I'm considering to create one ...
The Netflix subtitles for this show are trash, at least the German ones. For instance, they constantly translate the year Showa 61 as 1968 instead of 1986. And many translations for on-screen texts are missing. Fansubbers Wabi-Sabi Subs and earthcolors are doing a much, much better job than Netflix.