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Amakara-shan

6.0

The story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story about the conflicts between generations and the relationships within families. A strong mother-daughter theme and a sister-brother theme exist. *The 57th…

Terakoya Yume Shinan

Hidamari Keiji Yogisha Rio no Namida

~~ Adapted from the novel "Rio" by Konno Bin

Shin Hanshichi Torimonocho

9.0

This series is based on the series of 68 novels written by Okamoto Kido in the early 20th century. The hero is Hanshichi, a young but highly skilled Edo-era detective. Widowed for two years, Hanshichi lives alone in…

Kumonoe no Aoi Sora

The story focuses on the woman's youth and how she managed to start her career as a singer. Mitsuko Nakamura also played herself in a drama. (Source: Milisia at kisskh) ~~ Adapted from James Miki's (ジェームス三木)…

Mori Motonari

7.6

The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlord of the early 1500s who stood at the vanguard of the Warring States era. All Japanese school textbooks contain the…

Kenpo wa Madaka

Special work to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution of Japan . Later one, James Miki who also was screenwriter for the production, published a book based on the drama script. Special…

Chuugakusei Nikki: Futatsu no Kao

Tensei Yajuro

8.0

The story of Ishibumi Yajuro, who as a result of an accident, travels back in time and lands in the Edo era. The man who loses his memory, soon becomes a national hero, trying to take down the vassal Yozo, who terrorizes…

Irasshai

Himawari

8.8

The 54th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Himawari. Story's settings include Tokyo and Fukushima Prefecture.

Daichi no Ko

9.0

NHK's 70th anniversary production. Based on the book by Yamazaki Toyoko who interviewed 300 orphans before novelizing the story. In the chaos of the closing days of World War II, the four members of a Japanese family…

Kura

8.0

In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family’s sake business. (Source:…

Hashiran ka!

10.0

Set in Hakata, the series is about a young man who wants to play rock music even though his father expects him to follow him in making Hakata ningyou (a traditional Japanese clay doll). One of the few Asadora starring…

Tsurube's Salute to Families

Storyteller Shofukutei Tsurube visits towns and villages across Japan, meeting local families.

Last Love

A woman with a short life expectancy due to leukemia meets a man who wants to abandon his elite salaryman life and pursue a career in music. A love story of modern young people who strive to find purpose and fulfilment…

Kura

10.0

Kura is a vivid portrait of life in a Sake brewing family in northern Niigata prefecture from the Meiji to Showa eras, based on the award winning novel of the same title by Miyao Tokomiko. (Source: DramaWiki)

Kono Yubi Tomare!!

Okuma Sumire, daughter of the traditional oden shop "Gesokuma," is asked to temporarily teach a combined 5th and 6th-grade class at Naniwa Hill Elementary School, which is closing at the end of the academic year. Initially…

Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune

The 34th NHK Taiga Drama portrays the life of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1716 - 1745).

Tenjo no Ao

~~ Adapted from the novel "Tenjo no Ao" (天上の青) by Sono Ayako (曽野綾子). It was inspired by a real criminal case of Okubo Kiyoshi (大久保清), a serial killer and rapist.