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Usagi no Kyujitsu

8.0

A love story of a young couple who dreamed of having their own house, set in an age of land price frenzy. The couple ponders once more what's the real meaning of the bond between parents and children. (Source: kisskh)

Shonai Onna Fudoki

The story of many years of rivalry between two sisters for a man living in the barn. (Source: kisskh)

Zoku Iki no Ii Yatsu

Non-chan no Yume

6.0

The 40th NHK Asadora starring Fujita Tomoko. It is about a woman who struggles to survive after World War II and starts a magazine. Average rating of 39.1%

Shiawase Shigan

5.0

The drama tells the story of a female college student who struggles having no luck in love and having failed the employment examination about 20 times. Hopeless, she returns to her hometown, Yamanashi, but that's not…

Hassai-sensei

The 39th NHK Asadora drama is Hassai-sensei. A novice teacher in 1930s Osaka learns that there is more to education than mere instruction. Though her tenure is interrupted by first marriage and later World War II, she…

Manga Michi: Seishun Hen

Michio and Shigeru move to Tokyo from their hometown of Takaoka with the aim of becoming professional manga artists. When they hear that their respected friend Tezuka Osamu is moving out of Tokiwa-so, they decide to…

Chotchan

10.0

~~ Adapted from the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother. ~~ The 38th NHK Asadora.

Iki no Iyatsu

First season from two. It depicts a young man who became a disciple at a sushi restaurant in Yanagibashi (Source: kisskh) ~~Adapted from Yukio Morooka 's essay "Tsuruhachi Kanda Sushi Banashi".

Miyako no Kaze

7.0

The 37th NHK Asadora. A woman from Kyoto moves to Nara and runs a ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn) and then enters the fashion industry.

Zoku Takeshi Kun, Hai!

6.0

Sequel to Takeshi Kun, Hai! Even when Takeshi is in the sixth grade, his family still lives in poverty. At school, a new student transfers. What will happen to Takeshi's first love? There will be another big uproar!…

Inochi

7.0

The 24th NHK Taiga Drama is Inochi. The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the train…

The Era of Each Person

Ichiban Daiko

8.0

The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.

Takeshi Kun, Hai!

7.3

Set in slums of Tokyo, the daily life of the child Takeshi Kitano and his family is depicted with a comedy touch, the drama revolves around the Takeshi Kitano who is kind but mischievous.

Chichi Kara no Okurimono

Mio Tsukushi

7.9

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…

Otoko ga ie o Deru Toki

The husband, and worker of a major chemical company will be transferred to Osaka. But the problem is, he will be transfered alone, leaving behind his mother, who latetly has a heart attack, and rest of his family. (Source:…

Haru no Hatou

7.0

Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro

10.0

The 33rd NHK Asadora. Starring Eisaku Shindou as a man who loves manzai (a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture). Average rating of 40.2% ~~ Based on the life of a famous two-man comedy act writer,…