Dandan

Ichiban Daiko

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

Natsuzora

Okuhara Natsu was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo, takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.

Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro

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, Akita Minoru, who loved comedy more than anything. His life itself was full of wit and humor, love and friendship.

Romansu

The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.

Yôi don

A struggling Korean veteran comes to terms with the fact that he is actually a caterpillar. I just made this up.

Haikara-san

The 29th NHK Asadora. Starring Satomi Tezuka as a woman who starts a hotel in the Meiji era.

Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari

Katsuragi Motoko started as an NHK announcer, became a reportage writer after the war, and then an author. This story is about a woman's struggle to find her life's purpose and to survive. The 28th NHK asadora, set in the Showa era and location included Tokyo.

Niji wo Oru

The 26th NHK Asadora. Shimazaki Kayo is a woman from Hagi, Yamaguchi, who joins the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyougo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shoujo manga and Japanese folktales.

Natchan no shashinkan

The 25th NHK Asadora. Nishiki Natsuko is a woman who strives to become a photographer.

Mansaku no hana

The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is buried by deep snow.

Watashi wa umi

The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans.

Ayu no uta

The 24th NHK Asadora. Starring Senri Yamazaki as a woman who makes her life at a fishing port.

Chiquinha Gonzaga

It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged the social standards of her time. Chiquinha was raised very comfortably and had an excellent education provided by his father, Jose Basileu, who expected his daughter to be a lady of the imperial court. But after listening to songs played in a black yard and influenced by friends, such as composer Joaquim Callado, Chiquinha begins to make compositions mixing polka and lundu. By imposition of her father, Chiquinha is forced to marry Jacinto, with whom she has three children. However, Jacinto forbids her to play, and she decides to separate from her husband, going against social standards. Chiquinha, then, fights for his freedom to play and will live with the great love of his youth, João Batista de Carvalho Jr., with whom he has a daughter, Alice.

Otei-chan

The 21st NHK Asadora. Starring Chikako Yuri in a dramatization of the life of Sadako Sawamura.

Kazamidori

The 20th NHK Asadora. Starring Harumi Arai as a woman who marries a German and starts a bakery in Kobe.

Ichibanboshi

The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill. Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo Koshinkyoku" by Yuki Ryoichi.

Hi no kuni ni

The 18th NHK Asadora. Starring Keiko Suzuka about a woman who strives to become a landscape gardener.

Kumo no Jutan

The 17th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Asaji as a woman who wants to become a pilot.

Ohayousan

The 16th NHK Asadora. Starring Yoko Akino in a contemporary story about a woman who is an office worker.

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