The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo. In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo.

Born in 1937 in Osaka as the eldest daughter, Kawahara Kimiko moves to Shigaraki with her family at ...

In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko...

Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate...

The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going ...

A serialized television series, aired in 1979, based on Hasegawa Machiko's "Sazae-san Uchiakebanashi...

The 97th NHK asadora is about Ten who becomes the first female comedian.

Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4...

Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scots...

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a...

The 69th NHK Asadora Drama, based on Rei Nakanishi's novel, is about the Iwata family living in Iked...

Higa Nobuko was born and raised with her four siblings in a farmhouse in the "Yanbaru region" in the...

Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father t...

Rin Tachibana, nicknamed Hanekonma, grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Together with her parents, her siste...

Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 t...

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set in N...

In 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just be...

In 1930 and as a young child, Tsuneko Kohashi lives at Enshu in Shizuoka Prefecture. She has a happy...

The twin girls Tajima Megumi and Ichijo Nozomi was separated at birth after their parents had divorc...

Suzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her heari...

NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. Th...