The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari, which means something along the lines of "pure-hearted Kirari." The story is set in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture in the era around the Second World War. When the story opens in 1928, the heroine, Sakurako, is a very active seven-year-old girl. Indeed, even in the first episode she exhibits her confidence and enthusiasm. But above all else, Sakurako is interested in becoming a jazz pianist, and music features extensively in the plot.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

The story is about a young woman who becomes a landscape gardener following her father's wishes. Wak...