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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

In the end of Meiji era, Takei Chiyo was born in a poor family in Osaka, and was sent to a theatre t...

In the early Showa era, the town of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture was divided by the conflicts between ...

The story follows the 20-year-old Tsubasa who dedicates her life to her family and their shop. Her l...

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

The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912)...

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...

This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at t...

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

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

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