Born in 1937 in Osaka as the eldest daughter, Kawahara Kimiko moves to Shigaraki with her family at the age of 9. She works to support her family from a young age. Eventually, she jumps into the male world of pottery and becomes a pioneer of female ceramic arts. After marrying her husband who is also involved in ceramics and owning her own kiln, she raises her two children while struggling to create unique ware.
The series takes place in 1962 Osaka. Hanaoka Machiko, 37, is single and works at a hardware store i...
The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wad...
A Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's Christian ...
Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her f...
Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her hear...
The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker,...
The 59th NHK Asadora Drama is Yanchakure. Location includes Osaka. In Osaka, "yanchakure" is a bit o...
This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill h...
The 57th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama. Story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story about ...
Set in Hakata, the series is about a young man who wants to play rock music even though his father e...
A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long...
The drama about the youngest of four sisters, all raised solely by their father, who wants to write ...
A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter o...
A woman works hard to become a good doctor even though she is separated from her husband.
The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young and...
The 47th NHK Asadora chronicles the conflicts between a woman and her step-daughter in a hot springs...
A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
The 45th NHK Asadora. Set in an old Kyoto tsukemono (Japanese preserved vegetables) store, this seri...