The 59th NHK Asadora Drama is Yanchakure. Location includes Osaka. In Osaka, "yanchakure" is a bit of an old word which is used to describe tomboyish or mischievous young girls. Mizushima Nagisa happens to be such a girl, that, no matter how well-intentioned her motives nor how hard she tries, Nagisa just seems to end up failing. In fact, she has failed at different things in her life so many times that she has come to see it as a source of personal strength, her philosophy being one of, "It's natural for a human being to fail many times in the course of their life and thanks to those failures we can become adults."
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The story follows Minamida Nozomi, the charming female protagonist whose company's performance deteriorates due to the collapse of the bubble economy and who is forced to quit her job as she is prevented from getting married and starting a family. However, after her younger brother is involved in a theft incident within her family, she decides to become a lawyer. She passed the difficult bar exam and faced the harsh reality of legal training in Fukushima.
A Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's Christian school in Tokyo. She found her passion in English and step by step made her dream come true.
The series takes place in 1962 Osaka. Hanaoka Machiko, 37, is single and works at a hardware store in Osaka City while doing literary work. One day, she falls ill due to overwork and falls in love with Tokunaga Kenjiro, the doctor who examines her. Kenjiro and Machiko marry. But Kenjiro, who lost his first wife to illness, lives not just with his five children, but his brother, sister, and parents. In a comical and heart-warming way, the drama depicts Machiko's struggle with the new family while pursuing her career as a novelist.
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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 September of 1995, Momone Nagaura lived with her parents, grandfather, and sister in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. After failing her college entrance exams, she went to live in Tome City with an acquaintance of her grandfather's. Momone's life changes when she meets a popular weather forecaster from Tokyo, who teaches her how weather forecasts can predict the future. She decides to study to become a weather forecaster.
In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi endure personal loss and struggle to find their own truths amid the upheaval of the Showa era.
Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young age, Suzuko loved to sing and dance, and joined the Umemaru Girls Opera Company (USK) in Dotonbori. Suzuko continued to show her talent for singing and eventually became a star of the postwar era.
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.
In Meiji-era Matsue, a fallen samurai’s daughter and a lonely foreign teacher connect through ghost stories and an unlikely friendship.
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 energetic girl. She loves the sports, sumo, very much and would like to find a career. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.in this field. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.
The 47th NHK Asadora chronicles the conflicts between a woman and her step-daughter in a hot springs town.
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 series depicted the conflicts between a woman, her daughter and her father-in-law. It is a story about the relationships of three generation of women in the Nakahide family.
The 44th NHK Asadora about a man who developed an early television system.
The 43th NHK Asadora about a female volleyball player who helps out the local community. Starring Azusa Watanabe.
Set in Hakata, the series is about a young man who wants to play rock music even though his father expects him to follow him in making Hakata ningyou (a traditional Japanese clay doll). One of the few Asadora starring a male character.
A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi Yasuda.
The story is about a young woman who becomes a landscape gardener following her father's wishes. Wakaba, born and brought up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, lived happily with her parents and younger brother until the Great Hanshin Earthquake shook and destroyed the city in 1995. In the disaster, Wakaba loses her father, who was an architect and moves with her mother and brother to Obi, old castle town in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, where her grandmother lives with her uncle and aunt. Living in Obi's rich natural environment, Wakaba learns that plants can heal people's hearts. She makes a resolution to return to Kobe and reconstruct the city abundant in greenery.
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150 episodes • 1998
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Oct 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Oct 6, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Oct 7, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Oct 8, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Oct 9, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Oct 10, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Oct 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 13, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Oct 14, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Oct 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Oct 16, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Oct 17, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Oct 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Episode 14 | Oct 20, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Episode 15 | Oct 21, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Episode 16 | Oct 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Episode 17 | Oct 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Episode 18 | Oct 24, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Episode 19 | Oct 26, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Episode 20 | Oct 27, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Episode 21 | Oct 28, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Episode 22 | Oct 29, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Episode 23 | Oct 30, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Episode 24 | Oct 31, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Episode 25 | Nov 2, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Episode 26 | Nov 3, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Episode 27 | Nov 4, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Episode 28 | Nov 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Episode 29 | Nov 6, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Episode 30 | Nov 7, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Episode 31 | Nov 9, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Episode 32 | Nov 10, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Episode 33 | Nov 11, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Episode 34 | Nov 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Episode 35 | Nov 13, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Episode 36 | Nov 14, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Episode 37 | Nov 16, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Episode 38 | Nov 17, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Episode 39 | Nov 18, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Episode 40 | Nov 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Episode 41 | Nov 20, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Episode 42 | Nov 21, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Episode 43 | Nov 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Episode 44 | Nov 24, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Episode 45 | Nov 25, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Episode 46 | Nov 26, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Episode 47 | Nov 27, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Episode 48 | Nov 28, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Episode 49 | Nov 30, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Episode 50 | Dec 1, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Episode 51 | Dec 2, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Episode 52 | Dec 3, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Episode 53 | Dec 4, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Episode 54 | Dec 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Episode 55 | Dec 7, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Episode 56 | Dec 8, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Episode 57 | Dec 9, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Episode 58 | Dec 10, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Episode 59 | Dec 11, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Episode 60 | Dec 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Episode 61 | Dec 14, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Episode 62 | Dec 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Episode 63 | Dec 16, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Episode 64 | Dec 17, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Episode 65 | Dec 18, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Episode 66 | Dec 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Episode 67 | Dec 21, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Episode 68 | Dec 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Episode 69 | Dec 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 70 | Episode 70 | Dec 24, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Episode 71 | Dec 25, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Episode 72 | Dec 26, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Episode 73 | Jan 4, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Episode 74 | Jan 5, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 75 | Episode 75 | Jan 6, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Episode 76 | Jan 7, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 77 | Episode 77 | Jan 8, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 78 | Episode 78 | Jan 9, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Episode 79 | Jan 11, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 80 | Episode 80 | Jan 12, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 81 | Episode 81 | Jan 13, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 82 | Episode 82 | Jan 14, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Episode 83 | Jan 15, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 84 | Episode 84 | Jan 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Episode 85 | Jan 18, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 86 | Episode 86 | Jan 19, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 87 | Episode 87 | Jan 20, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Episode 88 | Jan 21, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 89 | Episode 89 | Jan 22, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 90 | Episode 90 | Jan 23, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 91 | Episode 91 | Jan 25, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 92 | Episode 92 | Jan 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 93 | Episode 93 | Jan 27, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 94 | Episode 94 | Jan 28, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 95 | Episode 95 | Jan 29, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Episode 96 | Jan 30, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 97 | Episode 97 | Feb 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 98 | Episode 98 | Feb 2, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 99 | Episode 99 | Feb 3, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 100 | Episode 100 | Feb 4, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 101 | Episode 101 | Feb 5, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 102 | Episode 102 | Feb 6, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 103 | Episode 103 | Feb 8, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 104 | Episode 104 | Feb 9, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 105 | Episode 105 | Feb 10, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 106 | Episode 106 | Feb 11, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 107 | Episode 107 | Feb 12, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 108 | Episode 108 | Feb 13, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 109 | Episode 109 | Feb 15, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 110 | Episode 110 | Feb 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 111 | Episode 111 | Feb 17, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 112 | Episode 112 | Feb 18, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 113 | Episode 113 | Feb 19, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 114 | Episode 114 | Feb 20, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 115 | Episode 115 | Feb 22, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 116 | Episode 116 | Feb 23, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 117 | Episode 117 | Feb 24, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 118 | Episode 118 | Feb 25, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 119 | Episode 119 | Feb 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 120 | Episode 120 | Feb 27, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 121 | Episode 121 | Mar 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
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| 125 | Episode 125 | Mar 5, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 126 | Episode 126 | Mar 6, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 127 | Episode 127 | Mar 8, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 128 | Episode 128 | Mar 9, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 129 | Episode 129 | Mar 10, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 130 | Episode 130 | Mar 11, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 131 | Episode 131 | Mar 12, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 132 | Episode 132 | Mar 13, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 133 | Episode 133 | Mar 15, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 134 | Episode 134 | Mar 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 135 | Episode 135 | Mar 17, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 136 | Episode 136 | Mar 18, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 137 | Episode 137 | Mar 19, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 138 | Episode 138 | Mar 20, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 139 | Episode 139 | Mar 22, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 140 | Episode 140 | Mar 23, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 141 | Episode 141 | Mar 24, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 142 | Episode 142 | Mar 25, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 143 | Episode 143 | Mar 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 144 | Episode 144 | Mar 27, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 145 | Episode 145 | Mar 29, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 146 | Episode 146 | Mar 30, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 147 | Episode 147 | Mar 31, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 148 | Episode 148 | Apr 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 149 | Episode 149 | Apr 2, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 150 | Episode 150 | Apr 3, 1999 | 0.0 |