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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.

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.

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After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather, who lives in the Alps. She learns he's a very bitter man who only accepted by force to take her in. But Heidi's kindness may be able to open his heart. Together with her friends Peter and Clara, she goes on lots of adventures.

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.

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.

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The 69th NHK Asadora Drama, based on Rei Nakanishi's novel, is about the Iwata family living in Ikeda, Osaka City between 1950s and 1960s. The story is told through the eyes of the youngest daughter, Fuyuko. The family runs a bakery. The mother, Teruko, is a very energetic woman who is determined to make her dreams come true. Responding to Teruko's expectations, the eldest daughter becomes a figure skater and the second daughter becomes a very famous professional singer. In contrast, Fuyuko finds her joy in bread making.

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.

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.

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Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka.

The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.

Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.

Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad.

Orphaned Heidi lives with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps, where she befriends goatherd Peter. She eventually moves to the city, where she's taken to be a companion to a sickly girl named Clara.

This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father, Murai Kento had aspirations to be a professional boxer but due to a detached retina he was forced to abandon his dream. Leaving Nazuna behind, he left for America, with another woman, to get treatment for his eye-problem, unaware that Nazuna was pregnant. As his life is boxing he quickly returns to the ring after the operation turns out to be successful and once again he dreams of becoming a professional boxer. However, success eludes him and he returns home to Japan. Nazuna meanwhile has given birth to her son and moved to Tokyo to search for Kento. By chance she finds Kento. When discovers he has become a father, he tries to make up for lost time. The show picks up their story as Nazuna, Taiyo and Kento begin family life together. Of course things are not as simple as they appear.

Iwakura Mai lives with her parents Kota and Megumi and older brother Haruto. Her father Kota runs a small factory in Higashi Osaka, a district that is known for its craftsmen. Mai is shy and withdrawn. But when she visits her grandmother Shoko who lives on Nagasaki’s Goto Islands which has a rich natural environment, she is entranced by the Baramon kites that catch the wind and soar high in the sky. Wanting to fly high in the sky like these kites, Mai’s longing swells into a dream to become a pilot. Even though she works hard, the path to getting there is tougher than she had imagined. As Mai deepens her ties with the people living in her two hometowns of Higashi Osaka and Goto, her dream eventually takes a new form. She gathers enthusiastic friends to build a small electric plane that can fly to and from the islands. Her dream becomes a wing that carries everyone’s dreams and takes off.
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151 episodes • 2004
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Sep 27, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Sep 28, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Sep 29, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Sep 30, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Oct 1, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Oct 2, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Oct 4, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 5, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Oct 6, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Oct 7, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Oct 8, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Oct 9, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Oct 11, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Episode 14 | Oct 12, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Episode 15 | Oct 13, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Episode 16 | Oct 14, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Episode 17 | Oct 15, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Episode 18 | Oct 16, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Episode 19 | Oct 18, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Episode 20 | Oct 19, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Episode 21 | Oct 20, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Episode 22 | Oct 21, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Episode 23 | Oct 22, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Episode 24 | Oct 23, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Episode 25 | Oct 25, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Episode 26 | Oct 26, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Episode 27 | Oct 27, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Episode 28 | Oct 28, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Episode 29 | Oct 29, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Episode 30 | Oct 30, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Episode 31 | Nov 1, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Episode 32 | Nov 2, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Episode 33 | Nov 3, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Episode 34 | Nov 4, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Episode 35 | Nov 5, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Episode 36 | Nov 6, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Episode 37 | Nov 8, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Episode 38 | Nov 9, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Episode 39 | Nov 10, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Episode 40 | Nov 11, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Episode 41 | Nov 12, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Episode 42 | Nov 13, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Episode 43 | Nov 15, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Episode 44 | Nov 16, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Episode 45 | Nov 17, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Episode 46 | Nov 18, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Episode 47 | Nov 19, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Episode 48 | Nov 20, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Episode 49 | Nov 22, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Episode 50 | Nov 23, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Episode 51 | Nov 24, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Episode 52 | Nov 25, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Episode 53 | Nov 26, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Episode 54 | Nov 27, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Episode 55 | Nov 29, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Episode 56 | Nov 30, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Episode 57 | Dec 1, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Episode 58 | Dec 2, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Episode 59 | Dec 3, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Episode 60 | Dec 4, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Episode 61 | Dec 6, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Episode 62 | Dec 7, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Episode 63 | Dec 8, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Episode 64 | Dec 9, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Episode 65 | Dec 10, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Episode 66 | Dec 11, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Episode 67 | Dec 13, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Episode 68 | Dec 14, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Episode 69 | Dec 15, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 70 | Episode 70 | Dec 16, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Episode 71 | Dec 17, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Episode 72 | Dec 18, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Episode 73 | Dec 20, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Episode 74 | Dec 21, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 75 | Episode 75 | Dec 22, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Episode 76 | Dec 23, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 77 | Episode 77 | Dec 24, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 78 | Episode 78 | Dec 25, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Episode 79 | Dec 27, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 80 | Episode 80 | Dec 28, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 81 | Episode 81 | Dec 29, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 82 | Episode 82 | Dec 30, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Episode 83 | Dec 31, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 84 | Episode 84 | Jan 1, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Episode 85 | Jan 3, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 86 | Episode 86 | Jan 4, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 87 | Episode 87 | Jan 5, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Episode 88 | Jan 6, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 89 | Episode 89 | Jan 7, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 90 | Episode 90 | Jan 8, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 91 | Episode 91 | Jan 10, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 92 | Episode 92 | Jan 11, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 93 | Episode 93 | Jan 12, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 94 | Episode 94 | Jan 13, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 95 | Episode 95 | Jan 14, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Episode 96 | Jan 15, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 97 | Episode 97 | Jan 17, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 98 | Episode 98 | Jan 18, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 99 | Episode 99 | Jan 19, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 100 | Episode 100 | Jan 20, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 101 | Episode 101 | Jan 21, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 102 | Episode 102 | Jan 22, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 103 | Episode 103 | Jan 24, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 104 | Episode 104 | Jan 25, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 105 | Episode 105 | Jan 26, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 106 | Episode 106 | Jan 27, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 107 | Episode 107 | Jan 28, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 108 | Episode 108 | Jan 29, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 109 | Episode 109 | Jan 31, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 110 | Episode 110 | Feb 1, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 111 | Episode 111 | Feb 2, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 112 | Episode 112 | Feb 3, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 113 | Episode 113 | Feb 4, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 114 | Episode 114 | Feb 5, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 115 | Episode 115 | Feb 7, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 116 | Episode 116 | Feb 8, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 117 | Episode 117 | Feb 9, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 118 | Episode 118 | Feb 10, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 119 | Episode 119 | Feb 11, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 120 | Episode 120 | Feb 12, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 121 | Episode 121 | Feb 14, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 122 | Episode 122 | Feb 15, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 123 | Episode 123 | Feb 16, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 124 | Episode 124 | Feb 17, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 125 | Episode 125 | Feb 18, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 126 | Episode 126 | Feb 19, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 127 | Episode 127 | Feb 21, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 128 | Episode 128 | Feb 22, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 129 | Episode 129 | Feb 23, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 130 | Episode 130 | Feb 24, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 131 | Episode 131 | Feb 25, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 132 | Episode 132 | Feb 26, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 133 | Episode 133 | Feb 28, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 134 | Episode 134 | Mar 1, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 135 | Episode 135 | Mar 2, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 136 | Episode 136 | Mar 3, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 137 | Episode 137 | Mar 4, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 138 | Episode 138 | Mar 5, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 139 | Episode 139 | Mar 7, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 140 | Episode 140 | Mar 8, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 141 | Episode 141 | Mar 9, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 142 | Episode 142 | Mar 10, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 143 | Episode 143 | Mar 11, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 144 | Episode 144 | Mar 12, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 145 | Episode 145 | Mar 14, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 146 | Episode 146 | Mar 15, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 147 | Episode 147 | Mar 22, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 148 | Episode 148 | Mar 23, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 149 | Episode 149 | Mar 24, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 150 | Episode 150 | Mar 25, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 151 | Episode 151 | Mar 26, 2005 | 0.0 |