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Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no surviving e ...
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Maiagare!
is a Japanese television drama series and the 107th Asadora series, following '' Chimudondon''. It premiered on October 3, 2022. Haruka Fukuhara was cast in the lead role of Mai Iwakura after an audition of 2545 women. Plot Cast Iwakura family * Haruka Fukuhara as Mai Iwakura ** Haro Asano as young Mai * Katsunori Takahashi as Kōta Iwakura, Mai's father * Hiromi Nagasaku as Megumi iwakura, Mai's mother * You Yokoyama as Haruto Iwakura, Mai's brother ** Saion Ebizuka as young Haruto * Atsuko Takahata as Shōko Saitsu, Mai's grandmother and Megumi's mother Mai's childhood friends * Eiji Akaso as Takashi Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner's son ** Kento Saitō as young Takashi * Mizuki Yamashita as Kurumi Mochizuki, Mai's classmate ** Saki Ōno as young Kurumi Higashiosaka people * Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Masaru Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner, Takashi's father * Rie Kawabata as Yukino Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" landlady, Takashi ...
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Akatsuki (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 1963, and was broadcast until April 4, 1964. It was the third Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It starred Shin Saburi as a college professor who quit his job to try to become a painter. Cast * Shin Saburi was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujirō Ozu including '' Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family'' (1941), '' Tea Over Rice'' (1952), ''Equinox Flower'' (1958) and '' Late Autumn'' (19 ... as Shōnosuke Sada * Michiko Araki as Toshiko Sada, Shōnosuke's wife * Nobuo Tsukamoto as Shōzō Sada, Shōnosuke's eldest son * Keiko Iida as Ayako Sada, Shōnosuke's eldest daughter * Yoko Kawaguchi as Yoko Sada, Shōnosuke's second daughter * Eiko Muramatsu as Chizu Sada * Hisano Yamaoka as Akiko * Kyûzô Kawabe as Nojima * Ayako Hōshō as the Director's wife * Minako Osanai as Hisako * Jun Usami as Ōnishi References 1963 Japanese television series debuts ...
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Naoko Otani
is a Japanese actress. She made her screen debut in ''The Human Bullet'' while still a high school student, and became popular for her role in the NHK Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ... television programme in 1969. She published a collection of nude photos while pregnant. She has been married twice. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Otani, Naoko Japanese actresses 1950 births Living people Asadora lead actors People from Tokyo People from Tokyo Metropolis Actresses from Tokyo ...
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Oshin
is a Japanese serialized morning television drama (''asadora''), which originally aired on NHK from 4 April 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st ''asadora'' overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follow the life of during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. In the work, Shin is called ''Oshin'', an archaic Japanese cognomen. It was one of the country's most watched serials of all time and has aired in 68 other countries, with subtitles ranging from English to Arabic. In 1984, the earlier episodes of the drama (focused on young Oshin) were made into an animated movie by Sanrio. The movie reused Sugako Hashida's scripts, and Ayako Kobayashi, who played young Oshin, did Oshin's voiceover. Background ''Oshin'' is based on the fictional biography of a Japanese woman, modeled after Katsu Wada (和田加津), who co-founded the supermarket chain Yaohan with her husband Ryohei Wada. The structure of the story was developed through a collection of anonymous letters ...
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Shin Saburi
was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujirō Ozu including '' Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family'' (1941), '' Tea Over Rice'' (1952), ''Equinox Flower'' (1958) and '' Late Autumn'' (1960). He also directed over a dozen films. Selected filmography Film *1931: ''Misu nippon'' - San-chan *1931: ''Hokuman no teisatsu'' *1932: ''Minato no jojôshi'' - Shinoshima *1932: ''Sôretsu bakudn sanyûshi'' *1932: ''Saraba Tokyo'' *1932: ''Kiri no yo no kyakumâ'' *1933: ''Joseijin'' *1935: ''Akogare'' *1935: ''Jinsei no onimotsu'' - Kimimasa Hashimoto *1936: ''Kanjô sanmyaku'' *1936: ''Kazoku kaigi'' *1936: ''Oboroyo no onna'' - Doctor *1936: ''Dansei tai josei'' - Yukio, Atsumi's first son *1936: ''Hitozuma tsubaki'' *1936: ''Shindo'' (part 1, 2) - Toru Nogami *1937: ''Kôjô no tsuki'' - Miura *1937: ''Shu to midori'' *1937: ''Joi Kinuyo sensei'' - Yasuo Asano *1937: ''Konjiki yasha'' - Jôsuke Arao *1937: ''Konyaku sanbagaras ...
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Fumie Kashiyama
is a Japanese actress who is a member of the Mingei Theatre Company. In 1966, she played the protagonist in the NHK morning drama (Asadora) series '' Ohanahan''. She has also performed in other television dramas and comedy films such as the role of Reiko in '' Tora-san, the Intellectual''. Kashiyama is married to the actor Masahiko Watahiki.Profile of Masahiko Watahiki


Anime dubbing roles

*'' Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'' (1975) – Marina *''Anne no Nikki (Special)'' (1979) – Narrator *'' (Movie)'' (1995) –
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Japanese Television Drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama can be aired daily fo ...
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Chishū Ryū
was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting 65 years, appeared in over 160 films and about 70 television productions. Early life Ryū was born in Tamamizu Village, Tamana County, a rural area of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, the most southerly and westerly of the four main islands of Japan. His father was chief priest of Raishōji (来照寺), a temple of the Honganji School of Pure Land Buddhism. Ryū attended the village elementary school and a prefectural middle school before entering the Department of Indian Philosophy and Ethics at Tōyō University to study Buddhism. His parents hoped he would succeed his father as priest of Raishōji, but Ryū had no wish to do so and in 1925 dropped out of university and enrolled in the acting academy of the Shōchiku motion picture company's Kamata Studios. Shortly afterwards, his father died and Ryū returned home to take on the role of priest. Within half a year or so, however, he passed the office to his older brother and return ...
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Yōko Minamida
was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in November 2008, and a television documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her. She died in Tokyo. Selected filmography Her filmography includes 140 films. * ''Himitsu'' (1952) - Eiko * '' Jūdai no yūwaku'' (1953) - Fusae Nishikawa * ''Zoku Jûdai no seiten'' (1953) - Akiko Yasutomi * ''Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten'' (1953) - Setsuko Azabu * ''Yonin no haha'' (1954) * ''Kimimachi-bune'' (1954) - Kyôko Tazaki * ''The Crucified Lovers'' (1954) - Otama * ''Bara ikutabika'' (1955) - Mitsuko Matsushima * '' Princess Yang Kwei-Fei'' (1955) - Hung-tao * ''Sara no hana no toge'' (1955) - Toshiko Takenaka * ''Haha naki ko'' (1955) - Tomiko * ''Tokyo baka odori'' (1956) * ''Season of the Sun'' (1956) - Eiko Takeda * ''Waga machi'' (1956) * ''Tonari no yome'' (1956) * ''Ueru tamashii'' (1956) - Reiko Shiba * ''Hungry Soul, Part II'' (1956) - Reiko Shi ...
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Yumiko Fujita
Yumiko Fujita (藤田 弓子; born 12 September 1945 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Selected filmography Film * '' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970) * ''Under the Flag of the Rising Sun'' (1972) * ''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon'' (1974) * '' The Bullet Train'' (1975) * '' Muddy River'' (1981) * ''Time and Tide'' (1984) * '' Seburi monogatari'' (1985) * ''Chizuko's Younger Sister'' (1991) * '' Lonely Heart'' (1985) * ''Drugstore Girl'' (2003) * ''Glory to the Filmmaker!'' (2007) * ''Golden Orchestra'' (2016) * ''What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?'' (2021) * ''Do Unto Others'' (2023) Television * ''Ghost Soup ''Ghost Soup'' is a 1992 Japanese TV drama produced for Fuji TV as part of their part of the food-themed drama series, La Cuisine by Shunji Iwai. Plot It's Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day ...'' (1992) References External links Official Site * Asadora lead actors 1945 births People ...
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Tadashi Yokouchi
is a Japanese actor. Born in Dalian, Manchuria, he graduated from high school in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. A member of the 13th group of actors and actresses trained at the Haiyū-za, he counts Tetsuo Ishidate, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Tomomi Satō, and Gō Katō as classmates. His older brother Shōji is a much-recorded guitarist, and his younger brother Hiroshi a composer. Tadashi belongs to TY Pro. NHK tapped Yokouchi for the lead in the series " Tabiji," the 1967–68 morning drama. Yokouchi's first major ''jidaigeki'' role was Atsumi Kakunoshin in the long-running "Mito Kōmon." He portrayed "Kaku-san" in the first eight series on TBS from 1969 to 1978. Fans remember his deep voice in the theme song as well. He made another appearance on the show in 2003 when the series celebrated its thousandth episode. Another major ''jidaigeki'' role began in 1978 as Yokouchi played the historical Ōoka Tadasuke in ''Abarenbo Shogun'' (TV Asahi). Having created the role, he ...
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NHK General TV
, abbreviated on-screen as NHK G, is the main television service of NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster. Its programming includes news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime, and specials which compete directly with the output of its commercial counterparts. The channel is well known for its nightly newscasts, regular documentary specials, and popular historical dramas. Among the programs NHK General TV broadcasts are the annual New Year's Eve spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen, the year-long Taiga drama, and the daytime Asadora. The name is often abbreviated in Japanese to ("GTV" and "NHK G" are also used). The word ''Sōgō'' (general) serves to differentiate the channel from NHK's other television services, NHK Educational TV, NHK BS 1, NHK BS 2 (closed in 2011) and NHK BS HI (changed to BS Premium). Launched on 1 February 1953, NHK was Japan's only television channel prior to the launch of Nippon TV on 28 August 1953. NHK's programs are produced in accordance ...
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