is a

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 ...

series. It debuted on April 1, 1963, and was broadcast until April 4, 1964. It was the third

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 ...

series broadcast on

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ...

. It starred

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'' (196 ...

as a college professor who quit his job to try to become a painter.

Cast

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 Asadora {{Japan-tv-prog-stub