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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, thrill ...

series and the 95th

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, following ''

Toto Neechan is a Japanese television drama series and the 94th asadora on NHK. It premiered on April 4, 2016, and ended on October 1, 2016. The theme song is " Hanataba o Kimi ni" by Hikaru Utada. Plot Tsuneko is the eldest of three daughters of Takezō and ...

''. It was premiered on October 3, 2016, and ended on April 1, 2017.

Plot

Sumire (Kyoko Yoshine) was born as the second child from a wealthy family. She enjoys embroidery and sewing. Whatever Sumire decides to do, she must achieve the goal no matter what. During World War II, Sumire gets married and becomes pregnant, but her husband is sent off to war. She gives birth to her first daughter. Right before the end of war, the city of Kobe is attacked. Due to the attack, Sumire loses property. While waiting for her husband to return, she begins to make children's clothes.

Cast

* Kyoko Yoshine as Sumire Bando *

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as Isoya Bando * Miho Kanno as Hana Bando *

Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor. Career Kora has gained recognition for his roles in films such as Shinji Aoyama's '' Sad Vacation'', Yukio Ninagawa's ''Snakes and Earrings'', Tran Anh Hung's '' Norwegian Wood'', Ryuichi Hiroki's ''The Egoists'', Yoshihir ...

as Kiyoshi Nogami * Misako Renbutsu as Yuri Nogami * Kento Nagayama as Norio Bando *

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as Akemi Ono *

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as Ryoko Ozawa *Kaho Tsuchimura as Kimie Murata *

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as Shōichi Murata *

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as Kentarō Murata * Yōko Ishino as Kotoko Murata *

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as Eisuke Iwasa *

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as Shōzō Nogami *

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as Katsuji Ozawa * Momiji Yamamura as Setsuko Bando * Masami Horiuchi as Gorou Tanaka * Mana Mikura as Shizuko Bando *

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as Etsuko Takanishi *Keiko Miyata as Kiyo Sato *Bundō Soganoya as Chuichiro Iguchi * Charlotte Kate Fox as Amy McGregor *

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as Shigeo Asada *

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as Tokuko Bando *Hirotaro Honda as Chotaro Bando *Hiroki Nakajima as Takeshi Adachi *Manami Igashira as Sakura Bando *Yuki Morinaga as Ryuichi Bando *

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as Tamotsu Oshima *Yusaku Mori as Naomasa Nakanishi

Production

The

theme song Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at ...

of the series is "Hikari no Atelier" by

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References

External links

Official website
* Asadora 2016 Japanese television series debuts 2017 Japanese television series endings {{Japan-tv-prog-stub