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is a
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series and the 96th
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series, following ''
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''. It was premiered on April 3, 2017, and ended on September 30, 2017.


Plot

Mineko Yatabe is a teenager living in a very rural area of
Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
in 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics. Her father, Minoru, is a farmer, and often goes to Tokyo to do extra work for the family. This time, however, he goes missing. Mineko travels to Tokyo to find him, and begins to work at a small electronics factory while continuing her search. She makes many friends there, but the factory goes bankrupt and she is left unemployed. Luckily, she is hired by Suzuko Makino as a waitress at her restaurant, the Suzufuri-tei, which happened to be her father's favorite eatery. She lives at the boarding house next door, in which live a variety of people, from
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artists to college students. Mineko falls in love with a college student, Junichirō Shimatani, but they part when his father forces him to marry to save the family business. Mineko becomes friends with the movie star, Setsuko Kawamoto, who after learning of Mineko's father, reveals that Minoru has been living in her apartment all along. He lost his memory in a fight and Setsuko took him in. Mineko returns Minoru to his family in Ibaraki. Mineko then falls in love with Hidetoshi Maeda, one of the junior chefs at the Suzufuri-tei. She also helps Setsuko, when Setsuko needs to flee from the press after her aunt and uncle misappropriated her money.


Cast


Main character

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Kasumi Arimura is a Japanese actress. Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora ''Amachan'' and the lead role in the 2017 asadora ''Hiyokko''. She has also appeared in several films, including '' Flying Colors'', for whic ...
as Mineko Yatabe


Oku-Ibaraki village


Yatabe family

* as Shigeru Yatabe, Mineko's grandfather *
Ikki Sawamura is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On. His second son, Kōta Nomura is also an actor. Biography Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he mo ...
as Minoru Yatabe, Mineko's father *
Yoshino Kimura is a British-born Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series ''Masters of Horror''. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Film Prize, Japan Academy Awards for her ...
as Miyoko Yatabe, Mineko's mother * as Chiyoko Yatabe, Mineko's sister * as Susumu Yatabe, Mineko's brother *
Kazunobu Mineta is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He is the frontman of the punk rock band , formed in 2003 after the breakup his previous band GOING STEADY. Biography Born in Yamanobe, Higashimurayama District, Yamagata, Mineta's parents owned and ...
as Muneo Koiwai, Mineko's uncle * as Shigeko Koiwai, Muneo's wife and Mineko's aunt


Sukegawa family

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Yui Sakuma is a Japanese actress and model. Her acting roles have included Tokiko Sukegawa in the 96th NHK asadora ''Hiyokko'' and Yui Shida in the ''Fuji TV'' series '' Transit Girls''. Early life Sakuma was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 10, 1995 ...
as Tokiko Sukegawa, Mineko's childhood friend and classmate *
Michiko Hada , (born 24 September 1968 in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan), is a Japanese actress. Filmography Television *'' The Queen's Classroom'' (2005) *''Keishicho Sōsa Ikka 9 gakari'' (2006–) *''Hiyokko'' (2017), Kimiko Sukegawa Film *'' ...
as Kimiko Sukegawa, Tokiko's mother * as Shōji Sukegawa, Tokiko's father * as Toyosaku Sukegawa, Tokiko's brother


Sumitani family

* as Mitsuo Sumitani, Mineko's childhood friend and classmate *
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as Kiyo Sumitani, Mitsuo's mother * as Masao Sumitani, Mitsuo's father *
Hiroyuki Onoue (born July 16, 1985), is a Japanese actor from Osaka Prefecture. Selected filmography TV drama *''Doremisora'' (2002) *'' Journey Under the Midnight Sun'' (2006) *''Ryōmaden'' (2010), Itō Shunsuke *''Carnation'' (2011) *''Hana Moyu'' (2015) ...
as Tarō Sumitani, Mitsuo's brother


Others

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Satoru Matsuo is a Japanese actor and voice actor, known for starring in ''Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures a ...
as Jirō Mashiko, a school bus conductor *
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as Manabu Tagami, a high school teacher


Tokyo people


Suzufuri-tei

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Nobuko Miyamoto is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese ...
as Suzuko Makino, the shop owner *
Kuranosuke Sasaki is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television drama. Biography He was born into a family of a sake brewery in Kyoto, Japan. After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency, he played an ...
as Shōgo Makino, the chef * Hitomi Satō as Takako Asakura, the hall clerk * as Kenji Igawa *
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as Hidetoshi Maeda


Mukoujima Radio Factory

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Emi Wakui is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in ''Rainbow Bridge (Niji no Hashi)'', and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Sei ...
as Aiko Nagai *
Fujiko Kojima is a Japanese actress, fashion model, and ''tarento'' represented by Asia Business Partners. Biography *Kojima's agency scouted her when she was a sixth-grader in elementary school, while she and her father were selecting an animated video in a r ...
as Sachiko Akiba * as Yūko Natsui * as Sumiko Nabatame * as Toyoko Kanehira


Others

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Ryo Ryusei is a Japanese actor. He is signed with Ken-On. Career Ryusei was scouted on his way to a hair salon on Takeshita Street in Harajuku in the summer of 2009, and officially joined Ken-On in January 2010. In April 2010 he made his acting debut a ...
as Masayoshi Watahiki *
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as Tomi Tachibana *
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as Junichirō Shimatani *
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as Sanae Kusaka * as Yūji Tsubouchi *
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as Keisuke Nitta * as Ichirō Kashiwagi *
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as Gorō Fukuda *
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as Yasue Fukuda *
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as Kuniko Takeuchi * as Yasuharu Kashiwagi * as Zenzou Abe *
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as Saori Abe *
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as Yuka Makino *
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as Setsuko Kawamoto *Kai Inowaki as Yudai Takashima


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Reception

The series was a ratings success, averaging 20.4% over the length of the series, with ratings improving as the show progressed.


References


External links

* * {{Asadora Asadora 2017 Japanese television series debuts 2017 Japanese television series endings Television series about teenagers Television series set in 1964 Television shows set in Ibaraki Prefecture Television shows set in Tokyo