Sunshiny Asa

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Drama: Sunshiny Asa (English title)
Romaji: Asa ga Kita
Japanese: あさが来た
Director: Shinichi Nishitani, Shinzo Nitta, Yoshiharu Sasaki, Ryohei Nakano, Hirokazu Ozaki, Wataru Suzuki
Writer: Chieko Furukawa (novel), Mika Omori
Network: NHK
Episodes: 156
Release Date: September 28, 2015 - April 2, 2016
Runtime: Mon-Sat 8:00-8:15
Genre: Based on True Story / Biopic
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

In the late Tokugawa Shogunate, Asa was born as the second daughter of a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, Japan. Later, in Osaka, Asa entered various business fields like coal mines, banks, life insurance. She also founded the first female university in Japan.

Notes

Based on novel "Shosetsu Tosaborigawa Josei Jitsugyoka Hirooka Asako no Shogai" by Chieko Furukawa (published 1988 by Ushio Shuppansha Co., Ltd).
"Asa ga Kita" is NHK's 93rd asadora.

Cast



Haru	Aoi Miyazaki	Takeshi Masu	Shinobu Terajima	Yoichi Hayashi
Asa Imai	Hatsu Imai	Tadaoki Imai	Rie Imai	Tadamasa Imai



Sotaro Okitsu	Tomochika	Kaya Kiyohara	Hiroshi Tamaki	Masaomi Kondo
Kyutaro Imai	Ume	Fuyu	Shinjiro Shirooka	Shokichi Shirooka



Jun Fubuki	Yoshikazu Kiuchi	Hatsuki Yoshida	Takaya Yamauchi	Hiroki Miyake
Yono Shirooka	Shotaro Shirooka	Eizaburo Shirooka	Gansuke	Kisuke



Tasuku Emoto	Takuro Tatsumi	Hisako Manda	Rio Suzuki	Manase Moridono
Sobee Mayuyama	Eitatsu Mayuyama	Kiku Mayuyama	Asa Imai (young)	Hatsu Imai (young)

Additional Cast Members:

Akito Kiriyama - Eizaburo Shiroka
Fuka Koshiba - Chiyo Shiroka
Ena Nakagawa - Chiyo Shiroka (6-year-old)
Asuka Kudo - Keisuke Higashiyanagi
Miyu Yagyu - Sachi Shiroka
Kaoru Kusumi - Kano
Riho Yoshioka - Nobu Tamura
Miki Yokota - Sakae Kudo
Maya Murasaki - Tsuru Takagi
Dean Fujioka - Saisuke Godai
Bunchin Katsura - udon restaurant owner
Yasuko Haru - Tome
Hiroshi Yamamoto - Heizo Yamamoto
Lasalle Ishii - Yozaemon Yorozuya
Maika Suzuki - nurse
Ikkei Watanabe - Kensaku Otsuka
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi - Kazutomi Ishikawa
Yoshino Kimura - Soe Kushida
Zen Kajihara - Genkichi Miyabe
Ginnojo Yamazaki - Jirosaku
Yasuko Tomita - Kazu
Masaki Kitahara - Fukutaro
Keishi Nagatsuka - Satotsu / Matsuzo
Tsurube Shofukutei - Tomonobu Tamari
Tetsuya Takeda - Yukichi Fukuzawa
Koji Seto - Izumi Narusawa
Hideki Takahashi - Shigenobu Okuma
Keiko Matsuzaka - Ayako Okuma
Shuji Kashiwabara - Ichizo Okuba
Koji Yamamoto - Toshizo Hijikata
Mai Miyajima - Kanae Narisawa
Ikuji Nakamura - Norio Kurakake
Yumiko Takahashi - Funa Tamura
Mimi Maihane - Tsuge
Seiji Miyane - Nobuo Furuta
Sumika Nono - Miwa
Daigo Nishihata - Yonosuke Mayuyama
Hitomi Uneda - Maid Tsuta
Yoshihiro Nakayama - Isaku
Kento Takeshita - Yashichi
Ryoka Minamide - Shinjiro Shirooka (young)
Yuko Oshima - Haru Hiratsuka / Raicho Hiratsuka (ep 150,152-153)
Tokiko Sato

Comments

J3 Sep 28 2020 7:49 am Beautiful drama. I love all the characters and the storyline. Good job. I hope they continue this drama

Poonnapa Poonyalikhit Nov 18 2019 6:04 pm Best Japanese drama ever. Gives an entertaining, accurate insight into history. You see changes throughout lives and different eras of people All characters are likable and deep.

addinfarhani Feb 09 2017 11:35 pm such a great masterpiece!!!! asa-shinjiro couple should be praised... I mean both haru-san & tamaki-san do have a great chemistry.... i fell in love with this couple... i laughing and crying so much while watching this drama... it is a really inspiring story..?

Helena Oey Oct 08 2016 12:28 am A beautiful and heartwarming drama series. There are so many loveable characters but I particularly adore Asa and Shinjiro as a married couple. Mr Tamaki acts wonderfully as a husband who is so laid back, funny and yet always full of wisdom and loving.

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