Toto Nee-Chan: Fatherly Sister

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Drama: Toto Nee-Chan: Fatherly Sister (English title)
Romaji: Toto Nee-chan
Japanese: とと姉ちゃん
Director: Taku Ohara, Takeshi Okada, Hideki Fujinami
Writer: Masafumi Nishida
Network: NHK
Episodes: 156
Release Date: April 4 - October 1, 2016
Runtime: Mon-Sat 8:00-8:15
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

In 1930 and as a young child, Tsuneko Kohashi lives at Enshu in Shizuoka Prefecture. She has a happy life with her parents and two younger sisters. Things change after her father dies from tuberculosis. Her father asked Tsuneko Kohashi to take care of the family in his place. Due to financial difficulties, her mother Kimiko decides to move the family to Tokyo where Tsuneko's grandmother lives.

In Tokyo, Tsuneko eventually graduates from school. She begins to work at small publishing company and learns editing. By 1945, Tsuneko decides to publish a magazine for women with the help of her two younger sisters. Her sisters do not know anything about the publishing world. A man then appears in front of them. The man is Isaji Hanayama.

Notes

"Toto Nee-Chan: Fatherly Sister" is NHK's 94th asadora.

Cast



Mitsuki Takahata	Hidetoshi Nishijima	Tae Kimura	Itsuki Sagara	Hana Sugisaki
Tsuneko Kohashi	Takezo Kohashi	Kimiko Kohashi	Mariko Kohashi	Yoshiko Kohashi



Osamu Mukai	Mao Daichi	Tsurutaro Kataoka	Takuro Ohno	Yoko Akino
Tetsuro Kohashi	Takiko Aoyagi	Eitaro Kumai	Kiyoshi Aoyagi	Matsu Morita



Pierre Taki	Kami Hiraiwa	Rina Kawaei	Junko Abe	Kentaro Sakaguchi
Sokichi Morita	Teruyo Morita	Tomie Morita	Aya Nakada	Takezo Hoshino



Hairi Katagiri	Kenta Hamano
Chiyo Todo	Tetsunori Hasegawa

Additional Cast Members:

Toshiaki Karasawa - Isaji Hanayama
Mitsuhiro Oikawa - Ichiro Gotanda
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi - Seiji Tani
Atsushi Ito - Shohei Mizuta
Taketo Arai - Daiki Hoshino
Etsuyo Mitani - Ineko Manaka
Tamaki Shiratori - Aoba Hoshino
Tsuyoshi Takashima - Takashi Itagaki
Mikaze Uesugi - Mayumi Minami (young)
Himena Irei - Yoshiko Kohashi (young)
Mayu Hasegawa - typist (ep.8-11)
Takao Kin - (ep.42-43,58)
Masakazu Katsura - man from black market (ep.88)
Hiromi Kawata - TV Host (ep.115)
Seijiro Konno

Comments

Kaka Aug 03 2021 1:35 pm I just finished this series last night, I'd recommend this drama to everyone! Such heartwarming and delightful drama I ever watched. You could really see the cycle of life in this drama, people come and go...I watched this drama as if I grew up with them. Excellent acting as well which made me cry several times.

Al & Kazuko Bray Apr 11 2016 8:15 pm Another great series by NHK!. So far very well done except for one very minute problem. Whenever a character speaks in a very low or whispering voice the background music is usually as loud as a normal voice, which becomes a major problem with your viewers that have difficulty with hearing. Please lower the background music when a situations like this comes up. We, the hearing impaired, would great]y appreciate your kind attention to this matter. Thank You

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