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Yell

Yell

20207.51 Season120 EpisodesEnded

Overview

NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on. 

Produced by Sawako Ohzu, Shunsuke Kawaguchi
NetworksNHK G

Top Cast

Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota

Yuichi Koyama

Fumi Nikaido

Fumi Nikaido

Oto Koyama

Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

Momoko Kikuchi

Momoko Kikuchi

Takara Sakumoto

Takara Sakumoto

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Naotaro Moriyama

Ikusaburo Yamazaki

Ikusaburo Yamazaki

Aoi Nakamura

Aoi Nakamura

Hiroki Otsu

Hiroki Otsu

Daikichi Sugawara

Daikichi Sugawara

Themes & Keywords

biographyasadorashōwa era (1926-89)

About Yell

Yell is a drama series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of biography, asadora, shōwa era (1926-89). it stars Masataka Kubota, Fumi Nikaido, Toshiaki Karasawa. NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on. 

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