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Suzuran

Suzuran

19998.51 Season156 EpisodesEnded

Overview

In 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a passenger finds an abandoned baby and rushes to tell the station master, Tokiwa Jiro. The news quickly spreads and soon friends of Tokiwa's along with other townsfolk are saying that this baby must be a gift, it is Tokiwa's recently departed beloved wife reborn as a baby.

Created by Yûki Shimizu
Written by Yûki Shimizu
NetworksNHK

Top Cast

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Moe Tokiwa / Moe Hidaka

Rumi Hiiragi

Rumi Hiiragi

Young Moe Tokiwa

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Jiro Tokiwa

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Yukiko Nakamura

Saburo Ishikura

Saburo Ishikura

Matsuyoshi Nakamura

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Yasuo Yokota

Koyo Maeda

Koyo Maeda

Masanori Hidaka

Mariya Yamada

Mariya Yamada

Shino Ikeda / Shino Nakamura

Hiroko Nakajima

Hiroko Nakajima

Tamiko Tomitaka

Yorie Yamashita

Yorie Yamashita

Chiyo Yamaoka

Themes & Keywords

asadora

About Suzuran

Suzuran is a drama series that first aired in 1999 exploring themes of asadora. Created by Yûki Shimizu, it stars Chieko Baisho, Rumi Hiiragi, Isao Hashizume. In 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a passenger finds an abandoned baby and rushes to tell the station master, Tokiwa Jiro. The news quickly spreads and soon friends of Tokiwa's along with other townsfolk are saying that this baby must be a gift, it is Tokiwa's recently departed beloved wife reborn as a baby.

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