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Jun-chan's Cheering Song

Jun-chan's Cheering Song

19881 Season151 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that had been abandoned by his mother. The boy is Yuta and the family will adopt him.

Created by Hiroichi Fuse
Written by Hiroichi Fuse
NetworksNHK

Top Cast

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Ono Junko

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Hayami Shuhei

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Ono Yoichiro

Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

Hayashi Yuta

Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Tsuya

Tsurube Shofukutei

Tsurube Shofukutei

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Kiyohiko

Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima

Ushiyama Kintaro

Naomi Fujiyama

Naomi Fujiyama

Ushiyama Momo

T

Terue Shoji

Kin

Themes & Keywords

post world war iiasadora

About Jun-chan's Cheering Song

Jun-chan's Cheering Song is a drama, family, war & politics series that first aired in 1988 exploring themes of post world war ii, asadora. Created by Hiroichi Fuse, it stars Tomoko Yamaguchi, Masahiro Takashima, Yūsuke Kawazu. The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that had been abandoned by his mother. The boy is Yuta and the family will adopt him.

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