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Karin

Karin

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Overview

A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.

NetworksNHK G

Top Cast

Takaaki Enoki

Takaaki Enoki

間宮(小森)浩平

Naomi Hosokawa

Naomi Hosokawa

細川直美

Miho Tsumiki

Miho Tsumiki

本間(田上)あかり

Michitaka Tsutsui

Michitaka Tsutsui

田上渉

B-saku Satoh

B-saku Satoh

黒田忠治

Masako Motai

Masako Motai

池田(黒田)文江

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

小森弥之助

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

小森晶乃

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

小森友行

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

小森晶子

Themes & Keywords

asadora

About Karin

Karin is a drama series that first aired in 1993 exploring themes of asadora. it stars Takaaki Enoki, Naomi Hosokawa, Miho Tsumiki. A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.

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