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Niji wo Oru

Niji wo Oru

19801 Season153 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The 26th NHK Asadora. Shimazaki Kayo is a woman from Hagi, Yamaguchi, who joins the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyougo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shoujo manga and Japanese folktales.

NetworksNHK G

Top Cast

Misako Konno

Misako Konno

島崎佳代

Hideo Takamatsu

Hideo Takamatsu

島崎宗太郎

Masuyo Iwamoto

Masuyo Iwamoto

島崎八重

Yoshie Minami

Yoshie Minami

島崎きぬ

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

津村賢次郎

S

Shun Domon

立花英郎

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

上原敏江

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

沢木忠一郎

Mao Daichi

Mao Daichi

春風かおる

Themes & Keywords

asadora

About Niji wo Oru

Niji wo Oru is a drama series that first aired in 1980 exploring themes of asadora. it stars Misako Konno, Hideo Takamatsu, Masuyo Iwamoto. The 26th NHK Asadora. Shimazaki Kayo is a woman from Hagi, Yamaguchi, who joins the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyougo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shoujo manga and Japanese folktales.

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