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Kokoro

Kokoro

20031 Season156 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.

Created by Yumiko Aoyagi
Written by Yumiko Aoyagi
NetworksNHK

Top Cast

Noriko Nakagoshi

Noriko Nakagoshi

Suenaga Kokoro

Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

Asakura Yusaku

Tomoka Kurokawa

Tomoka Kurokawa

Asakura Sachi

Eiko Koike

Eiko Koike

Yamamoto Towako

Ryohei Hirota

Ryohei Hirota

Asakura Yuuta

Ran Ito

Ran Ito

Suenaga Misako

Papaya Suzuki

Papaya Suzuki

Ochiai Kaoru

Yukiko Shimizu

Yukiko Shimizu

Chino Yukiko

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Suenaga Takuro

M

Mika Hada

Oba Kasumi

Themes & Keywords

asadora

About Kokoro

Kokoro is a drama series that first aired in 2003 exploring themes of asadora. Created by Yumiko Aoyagi, it stars Noriko Nakagoshi, Toru Nakamura, Tomoka Kurokawa. Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.

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