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Ohisama

Ohisama

20119.01 Season156 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set in Nagano prefecture, "Ohisama" covers the life of Yoko Sudo (Mao Inoue) through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through the hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko is a high school student and "Ohisama" follows her as she eventually becomes a teacher and then gets married and has a child. Yoko then opens a soba restaurant with her student. --asianwiki

Created by Yoshikazu Okada
Written by Yoshikazu Okada
Produced by Masayo Komatsu

Top Cast

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

Yoko Sudo

Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima

Ikuko Tsutsui

Yasufumi Terawaki

Yasufumi Terawaki

Ryoichi Sudo

Kento Nagayama

Kento Nagayama

Shigeki Sudo

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Kazunari Maruyama

Kei Tanaka

Kei Tanaka

Haruki Sudo

Maiko

Maiko

Machiko Soma

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Yoko Sudo (present day)

Themes & Keywords

asadora

About Ohisama

Ohisama is a drama series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of asadora. Created by Yoshikazu Okada, it stars Mao Inoue, Hikari Mitsushima, Yasufumi Terawaki. Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set in Nagano prefecture, "Ohisama" covers the life of Yoko Sudo (Mao Inoue) through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through the hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko is a high school student and "Ohisama" follows her as she eventually becomes a teacher and then gets married and has a child. Yoko then opens a soba restaurant with her student. --asianwiki

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