
Record of Youth(2020)
In a cutthroat world where the life you’re born into decides your success, three aspiring youths are determined to change that perception as they fight for their dreams.


Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.

Non
天野秋

Ai Hashimoto
足立结衣

Nobuko Miyamoto
天野夏

Kyoko Koizumi
天野春子

Kasumi Arimura
天野春子(少女)

Hiroko Yakushimaru
铃鹿博美

Tetta Sugimoto
大向大吉

Masahiro Higashide
大向大吉(青年)

Teppei Koike
足立洋

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
吉田正义
Amachan is a drama series that first aired in 2013 exploring themes of tohoku, asadora, idol, idol drama. Created by Kankuro Kudo, it stars Non, Ai Hashimoto, Nobuko Miyamoto. Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.
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