Asa ga Kita
Overview
Towards the end of the Edo era, in the town of Kyoto, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Imai Tadamasa. He was blessed with 3 children, Hatsu, Asa and Kyutaro. His eldest, Hatsu, was a traditional girl who loved to play the koto and sew. Whilst his second daughter, Asa, was an impish hoyden who loved sumo wrestling. Asa was engaged to be married to the second son of a distinguished family who ran a money changer business in Osaka, Shirooka Shinjiro. Although Asa was furious when she had first heard about the betrothal, when she met up with Shinjiro for the first time, his charisma greatly attracted her and she fell in love with him in no time.
Top Cast
Haru
Imai Asa
Hiroshi Tamaki
Shinjirō
Aoi Miyazaki
Imai Hatsu
Dean Fujioka
Saisuke Godai
Tomochika
Ume
Takeshi Masu
Imai Tadaoki
Shinobu Terajima
Imai Rie
Yoichi Hayashi
Imai Tadamasa
Kaya Kiyohara
Fuyu / Natsu
Masaomi Kondo
Shirooka Shokichi
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About Asa ga Kita
Asa ga Kita is a drama series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of kyoto, japan, meiji period, asadora, bakumatsu. Created by Mika Ohmori, it stars Haru, Hiroshi Tamaki, Aoi Miyazaki. Towards the end of the Edo era, in the town of Kyoto, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Imai Tadamasa. He was blessed with 3 children, Hatsu, Asa and Kyutaro. His eldest, Hatsu, was a traditional girl who loved to play the koto and sew. Whilst his second daughter, Asa, was an impish hoyden who loved sumo wrestling. Asa was engaged to be married to the second son of a distinguished family who ran a money changer business in Osaka, Shirooka Shinjiro. Although Asa was furious when she had first heard about the betrothal, when she met up with Shinjiro for the first time, his charisma greatly attracted her and she fell in love with him in no time.
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