Asa ga Kita
| Asa ga Kita | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Mika Ōmori |
| Starring | Haru Hiroshi Tamaki Shinobu Terajima Takeshi Masu Tasuku Emoto Dean Fujioka Hiroki Miyake Tomochika Takurō Tatsumi Hisako Manda Yoichi Hayashi Jun Fubuki Masaomi Kondō Aoi Miyazaki |
| Narrated by | Keiko Sugiura |
| Opening theme | "365 nichi no Kamihikōki" by AKB48 |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Japan |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | September 28, 2015 |
Asa ga Kita (あさが来た) is a Japanese television drama series, the 93rd Asadora (morning drama) broadcast six days a week on NHK from September 28, 2015. It is based on the life of Asako Hirooka.[1]
Plot
The drama is based a novel which draws its inspiration from the life of Asako Hirooka (the basis for the show’s Asa Shiraooka, played by TV personality Haru), a businesswoman and teacher who lived from the Bakumatsu era to the Taisho era. Her husband Shingoro Hirooka (the basis for Shinjiro Shirooka, played by Hiroshi Tamaki) was a founding member of Japan Cotton Trading Company (established in Osaka in 1892; later to become Nichimen), one of the companies to which Sojitz traces its lineage.
Cast
- Shirooka family
- Haru as Asa
- Rio Suzuki as childhood Asa
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Shinjirō, Asa's husband
- Masaomi Kondō as Shōkichi, Shinjirō's father
- Jun Fubuki as Yono, Shinjirō's mother
- Kaya Kiyohara as Fuyu
- Fuka Koshiba as Chiyo, Asa's daughter
- Rio Suzuki as childhood Chiyo
- Akito Kiriyama as Eizaburō
- Miyu Yagyū as Sachi, Eizaburō's wife
- Takaya Yamauchi as Gansuke
- Hiroki Miyake as Kisuke
- Tomochika as Ume
- Mayuyama family
- Aoi Miyazaki as Hatsu, Asa's older sister
- Manase Moridono as young Hatsu
- Tasuku Emoto as Sōbei, Hatsu's husband
- Takurō Tatsumi as Eitatsu, Sōbei's father
- Hisako Manda as Kiku, Sōbei's mother
- Imai family
- Shinobu Terajima as Rie, Asa's mother
- Takeshi Masu as Tadaoki, Asa's father
- Yoichi Hayashi as Tadamasa, Asa's grandfather
- Coal miners
- Ginnojō Yamazaki as Jirosaku
- Yasuko Tomita as Kazu
- Zen Kajiwara as Genkichi Miyabe
- Keishi Nagatsuka as Satoshi
- Real person
- Dean Fujioka as Tomoatsu Godai
- Shuji Kashiwabara as Toshimichi Ōkubo, one of the three great nobles
- Koji Yamamoto as Toshizō Hijikata, deputy leader of the Shinsengumi
- Tetsuya Takeda as Yukichi Fukuzawa
- Yūji Miyake as Eiichi Shibusawa
- Others
- Shōfukutei Tsurube II as Tomonobu Tamari
- Yoshino Kimura as Soe Kushida
- Kōji Seto as Izumi Narusawa
- Shigeo Tsujimoto as Heijūrō Yamazaki
- Sumika Nono as Miwa
- Riho Yoshioka
References
- ^ "新・朝ドラ『あさが来た』王道回帰". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 3 October 2015.