Beppin-san (2016)
The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever children's goods store in Japan. -- NHK
Beppin-san: Season 1 - 100 Episode s
1x1 - Special Goods With Feeling (1/6)
October 4, 2016
Special Goods With Feeling (1/6)
1x2 - Special Goods With Feeling (2/6)
October 5, 2016
Special Goods With Feeling (2/6)
1x3 - Special Goods With Feeling (3/6)
October 6, 2016
Special Goods With Feeling (3/6)
1x4 - Special Goods With Feeling (4/6)
October 7, 2016
Special Goods With Feeling (4/6)
1x5 - Special Goods With Feeling (5/6)
October 8, 2016
Special Goods With Feeling (5/6)
1x6 - Special Goods With Feeling (6/6)
October 9, 2016
Special Goods With Feeling (6/6)
1x7 - The Shape Of Happiness (1/6)
October 11, 2016
The Shape Of Happiness (1/6)
1x8 - The Shape Of Happiness (2/6)
October 12, 2016
The Shape Of Happiness (2/6)
1x9 - The Shape Of Happiness (3/6)
October 13, 2016
The Shape Of Happiness (3/6)
1x10 - The Shape Of Happiness (4/6)
October 14, 2016
The Shape Of Happiness (4/6)
1x11 - The Shape Of Happiness (5/6)
October 15, 2016
The Shape Of Happiness (5/6)
1x12 - The Shape Of Happiness (6/6)
October 16, 2016
The Shape Of Happiness (6/6)
1x13 - Before, Anyway (1/6)
October 18, 2016
Before, Anyway (1/6)
1x14 - Before, Anyway (2/6)
October 19, 2016
Before, Anyway (2/6)
1x15 - Before, Anyway (3/6)
October 20, 2016
Before, Anyway (3/6)
1x16 - Before, Anyway (4/6)
October 21, 2016
Before, Anyway (4/6)
1x17 - Before, Anyway (5/6)
October 22, 2016
Before, Anyway (5/6)
1x18 - Before, Anyway (6/6)
October 23, 2016
Before, Anyway (6/6)
1x19 - Four-Leaf Clover (1/6)
October 25, 2016
Four-Leaf Clover (1/6)
1x20 - Four-Leaf Clover (2/6)
October 26, 2016
Four-Leaf Clover (2/6)
1x21 - Four-Leaf Clover (3/6)
October 27, 2016
Four-Leaf Clover (3/6)
1x22 - Four-Leaf Clover (4/6)
October 28, 2016
Four-Leaf Clover (4/6)
1x23 - Four-Leaf Clover (5/6)
October 29, 2016
Four-Leaf Clover (5/6)
1x24 - Four-Leaf Clover (6/6)
October 30, 2016
Four-Leaf Clover (6/6)
1x25 - Father's Broad Back (1/6)
November 1, 2016
Father's Broad Back (1/6)
1x26 - Father's Broad Back (2/6)
November 2, 2016
Father's Broad Back (2/6)
1x27 - Father's Broad Back (3/6)
November 3, 2016
Father's Broad Back (3/6)
1x28 - Father's Broad Back (4/6)
November 4, 2016
Father's Broad Back (4/6)
1x29 - Father's Broad Back (5/6)
November 5, 2016
Father's Broad Back (5/6)
1x30 - Father's Broad Back (6/6)
November 6, 2016
Father's Broad Back (6/6)
1x31 - Smiles Once More (1/6)
November 8, 2016
Smiles Once More (1/6)
1x32 - Smiles Once More (2/6)
November 9, 2016
Smiles Once More (2/6)
1x33 - Smiles Once More (3/6)
November 10, 2016
Smiles Once More (3/6)
1x34 - Smiles Once More (4/6)
November 11, 2016
Smiles Once More (4/6)
1x35 - Smiles Once More (5/6)
November 12, 2016
Smiles Once More (5/6)
1x36 - Smiles Once More (6/6)
November 13, 2016
Smiles Once More (6/6)
1x37 - Future (1/6)
November 15, 2016
Future (1/6)
1x38 - Future (2/6)
November 16, 2016
Future (2/6)
1x39 - Future (3/6)
November 17, 2016
Future (3/6)
1x40 - Future (4/6)
November 18, 2016
Future (4/6)
1x41 - Future (5/6)
November 19, 2016
Future (5/6)
1x42 - Future (6/6)
November 20, 2016
Future (6/6)
1x43 - The Stopped Watch (1/6)
November 22, 2016
The Stopped Watch (1/6)
1x44 - The Stopped Watch (2/6)
November 23, 2016
The Stopped Watch (2/6)
1x45 - The Stopped Watch (3/6)
November 24, 2016
The Stopped Watch (3/6)
1x46 - The Stopped Watch (4/6)
November 25, 2016
The Stopped Watch (4/6)
1x47 - The Stopped Watch (5/6)
November 26, 2016
The Stopped Watch (5/6)
1x48 - The Stopped Watch (6/6)
November 27, 2016
The Stopped Watch (6/6)
1x49 - A Change Arrives! (1/6)
November 29, 2016
A Change Arrives! (1/6)
1x50 - A Change Arrives! (2/6)
November 30, 2016
A Change Arrives! (2/6)
1x51 - A Change Arrives! (3/6)
December 1, 2016
A Change Arrives! (3/6)
1x52 - A Change Arrives! (4/6)
December 2, 2016
A Change Arrives! (4/6)
1x53 - A Change Arrives! (5/6)
December 3, 2016
A Change Arrives! (5/6)
1x54 - A Change Arrives! (6/6)
December 4, 2016
A Change Arrives! (6/6)
1x55 - Towards the Holy Grail of Business (1/6)
December 6, 2016
Towards the Holy Grail of Business (1/6)
1x56 - Towards the Holy Grail of Business (2/6)
December 7, 2016
Towards the Holy Grail of Business (2/6)
1x57 - Towards the Holy Grail of Business (3/6)
December 8, 2016
Towards the Holy Grail of Business (3/6)
1x58 - Towards the Holy Grail of Business (4/6)
December 9, 2016
Towards the Holy Grail of Business (4/6)
1x59 - Towards the Holy Grail of Business (5/6)
December 10, 2016
Towards the Holy Grail of Business (5/6)
1x60 - Towards the Holy Grail of Business (6/6)
December 11, 2016
Towards the Holy Grail of Business (6/6)
1x61 - The Things We Can Do (1/6)
December 13, 2016
The Things We Can Do (1/6)
1x62 - The Things We Can Do (2/6)
December 14, 2016
The Things We Can Do (2/6)
1x63 - The Things We Can Do (3/6)
December 15, 2016
The Things We Can Do (3/6)
1x64 - The Things We Can Do (4/6)
December 16, 2016
The Things We Can Do (4/6)
1x65 - The Things We Can Do (5/6)
December 17, 2016
The Things We Can Do (5/6)
1x66 - The Things We Can Do (6/6)
December 18, 2016
The Things We Can Do (6/6)
1x67 - Simple Gifts (1/6)
December 20, 2016
Simple Gifts (1/6)
1x68 - Simple Gifts (2/6)
December 21, 2016
Simple Gifts (2/6)
1x69 - Simple Gifts (3/6)
December 22, 2016
Simple Gifts (3/6)
1x70 - Simple Gifts (4/6)
December 23, 2016
Simple Gifts (4/6)
1x71 - Simple Gifts (5/6)
December 24, 2016
Simple Gifts (5/6)
1x72 - Simple Gifts (6/6)
December 25, 2016
Simple Gifts (6/6)
1x73 - As Always (1/3)
December 27, 2016
As Always (1/3)
1x74 - As Always (2/3)
December 28, 2016
As Always (2/3)
1x75 - As Always (3/3)
December 29, 2016
As Always (3/3)
1x76 - A New Year, My Feelings (1/4)
January 5, 2017
A New Year, My Feelings (1/4)
1x77 - A New Year, My Feelings (2/4)
January 6, 2017
A New Year, My Feelings (2/4)
1x78 - A New Year, My Feelings (3/4)
January 7, 2017
A New Year, My Feelings (3/4)
1x79 - A New Year, My Feelings (4/4)
January 8, 2017
A New Year, My Feelings (4/4)
1x80 - Sakura (1/6)
January 10, 2017
Sakura (1/6)
1x81 - Sakura (2/6)
January 11, 2017
Sakura (2/6)
1x82 - Sakura (3/6)
January 12, 2017
Sakura (3/6)
1x83 - Sakura (4/6)
January 13, 2017
Sakura (4/6)
1x84 - Sakura (5/6)
January 14, 2017
Sakura (5/6)
1x85 - Sakura (6/6)
January 15, 2017
Sakura (6/6)
1x86 - An Unreachable Heart (1/6)
January 17, 2017
An Unreachable Heart (1/6)
1x87 - An Unreachable Heart (2/6)
January 18, 2017
An Unreachable Heart (2/6)
1x88 - An Unreachable Heart (3/6)
January 19, 2017
An Unreachable Heart (3/6)
1x89 - An Unreachable Heart (4/6)
January 20, 2017
An Unreachable Heart (4/6)
1x90 - An Unreachable Heart (5/6)
January 21, 2017
An Unreachable Heart (5/6)
1x91 - An Unreachable Heart (6/6)
January 22, 2017
An Unreachable Heart (6/6)
1x92 - Journey Towards Tomorrow (1/6)
January 24, 2017
Journey Towards Tomorrow (1/6)
1x93 - Journey Towards Tomorrow (2/6)
January 25, 2017
Journey Towards Tomorrow (2/6)
1x94 - Journey Towards Tomorrow (3/6)
January 26, 2017
Journey Towards Tomorrow (3/6)
1x95 - Journey Towards Tomorrow (4/6)
January 27, 2017
Journey Towards Tomorrow (4/6)
1x96 - Journey Towards Tomorrow (5/6)
January 28, 2017
Journey Towards Tomorrow (5/6)
1x97 - Journey Towards Tomorrow (6/6)
January 29, 2017
Journey Towards Tomorrow (6/6)
1x98 - What You Should Protect (1/6)
January 31, 2017
What You Should Protect (1/6)
1x99 - What You Should Protect (2/6)
February 1, 2017
What You Should Protect (2/6)
1x100 - What You Should Protect (3/6)
February 2, 2017
What You Should Protect (3/6)
Beppin-san: 2 Season s
Actors in Beppin-san
Kyoko Yoshine
Sumire Bando
Katsuhisa Namase
Isoya Bando
Miho Kanno
Hana Bando
Misako Renbutsu
Yuri Nogami
Kengo Kora
Kiyoshi Nogami
Jun Nagura
Shōzō Nogami
Mitsuki Tanimura
Akemi Ono
Keiko Miyata
Kiyo Sato
Soganoya Bundo
Chuichiro Iguchi
Ayaka Uchida
Yuri Bando (young)
Kaito Oyagi
Kiyoshi Nogami (young)
Hana Tsubouchi
Akemi Ono (young)
Uta Tamayama
Norio Tanaka (young)
Tamao Nakamura
Tokuko Bando
Yoji Tanaka
Katsuji Ozawa
Momiji Yamamura
Setsuko Bando
Mana Mikura
Shizuko Bando
Charlotte Kate Fox
Amy McGregor
Yukari Taki
Etsuko Takanishi
Masami Horiuchi
Gorou Tanaka
Kento Nagayama
Norio Bando
Hirotaro Honda
Chotaro Bando
Kanako Momota
Ryoko Ozawa
Yoko Ishino
Kotoko Murata
Masachika Ichimura
Shigeo Asada
Kaho Tsuchimura
Kimie Murata
Yuya Matsushita
Eisuke Iwasa
Yuta Hiraoka
Shōichi Murata
Konomi Watanabe
Sumire Bando (young)
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Mare
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Scarlet
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My Husband is a Cartoonist
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151 Episode s . Teppan is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2010–2011. It was the 83rd Asadora. It starred a new actress, Miori Takimoto, in the role of a young woman raised by an adopted family in Onomichi who learns of her real grandmother and decides to move to Osaka to start an okonomiyaki restaurant. The title word "teppan" refers to the metal surface on which okonomiyaki are cooked. The series, while interrupted by the Tohoku Earthquake, averaged a 17.2% rating, making it the fourth most popular of the Asadora dramas in the previous five years.
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Chiritotechin
151 Episode s . The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo. In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo.
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Watashi no Aozora
156 Episode s . This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father, Murai Kento had aspirations to be a professional boxer but due to a detached retina he was forced to abandon his dream. Leaving Nazuna behind, he left for America, with another woman, to get treatment for his eye-problem, unaware that Nazuna was pregnant. As his life is boxing he quickly returns to the ring after the operation turns out to be successful and once again he dreams of becoming a professional boxer. However, success eludes him and he returns home to Japan. Nazuna meanwhile has given birth to her son and moved to Tokyo to search for Kento. By chance she finds Kento. When discovers he has become a father, he tries to make up for lost time. The show picks up their story as Nazuna, Taiyo and Kento begin family life together. Of course things are not as simple as they appear.
Dondo Hare
158 Episode s . Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki for his grandmother Katsuno's 77th birthday. While they are there, Katsuno, head okami of a famous ryokan in Morioka City, becomes ill and asks Masaki to return to run the ryokan. Natsumi returns to Yokohama and later Masaki visits, asking her to disregard their earlier plans to get married because he will return to Morioka as requested by Katsuno. However, Natsumi surprises him with a vow to become the ryokan's okami. Is Natsumi in for clear skies as suggested by the series name?
Dondo Hare
158 Episode s . Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki for his grandmother Katsuno's 77th birthday. While they are there, Katsuno, head okami of a famous ryokan in Morioka City, becomes ill and asks Masaki to return to run the ryokan. Natsumi returns to Yokohama and later Masaki visits, asking her to disregard their earlier plans to get married because he will return to Morioka as requested by Katsuno. However, Natsumi surprises him with a vow to become the ryokan's okami. Is Natsumi in for clear skies as suggested by the series name?