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Ohisama

2011 · 1 season

A gentle, hopeful daily-life drama that finds small brightness in hardship, unfolding slowly like a warm family story.

Created by: Takehiro Shoen, Tomochika Kasaura
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mao Inoue, Hikari Mitsushima, Yasufumi Terawaki

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

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Created by: Takehiro Shoen, Tomochika Kasaura
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mao Inoue, Hikari Mitsushima, Yasufumi Terawaki

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
coming-of-age
friendship
survival
healing
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Created by: Takehiro Shoen, Tomochika Kasaura
Written by: Yoshikazu Okada
Starring: Mao Inoue, Hikari Mitsushima, Yasufumi Terawaki, Kento Nagayama, Kengo Kora, Kei Tanaka, Maiko, Ayako Wakao
Music: Toshiyuki Watanabe
Length: 1 seasons, 156 episodes, 15 min each
Network: NHK G, NHK BS Premium
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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