TV series

Ten urara
1998 · 1 season
A warm, earnest life story that follows a determined woman through decades of quiet struggles and small victories.
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Starring
- Risa Sudou, Hideko Hara, Sachiko Sakurai
- Overview
- This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a carpenter and building homes. The story takes place from the later part of the Showa era to present day Heisei rule. The heroine of the story, Kawashima Urara, lost her father at the tender age of seven and this drama depicts her life as she grows from a young school girl, through puberty and adolescence and on into her adult years as an independent woman who owns her own carpentry business. As Urara grows into a beautiful and strong woman and a talented carpenter, her family around her goes through many difficult and trying times. This story of becoming an independent businesswoman in the male-dominated world of carpentry accurately reflects the lives and struggles of the young women in present day Japan who are trying to make a career for themselves in addition to balancing the demands of family obligations, friends, and lovers.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Coming-of-age, family, work, identity
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Starring
- Risa Sudou, Hideko Hara, Sachiko Sakurai





