TV series

Haikara-san

1982 · 1 season

A gentle, steady daily serial that quietly follows a determined woman building something of her own, warm and unhurried.

Overview: The 29th NHK Asadora. Starring Satomi Tezuka as a woman who starts a hotel in the Meiji era.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Ambition, work, family, identity
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
work
family
identity
healing
Places: small town
workplace
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none