Miotsukushi

Sawaguchi Yasuko in Mio-Tsukushi

Details

• Title: 澪つくし
• Title (romaji): Miotsukushi
• Also known as: The Channel Marker / The Calm Amid the Storm
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Human drama, romance
• Episodes: 162 x 15 mins.
• Viewership ratings: 1st=37.1, High=55.3, Avg=44.3
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 1985-Apr-01 to 1985-Oct-05
• Air time: Mon-Sat 8:15
• Theme song: Miotsukushi by Sai Etsuko
• Insert song: Koi no Arasuji by Sai Etsuko

Synopsis

The 34th NHK Asadora drama is Mio-Tsukushi. Locations include Choshi-shi, Chiba. The courageous and steadfast heroine of this popular serial drama, set in a port city in 1920s Japan, defies tradition to marry the man she loves. When he is lost at sea, she becomes the support of her family and others.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(4 votes)

Cast

• Sawaguchi Yasuko as Furukawa (Yoshitake) Kaworu (age 19)
• Sakurada Junko as Bando Ritsuko
• Kawano Taro (川野太郎) as Yoshitake Sokichi
• Shibata Kyohei as Umeki Kensaku
• Negishi Toshie as Wakabayashi Hama
• Akashiya Sanma as Yataro
• Kusabue Mitsuko as Yoshitake Tone
• Kaga Mariko as Furukawa Rui
• Tsugawa Masahiko as Bando Kyubei
• Washio Machiko as Baba Tsue
• Mitamura Kenji
• Kasai Seiji (葛西聖司) as narrator

Production Credits

• Original work: James Miki
• Director: Shigemitsu Yukihiko, Fuse Minoru
• Music: Ikebe Shinichiro (池辺晋一郎)

External Links

• Official NHK Asadora Page
• Japanese Wikipedia
• TV Drama Database

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