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*[[Sato Hitomi]] as Fujiyoshi Mai
 
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**杉本友莉亜 as Fujiyoshi Mai (as a young girl)
*[[Fujiki Naoto]] as 速田俊作
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*[[Fujiki Naohito]] as 速田俊作
 
*[[Mishima Yuriko]] (三島ゆり子) as 今村嘉
 
*[[Mishima Yuriko]] (三島ゆり子) as 今村嘉
 
*[[Asari Yosuke]] (浅利陽介) as Hakase
 
*[[Asari Yosuke]] (浅利陽介) as Hakase

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Asuka aka Sweet Ambition

Details

  • Title: あすか
  • Title (romaji): Asuka
  • Also known as: Sweet Ambition
  • Genre: Asadora drama, human drama
  • Episodes: 149 x 15 minute episodes
  • Viewership ratings: Ep1=25.9, High=27.6, Avg=24.4
  • Broadcast network: NHK
  • Broadcast period: 1999-Oct-04 to 2000-Apr-01

Synopsis

The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candymaker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top candymaker in the male-dominated world of wagashi (Japanese confectionery). The story begins before Asuka is born and shows us how her parents met and fell in love. Her mother is the daughter of a famous, well-respected head of a candy house that produces the finest quality candies used in the tea ceremony, who it has been decided will marry the son of a famous tea ceremony school master, forming a powerful alliance between the two families. After returning from her meeting with the go-between and the other family she finds the head candymaker in the kitchen hard at work and confesses her love for him. After some dramatic weeks of tears and longing the two elope much to her parents dismay. A beautiful baby girl is born and she is named Asuka. Asuka grows to be a healthy, adventurous young girl with a deep curiosity and, a desire to become a candymaker like her father. The series follows Asuka from elementary school, on to Junior high and then as she matures into a lovely young woman. This NHK drama is one of the best in years with an excellent cast, a well-developed story based on extensive research into the traditional worlds of candymaking and the tea ceremony in Kyoto, and beautiful scenery and settings in Kyoto and the surrounding areas. ---groink

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