Asuka

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). Asuka grows to be a healthy, adventurous young girl with a deep curiosity and, a desire to become a candymaker like her father. 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

Cast

Takeuchi Yuko as Miyamoto Asuka (heroine, age 19)
- Enokizono Miho (榎園実穂) as Miyamoto Asuka (as a young girl)
Fujioka Hiroshi as Miyamoto Rokutaro (Asuka's father)
Konno Misako as Miyamoto Kyoko (Asuka's mother)
Ashiya Gannosuke as Fujiyoshi Ganjiro (Misako's father)
Arima Ineko (有馬稲子) as Fujiyoshi Shino (Misako's mother)
Umezawa Tomio (梅沢富美男) as Fujiyoshi Tamajiro
Natori Yuko (名取裕子) as Ayase Hiroko
Enokizono Miho
Kaneda Ryunosuke (金田龍之介) as Matsuzaka Tahei
Azuma Chizuru as Terashima Kikue
Sato Hitomi as Ayase Mai
- 杉本友莉亜 as Ayase Mai (as a young girl)
Fujiki Naohito as 速田俊作
Mishima Yuriko (三島ゆり子) as 今村嘉
Asari Yosuke (浅利陽介) as Hakase
Natori Yuko

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Suzuki Satoshi (鈴木聡)
Director: Tamura Fumitaka (田村文孝)
Music: Oshima Michiru (大島ミチル)
Narrator: Arima Ineko (有馬稲子)

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