Asuka
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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). 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 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
- Sato Hitomi as Ayase Mai
- Sugimoto Yuria (杉本友莉亜) as Ayase Mai (as a young girl)
- Fujiki Naohito as 速田俊作
- Asari Yosuke (浅利陽介) as Hakase
- Inoue Chiyaru (井之上チャル) as Kiyokawa Fujiyoshi
- Kunita Hideya (国田栄弥) as Enomoto Tomekichi
- Uchiba Katsunori (内場勝則) as Hattori Takeharu
- Fukumoto Shinichi as Tsurumi Atsushi
- Azuma Chizuru as Terashima Kikue
- Kaneda Ryunosuke (金田龍之介) as Matsuzaka Tahei
- Arimori Narimi as Sekawa Yoko
- Kakei Toshio as Hidaka Hideaki
- Ichida Hiromi (市田ひろみ) as Tamaki Sawako
- Mishima Yuriko (三島ゆり子) as Imamura Yoshimi
- Murakami Shoji (村上ショージ) as Imamura Seiichi
- Mita Atsuko (三田篤子) as Imamura Michiyo
- Yamaguchi Tomomitsu as Batayan
- Nakamura Hiroki (中村大輝) as Batayan (as a boy)
- Hirahata Keiji (平畠啓史) as Sanpei
- Ishino Shinichiro (石野慎一郎) as Sanpei (as a boy)
- Koyanagi Keiko (小柳圭子) as Yone
- Asahina Kiyoko (朝比奈潔子) as Sada
- Kano Yukikazu (加納幸和) as Matsuzaka Genji
- Sawamoto Tadao (沢本忠雄) as 御伊志堂
- Tsuyuno Goro (露の五郎) as Keigetsu
- 'Let's Go' Chosaku (レツゴー長作) as Shojikiya
- Kitami Yuiitsu (北見唯一) as Matsumoto Hiromatsu
- Seki Hideto (関秀人) as Irotoki Shigetsu
- Hironaka Maki (弘中麻紀) as Yoshiko
- Okamura Aki (岡村亜紀) as Yumi
- Oyama Rumi (大山ルミ) as Hitomi
- Yamanishi Atsushi (山西惇) as Sakabe Bu
- Momoyama Mitsuru (桃山みつる) as Gosho Chieko
- Brian Hulse (ブライアン・ホルス) as Michael Brown
- Mr. Okure (Mr.オクレ) as Kuwata
- Mineo Susumu (峯尾進) as Master Shiozaki
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)
External Links
- Official NHK Asadora web site
- Synopsis October 1999
- Synopsis November 1999
- Synopsis December 1999
- Synopsis January 2000
- Synopsis February 2000
- Synopsis March 2000
- Kyoto Dialect Glossary
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