Agri

Details

Title: あぐり
Title (romaji): Agri
Also known as: Aguri
Format: Asadora
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 156 x 15 minutes
Viewership ratings: Ep1=25.4, High=31.5, Avg=28.4
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 1997-Apr-07 to 1997-Oct-04
Air time: Monday thru Saturday

Series Synopsis

The 56th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Agri. Story's settings include Okayama and Tokyo (Ichigaya). This renzoku chronicles the life of a Showa period hairdresser, and is based on a true life story of Moshizuki Agri. Agri has worked for over 70 years as a beautician. She is a successful business woman who survived the war by becoming a farmer. During the war, going to the beauty salon was considered a frivolity, so many such businesses went bankrupt as Japan suffered from the energy spent as all the yen was fueled into the war effort.

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Cast

Kawamura Family

Tanaka Misato as Kawamura Agri (heroine, age 20)
Tamura Ryo as Kawamura Akira
Matsubara Chieko as Kawamura Misa
Ihara Yuki as Kawamura Itsuki
- Kurasawa Momoko as Kawamura Itsuki (young)
Isono Kiriko as Saeki Fukiko

Mochizuki Family

Nomura Mansai as Mochizuki Eisuke
Satomi Kotaro as Mochizuki Kentaro
Hoshi Yuriko as Mochizuki Mitsuyo
Yamada Jundai as Mochizuki Junnosuke
- Ikuta Toma as Junnosuke (boyhood)
Mabuchi Erika as Mochizuki Kazuko
Fujiwara Mayuka as Mochizuki Rie
Wakabayashi Hisaya as Mochizuki Yuzo

Hayashi Family

Takashima Masanobu as Hayashi Akira
Goto Takuya as Hayashi Yosuke

Eisuke's literary companions

Kusabue Mitsuko as Uehara Setsuko
Nomura Hironobu as Tsujimura Rintaro
Morimoto Leo as Mori Jun
Tonesaku Toshihide as Kawahara Jinpachi
Akiyama Takeshi as Takayama Hiroshi
Kobayashi Megumi as Suzune

Cherry Yamaoka

Natori Yuko as Yamaoka Sakurako
Yoshino Sayaka as Yamaoka Machiko
Omori Akemi as Yamaoka Sachi
Hiramatsu Takuma as Yamaoka Takeshi
Oimori Reiko as Ichikawa Kazuyo
Kobama Ai as Ishimori Tokiko
Yoshimoto Takami as Iwasaki Chiyoko
Kobayashi Chiharu as Matsushima Kinuyo
Takahashi Hitomi as Ishizaka Kazuko
Iwamato Masuyo as Nagahori Kimiko

Agri Beauty Salon

Suzuki Sawa as Nakano Tatsuko
Hosokawa Fumie as Ota Tome
Konishi Hiroyuki as Motoya Fujio
Miura Rieko as Yasuda Sawako
Ozaki Eijiro as Kimura
Aso Kaori as Ikuta Chika
Sawamura Azusa as Sato Hiroko
Takamura Hisae as Accounting section chief

Junnosuke's companions

Oji Megumi as Ikeda Ryoko
Sekiguchi Tomohiro as Iwamoto Naohisa
Ikeuchi Mansaku as Fukuzawa Minami
Koiso Katsuya as Ogawa Yasukichi

Mochizuki-gumi officials

Yamamoto Shinya as Isobe
Kariya Shunsuke as Izawa Tsumagoro
Umezawa Masayo as Shio
Aoki Mayuko as Kayo
Oya Yukari as Haru
Nemoto Chiaki as Tsuru
Isshiki Saiko as Aki
Mineno Katsunari as Chikichi

People in Okayama

Sasamine Ai as Nakamura Minko
Yamada Kuniko as Yamagami Tsuruko
Sasaki Isao as Tsushima
Sugimoto Yu as Kobayakawa
Kimosabe Ponta as Kinugasa
Anan Kenji as Chuno
Mizuno Haruo as Chief
Saito Haruhiko as Iwami Shinichi
Seki Etsuko as Tane

People of Tokyo

Sugai Kin as Iwabuchi Ume
Kawamata Shinobu as Iwabuchi Haruko
Suzuki Kazuma as Iwabuchi Yoshizo
Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Hirayama Masako
Nishida Hikaru as Ayakoji Takako
Tsushima Keiko as Osawa Sachiko
Asano Kayo as Imamura Tsutako
Nakayama Jin as Katagiri Shinjiro
Bito Isao as Sasaki
Tsunogae Kazue as Daitokuji Kiku
Nakagawa Anna as Midorikawa Yasuko
Tokoshima Yoshiko as Nonomura Miwako
Hayashi Mariko as Toriumi Mitsuko
Hotaru Yukijiro as Tsuchiya

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yoshiyuki Aguri

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