The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her two sons, Kazuya and Fumiya, from Tokyo come to stay as the guests of a small inn run by Eri’s family. Eri’s fun-loving, yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to hear one of the sons, Kazuya is terminally ill and Shizuko and her sons came to Okinawa to spend his last moment together in beautiful nature. Fumiya, Kazuya’s younger brother, and Eri promise to marry each other someday. However after Kazuya’s death, Fumiya and his mother leave the island to go back to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, Eri as a nurse and Fumiya, a doctor, working at the same hospital in Tokyo.
Sucesora de "Hermanos de Sangre", también producida por Steven Spielberg y Tom Hanks, y creada por Dreamworks y HBO, es la serie más cara de todos los tiempos. Se basa sobre todo en las memorias de dos soldados norteamericanos, "With the Old Breed" de Eugene Sledge y "Helmet for My Pillow" de Robert Leckie, que narran sus experiencias en la lucha contra los japoneses durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945).
El reencuentro de Arajin Tomoshibi con su viejo amigo Matakara Asamine da un giro inesperado cuando tropiezan en una pelea con los tipos más duros de la ciudad. Y justo cuando pensaban que las cosas no podían ponerse más raras, un genio colosal decide dejarse caer por allí.
Higa Nobuko was born and raised with her four siblings in a farmhouse in the "Yanbaru region" in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa. She aims to become a chef drawing inspiration from Okinawan cuisine. The four siblings follow very different paths, but the memories of their hometown connect their hearts and they're able to overcome their hardships as a family.
The drama revolves around Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium, which opened in 2002 and was the largest in the world until 2005. Tokito Saburo stars in the drama as the aquarium's director. The story begins when he announces the plans for the aquarium's 7500-ton main tank, inspired by a boy fighting an incurable illness in a Hokkaido hospital. (Source: Tokyograph)
I, Teruaki Nakamura, transferred to Okinawa and fell in love with a girl… but I can't understand her dialect. Thankfully, Higa-san is always helping me out with translations. A cross-cultural romance that's a wee-bit different begins on the southern island!