Oshin

Synopsis

Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is an archaic Japanese cognomen.

Cast

Ayako Kobayashi

Oshin (6 to 10 years old)

Yuko Tanaka

Oshin (16 to 46 years old)

Nobuko Otowa

Oshin (50 to 84 years old)

Shirô Namiki

Ryuzo

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Michio Oji

Naka

Pinko Izumi

Fuji

Shirō Itō

Sakuzo

Eri Watanabe

Tora

Hiromi Senno

Haru

Nobuko Sendo

Haru

Soichiro Kitamura

Fukutaro

Hideo Sato

Daigoro

Masataka Naruse

Kamejiro

Masao Imafuku

Imamura Genemon

Yoji Matsuda

Yuu

Norimasa Fuke

Yuu

Etsushi Takahashi

Hitoshi

Shinji Yamashita

Hitoshi

Misako Tanaka

Michiko

Yōko Asaji

Michiko

Crew

Directing

• Yoshio Mochizuki Director
• Ichiryu Kunihisa Director
• Takemoto Minoru Director
• Yoshimura Fumitaka Director
• Ebata Jiro Director
• Oki Kazufumi Director
• Eguchi Hiroyuki Director
• Kobayashi Heihachiro Director

Production

• Yukiko Kobayashi Producer

Sound

• Koichi Sakata Music
• Tomoko Naraoka Vocals

Writing

• Sugako Hashida Screenplay

Seasons & episodes