Okaeri Mone*UPDATED*
Date: From 8.00 a.m., Mondays – Fridays, Spring 2021
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Adachi Naoko (Kinou Nani Tabeta?, Sagi Deka, Toumeina Yurikago)
Directors: Ichiki Masae, Kajiwara Toki, Kuwano Tomohiro, Tsuda Yasuko
Cast: Kiyohara Kaya, Uchino Masaaki, Suzuki Kyoka, Makita Aju, Fuji Tatsuya, Takeshita Keiko, Natsuki Mari, Sakaguchi Kentaro, Hamano Kenta, Denden, Nishijima Hidetoshi
Synopsis: Nagaura Momone (Kiyohara Kaya) lives with her parents Koji (Uchino Masaaki) and Ayako (Suzuki Kyoka), grandfather Tatsumi (Fuji Tatsuya) and younger sister Michi (Makita Aju) on an island with a rich natural environment in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. After graduating from high school in the spring of 2014, she moves to the inland city of Tome on her own. However, she fails every university entrance exam. While trying to figure out what to do with her life, Momone begins to work as a trainee forest guide. One day, she reaches a turning point. A famous weather forecaster Asaoka Satoru (Nishijima Hidetoshi) from Tokyo comes to Tome City. As Momone walks in the mountain with him, she is told that weather forecasting can read the future. Inspired by that comment, Momone resolves to become a weather forecaster. She studies hard to obtain the qualifications to become one. However, the pass rate for the exam is only 5%. Momone has never been good in studying and seems disheartened. With the support of Suganami Kotaro (Sakaguchi Kentaro), a young doctor involved in community healthcare, and the locals in Tome City, she finally passes the exam. Momone moves to Tokyo and starts working at a private weather forecasting company. She learns that weather forecasting actually covers a broad range of things and grows in her role. Several years later, in 2019, Momone who has become a full-fledged weather forecaster, sees a major typhoon hammer cities across Japan. Wanting to use the knowledge and skills that she has gained thus far to help her hometown, she decides to head to Kesennuma.
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Kareinaru Ichizoku*UPDATED*
Date: From 10.00p.m., Sundays, 2021
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Family
Episodes: 12
Original Work: Kareinaru Ichizoku by Yamasaki Toyoko
Scriptwriter: Maekawa Yoichi (Kirin ga Kuru, Shizumanu Taiyo, Lady Joker)
Cast: Nakai Kiichi
Synopsis: Manpyo Daisuke (Nakai Kiichi) is the owner and president of Hanshin Bank which is ranked in tenth place in terms of volume of deposits at a time when Japan is enjoying rapid economic growth. He heads the Manpyo group of companies which consist of Hanshin Steel, Manpyo Real Estate, Manpyo Trading and Manpyo Warehouses. The family has gained wealth and power through family connections in Kansai’s business circles. When Daisuke hears about movement towards reorganising the city’s banks from his eldest daughter’s husband who is an elite Ministry of Finance official, he swings into action with a plan to prevent Hanshin Bank from being absorbed by a higher ranked bank and fight for survival. Behind the scenes, a love-hate drama unfurls within the family from discord between father and son to wife and mistress.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/ichizoku
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