1. Nonchan no yume (ノンちゃんの夢)
The 40th NHK Asadora starring Fujita Tomoko. It is about a woman who struggles to survive after World War II and starts a magazine.
2. Hassai Sensei (はっさい先生)
The 39th NHK Asadora drama is Hassai-sensei. A novice teacher in 1930s Osaka learns that there is more to education than mere instruction. Though her tenure is interrupted by first marriage and later World War II, she begins a quest for "ideal education" after the war.
3. Chotchan (チョッちゃん)
The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother.
4. Miyako no kaze (都の風)
The 37th NHK Asadora. A woman from Kyoto moves to Nara and runs a ryokan and then enters the fashion industry.
5. Ichiban Daiko (いちばん太鼓)
The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.
6. Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro (心はいつもラムネ色)
The 33rd NHK Asadora. Starring Eisaku Shindou as a man who loves manzai . Average rating of 40.2%</p><p></p><p>Based on the life of a famous two-man comedy act writer, Akita Minoru, who loved comedy more than anything. His life itself was full of wit and humor, love and friendship.
7. Romansu (ロマンス)
The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
8. Eenyobo (ええにょぼ)
A woman works hard to become a good doctor even though she is separated from her husband.
9. Hirari (ひらり)
The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young and energetic girl. She loves the sports, sumo, very much and would like to find a career. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.in this field. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.
10. Onna wa dokyo (おんなは度胸)
The 47th NHK Asadora chronicles the conflicts between a woman and her step-daughter in a hot springs town.
11. Kimi no na wa (君の名は)
A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. Welkame (ウェルかめ)
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13. Audrey (オードリー)
Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for. Despite words of warnings from her family, which includes her birth and step mothers, intended to keep her from reaching her destiny, she actually makes it onto a set of one of the film companies in Tokyo. She experiences the peaks and valleys of a starting actress, but receives a blow when news of the company collapses and eventually closes. Mizuki returns home, but, the fire once lit, still burns.
14. Asuka (あすか)
The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top candy-maker in the male-dominated world of wagashi . Asuka grows to be a healthy, adventurous young girl with a deep curiosity and, a desire to become a candy-maker 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 candy making and the tea ceremony in Kyoto, and beautiful scenery and settings in Kyoto and the surrounding areas.
15. Yanchakure (やんちゃくれ)
The 59th NHK Asadora Drama is Yanchakure. Location includes Osaka. In Osaka, "yanchakure" is a bit of an old word which is used to describe tomboyish or mischievous young girls. Mizushima Nagisa happens to be such a girl, that, no matter how well-intentioned her motives nor how hard she tries, Nagisa just seems to end up failing. In fact, she has failed at different things in her life so many times that she has come to see it as a source of personal strength, her philosophy being one of, "It's natural for a human being to fail many times in the course of their life and thanks to those failures we can become adults."
16. Ten urara (天うらら)
This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a carpenter and building homes. The story takes place from the later part of the Showa era to present day Heisei rule. The heroine of the story, Kawashima Urara, lost her father at the tender age of seven and this drama depicts her life as she grows from a young school girl, through puberty and adolescence and on into her adult years as an independent woman who owns her own carpentry business. As Urara grows into a beautiful and strong woman and a talented carpenter, her family around her goes through many difficult and trying times. This story of becoming an independent businesswoman in the male-dominated world of carpentry accurately reflects the lives and struggles of the young women in present day Japan who are trying to make a career for themselves in addition to balancing the demands of family obligations, friends, and lovers.
17. Hashiran ka! (走らんか!)
Set in Hakata, the series is about a young man who wants to play rock music even though his father expects him to follow him in making Hakata ningyou . One of the few Asadora starring a male character.
18. Haru yo koi (春よ、来い)
A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi Yasuda.
19. Piano (ぴあの)
The drama about the youngest of four sisters, all raised solely by their father, who wants to write children's books.
20. Karin (かりん)
A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.