Top 20 TV Series like Onna wa dokyo
Top 20 TV Series like Onna wa dokyo
- 1. Welkame
- 2. Audrey
- 3. Asuka
- 4. Yanchakure
- 5. Ten urara
- 6. Amakarashan
- 7. Hashiran ka!
- 8. Haru yo koi
- 9. Piano
- 10. Karin
- 11. Yôi don
- 12. Haikara-san
- 13. Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari
- 14. Mansaku no hana
- 15. Niji wo Oru
- 16. Natchan no shashinkan
- 17. Ayu no uta
- 18. Chotchan
- 19. Miyako no kaze
- 20. Ichiban Daiko
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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."
5. 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.
6. Amakarashan (甘辛しゃん)
The 57th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama. Story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story about the conflicts between generations and the relationships within families. A strong mother-daughter theme and a sister-brother theme exist.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Yôi don (よーいドン)
A struggling Korean veteran comes to terms with the fact that he is actually a caterpillar. I just made this up.
12. Haikara-san (ハイカラさん)
The 29th NHK Asadora. Starring Satomi Tezuka as a woman who starts a hotel in the Meiji era.
13. Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari (本日も晴天なり)
Katsuragi Motoko started as an NHK announcer, became a reportage writer after the war, and then an author. This story is about a woman's struggle to find her life's purpose and to survive.</p><p></p><p>The 28th NHK asadora, set in the Showa era and location included Tokyo.
14. Mansaku no hana (まんさくの花)
The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is buried by deep snow.
15. Niji wo Oru (虹を織る)
The 26th NHK Asadora. Shimazaki Kayo is a woman from Hagi, Yamaguchi, who joins the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyougo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shoujo manga and Japanese folktales.
16. Natchan no shashinkan (なっちゃんの写真館)
The 25th NHK Asadora. Nishiki Natsuko is a woman who strives to become a photographer.
17. Ayu no uta (鮎のうた)
The 24th NHK Asadora. Starring Senri Yamazaki as a woman who makes her life at a fishing port.
18. Chotchan (チョッちゃん)
The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother.
19. 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.
20. Ichiban Daiko (いちばん太鼓)
The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.
