Amachan | |
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Genre | Home drama, Drama |
Written by | Kankuro Kudo |
Directed by | Tsuyoshi Inoue Teruyuki Yoshida Toki Kajiwara |
Starring | Rena Nōnen Kyōko Koizumi Toshinori Omi Tetta Sugimoto Eri Watanabe Hiroko Yakushimaru Keizō Kanie Nobuko Miyamoto |
Narrated by | Nobuko Miyamoto Rena Nōnen Kyōko Koizumi |
Composer | Otomo Yoshihide |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 156 |
Production | |
Producers | Kei Kurube Hiroshi Kashi |
Running time | 15 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NHK |
Release | April 1 September 28, 2013 | –
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Amachan (あまちゃん) is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.[1] It is the 88th NHK Asadora. Amachan was not only a ratings success, but brought economic benefits to the Tohoku region and was considered a social phenomenon. It also won the Galaxy Award for best television program of 2013.