Amachan

Amachan
GenreHome drama, Drama
Written byKankuro Kudo
Directed byTsuyoshi Inoue
Teruyuki Yoshida
Toki Kajiwara
StarringRena Nōnen
Kyōko Koizumi
Toshinori Omi
Tetta Sugimoto
Eri Watanabe
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Keizō Kanie
Nobuko Miyamoto
Narrated byNobuko Miyamoto
Rena Nōnen
Kyōko Koizumi
ComposerOtomo Yoshihide
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes156
Production
ProducersKei Kurube
Hiroshi Kashi
Running time15 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseApril 1 (2013-04-01) –
September 28, 2013 (2013-09-28)
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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.

  1. ^ "Nounen Rena cast as heroine for next year's morning drama 'Amachan'". Tokyo Hive. Retrieved 14 February 2013.