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NHK's renowned serialized morning TV drama, "Oshin," which aired from 1983 to 1984 and was seen in 60 countries, is coming to the big screen. Details about the cast and filming schedule will be ...

Ama-chan (Little Diver), a morning drama shown in short daily installments on the public broadcasting station NHK, is the latest nationwide hit. Set in the Tōhoku region of northeast Honshū that bore ...

Renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series “Oshin," has died of lymphoma. She was 95. Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, famous for ...

Yamagata Prefecture’s impressive Sankyo Rice warehouses and mighty Mogami River set the scene for the highly popular 1980s Japanese TV drama and animated movie "Oshin," about a poor girl turned ...

It's been 20 years since the popular drama Oshin hit Japanese TV screens. Director Shin Togashi hopes to reignite love for the story in his movie remake. Oshin (Kokone Hamada) lives with her family in ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series “Oshin,” has died of lymphoma. She was 95. Hashida had been treated for the ...