Agri (1997)
Drama · Family
Overview
The 56th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Agri. Story's settings include Okayama and Tokyo (Ichigaya). This renzoku chronicles the life of a Showa period hairdresser, and is based on a true life story of Moshizuki Agri. Agri has worked for over 70 years as a beautician. She is a successful business woman who survived the war by becoming a farmer. During the war, going to the beauty salon was considered a frivolity, so many such businesses went bankrupt as Japan suffered from the energy spent as all the yen was fueled into the war effort.
Cast
- Misato Tanaka as Mochizuki Aguri
- Mansai Nomura as Mochizuki Eisuke
- Kōtarō Satomi
- Yuriko Hoshi
- Yūko Natori
- Sawa Suzuki