Underplayed Gems

Oshin (1983)

Oshin poster
Original title
おしん
Directed by
Eguchi Hiroyuki, Kobayashi Heihachiro, Takemoto Minoru, Mochizuki Yoshio
Cast
Kobayashi Ayako, Tanaka Yuko, Otowa Nobuko, Izumi Pinko, Ito Shiro, Oji Michio, Yoshioka Yuichi, Watanabe Eri
Genre
biography, drama television series, Drama
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 297 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a Japanese TV drama about a woman named Shin, called Oshin, who lives from the late 1800s into the 1980s. It follows her life story across many decades, showing her hardships and small triumphs.

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What happens

Oshin (おしん) is a Japanese serialized morning television drama (asadora), which originally aired on NHK from 4 March 1983 to 31 March 1984; it is the 31st asadora overall to be produced. The 297 15-minute episodes follow the life of Shin Tanokura (田倉しん, Tanokura Shin) during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. In the work, Shin is called Oshin, the O- forming an archaic cognomen. It was one of the country's most watched serials of all time and has aired in 68 other countries, with subtitles ranging from English to Arabic. In 1984, the earlier episodes of the drama (focused on young Oshin) were made into an animated movie by Sanrio. The movie reused Sugako Hashida's scripts, and Ayako Kobayashi, who played young Oshin, did Oshin's voiceover. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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