Amachan (2013)

Original title

あまちゃん

Directed by

Inoue Tsuyoshi, Yoshida Teruyuki, Kajiwara Toki

Cast

Nounen Rena, Miyamoto Nobuko, Koizumi Kyoko, Arimura Kasumi, Toyoshima Hana, Omi Toshinori, Morioka Ryu, Kanie Keizo

Genre

drama, drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 157 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school girl from Tokyo moves to a coastal town in Tohoku, where she trains as a female diver and becomes a local idol. She later returns to Tokyo to pursue a career as a professional idol, but eventually comes back to Tohoku to help revive the area after a major earthquake.

lightheartedbittersweetenergeticgentlehopefulwhimsicalsentimentallife-affirming

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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