Hanako to Anne (2014)

Original title

花子とアン

Genre

drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 156 episodes

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in early 20th century Japan studies hard and makes lasting friends at school. She later works in publishing and becomes a translator, while also following a friend's turbulent life as a poet.

inspirationalearnestbittersweetheartfeltnostalgicgentledetermined

What happens

Hanako to Anne (花子とアン, Hanako and Anne) is a Japanese television drama series, the 90th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It debuted on March 31, 2014, and was broadcast Monday through Saturday mornings, ending on September 27, 2014. It is based on the novel An no Yurikago Muraoka Hanako no Shogai by Eri Muraoka, which is the story of her grandmother Hanako Muraoka (1893–1968, maiden name Annaka), the first to translate Anne of Green Gables into Japanese. The drama describes her trials, tribulations and triumphs at school and some of the lifelong friendships she made there, and her life after graduating and working at a publishing company and as a translator. As a subplot, it also narrates the dramatic life of Muraoka's old friend, Byakuren Yanagiwara, the tanka poet who was a cousin of Emperor Taishō. The series stars Yuriko Yoshitaka as Hanako. Anime composer Yuki Kajiura composed the music for the series. The series was a ratings success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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