The Plot

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set in Nagano prefecture, "Ohisama" covers the life of Yoko Sudo (Mao Inoue) through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through the hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko is a high school student and "Ohisama" follows her as she eventually becomes a teacher and then gets married and has a child. Yoko then opens a soba restaurant with her student. --asianwiki

Top Billed Cast

Mao Inoue
Yoko Sudo Hikari Mitsushima
Ikuko Tsutsui Yasufumi Terawaki
Ryoichi Sudo Kento Nagayama
Shigeki Sudo Kengo Kora
Kazunari Maruyama Kei Tanaka
Haruki Sudo Maiko
Machiko Soma Ayako Wakao
Yoko Sudo (present day)