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Agri

Original title: あぐり

Year

1997

Runtime

15 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Drama, Family

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, Mansai Nomura, Kōtarō Satomi, Yuriko Hoshi, Yūko Natori, Sawa Suzuki