* Title: おひさま
* Title (romaji): Ohisama
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Family
* Episodes: 156
* Broadcast network: NHK
* Broadcast period: 2011-Apr-04 to 2011-Sep-24
* Air time: Monday-Saturday, 08:00
Cast
Yoko Family
* Inoue Mao as Yoko Sudo
o Yagi Yuki as young Yoko Sudo
o Wakao Ayako (若尾文子) as old Yoko Sudo
* Harada Tomoyo as Yoko Hiroko
* Terawaki Yasufumi as Yoko Ryoichi
* Watanabe Misako as Kirino Fujiko
* Tanaka Kei as Yoko Haruki
o Nakagawa Taishi (中川大志) as young Yoko Haruki
* Nagayama Kento as Yoko Shigeki
o Watanabe Jinpei (渡邉甚平) as young Yoko Shigeki
Maruyama Family
* Kora Kengo as Maruyama Kazunari
* Higuchi Kanako as Maruyama Tokuko
* Kushida Kazuyoshi (串田和美) as Maruyama Michio
Plot
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 other around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko Sudo is a high school student and "Ohisama" follows her as she eventually becomes a teacher and then gets married and has a child. Yoko Sudo then opens a soba restaurant with her student.
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