Amachan (2013)

Amachan is the 88th 2013 NHK asadora written by Kankuro Kudo (Tiger and Dragon, Unobore Deka). It's about Amano Aki (Nounen Rena), a 16 year old girl from Tokyo who goes to her mother's former home in Sodegahama, a fishing village in Kitasanriku, Iwate prefecture for the summer break. She falls in love with the sea and its people, and decides to stay on to become an Ama (women divers who fetch clams and sea urchins for tourists) just like her grandmother, Natsu (Miyamoto Nobuko). Her decision is welcomed wholeheartedly by Natsu and the other locals. However, her mother Haruko (Koizumi Kyoko) does not like the idea at first. She has a strained relationship with Natsu, and her extreme dislike of the sea, diving and the countryside is one of the reasons why she left her hometown 24 years ago. Eventually, she decides to stay in Sodegahama with Aki, considering that she is contemplating on getting a divorce anyway and does not want to go back to her husband in Tokyo. She also notices that it might be good for Aki for she seems livelier and happier in Kitasanriku than in Tokyo. The road towards becoming a full-fledged Ama-san is tough for Aki as she encounters tests and hurdles. One day, a video of her as an Ama gets uploaded in the city's tourism website, transforming an ordinary high school girl into an overnight Internet sensation. Suddenly she is called upon to use this opportunity to attract tourists to a city suffering from depopulation.

Writing:
  • Kankuro Kudo
  • Teruyuki Yoshida
  • Toki Kajiwara

Stars:
Release Date: 2013-04-01
Seasons: 1
themoviedb icon 8.3/10
  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 15
Kyoko Koizumi
Kyoko Koizumi
Haruko Amano
Kasumi Arimura
Kasumi Arimur...
Young Haruko Amano
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetta Sugimot...
Daikichi Oomukai
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Yoshiyoshi Ar...
Masayoshi Yoshida
Ai Hashimoto
Ai Hashimoto
Yui Adachi
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroko Yakush...
Hiromi Suzuka
Teppei Koike
Teppei Koike
Hiroshi Adachi
Non
Non
Aki Amano
Kasumi Yamaya
Kasumi Yamaya
Sakuraba
Mayu Matsuoka
Mayu Matsuoka
Shiori Iruma
Ryuhei Matsuda
Ryuhei Matsud...
Takuma Mizuguchi
Reina Fujie
Reina Fujie
Aki Amano's classmate
Akiko Yagi
Akiko Yagi
Yoshie Adachi
Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamo...
Natsu Amano
Masahiro Higashide
Masahiro Higa...
Young Daikichi Ōmukai
Toshinori Omi
Toshinori Omi
Masamune Kurokawa
Keizo Kanie
Keizo Kanie
Chūbee Amano
Eri Watanabe
Eri Watanabe
Yayoi Konno
Daikichi Sugawara
Daikichi Suga...
Atsushi Konno
Hana Kino
Hana Kino
Katsue Osanai
Denden
Denden
Rokurō Osanai
Jun Miho
Jun Miho
Misuzu Kumagai
Hairi Katagiri
Hairi Katagir...
Sayuri Anbe
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Fukik...
Tamotsu Sugawara
Sei Hiraizumi
Sei Hiraizumi
Isao Adachi
Sansei Shiomi
Sansei Shiomi
Ben Oda
Sota Fukushi
Sota Fukushi
Kōichi Taneichi
Arata Furuta
Arata Furuta
Taichi Aramaki
Ito Ohno
Ito Ohno
Mana Endō
Rio Yamashita
Rio Yamashita
Ayumi Miyashita
Mio Yuki
Mio Yuki
Kaoruko Onodera
Rika Adachi
Rika Adachi
Megu Arima
Pierre Taki
Pierre Taki
Umezu
Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo
Kai
Inori Minase
Inori Minase
Rina Narita
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