Agri

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

156 episodes

Cast

Misato Tanaka

Mochizuki Aguri

Mansai Nomura

Mochizuki Eisuke

Kōtarō Satomi

Yuriko Hoshi

Yūko Natori

Sawa Suzuki