50 episodes of pure post-war grit — one woman's scalpel against Japan's broken countryside.
Season 1 • Episode 50
LatestThe drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the train is Takahara Miki and her sister Sachi. Miki and Sachi are the daughters of a wealthy landlord living in a village in the Tsugaru area in Aomori prefecture, but they have been living in Tokyo since before the war to attend school. After seeing her village does not have a doctor, Miki is determined to become a rural doctor.
Acting
Yoshiko Mita carries decades of unspoken grief in every glance.
Production
Painstaking recreation of bombed-out Tokyo and frozen Tsugaru villages.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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