Season 1 • Episode 156
LatestA Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's Christian school in Tokyo. She found her passion in English and step by step made her dream come true.
Acting
Yuriko Yoshitaka's decades-long glow-up is *chef's kiss*.
Production
NHK's period detail budget goes absolutely unhinged.
Writing
156 episodes and somehow zero filler? Witchcraft.
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Ando Hana / Muraoka Hana
Haru Kuroki
Ando Kayo
Tao Tsuchiya
Ando Momo
Masataka Kubota
Kiba Asaichi
Yukie Nakama
Hayama Renko
Rie Tomosaka
Fukuyama Taki
Rin Takanashi
Daigo Ayaka
Mitsu Dan
Yukino
Mariko Tsutsui
Yamamoto Tami
Taiyo Yoshizawa
Ryohei Suzuki
Muraoka Eiji
Kento Kaku
Ando Kichitaro
Shigeru Muroi
Ando Fuji
Miyoko Asada
Mogi Noriko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This asadora launched the 'Anne boom' in Japan — Hanako's translation remains the definitive version 70 years later.
Yuriko Yoshitaka was cast after the director saw her cry on cue for 20 minutes straight in an audition room with no air conditioning.
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