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Someday at a Place in the Sun

TV·2013–2013·1 season, 10 episodes·NHK·Drama, Family·48m·Created by Asa Nonami

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Hako was senteced to 7 years in prison on a robbery charge for the host she loved. Ayaka killed her husband to protect their son from domestic violence. These two women became acquainted in prison and forged strong bonds. After they are released from prison, they stay together and begin new lives in the old district of Yanaka in Tokyo while carrying pasts that no one must not know.

Castfull cast & details

Aya UetoAya UetoHako KomoriyaNaoko IijimaNaoko IijimaAyaka EguchiKyōko EnamiKyōko EnamiSachiko IikuraTomoko FujitaTomoko FujitaYukie KomoriyaTakumi SaitohTakumi SaitohKeita IwaseShunsuke DaitohShunsuke DaitohTakayuki KomoriyaAtsuko AsanoAtsuko AsanoTaeko KomoriyaYoneko MatsukaneYoneko MatsukaneSetsu Oishi

Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes2013Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Two ex-convictsJanuary 8, 2013—
  2. S01E02I want to be strongJanuary 15, 2013—
  3. S01E03The person I miss the mostJanuary 22, 2013—
  4. S01E04A message from the hometownJanuary 29, 2013—
  5. S01E05The gift of words to the younger brotherFebruary 5, 2013—
  6. S01E06The qualifications for happinessFebruary 12, 2013—
  7. S01E07A visitor from the dark pastFebruary 19, 2013—
  8. S01E08Until we meet againFebruary 26, 2013—
  9. S01E09An unfit motherMarch 5, 2013—
  10. S01E10The outcome of a promiseMarch 12, 2013—

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