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Natsuko no Sake

TV·1994–1994·1 season, 11 episodes·Fuji TV·Drama, Family·1h·Created by Akira Oze

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Natsuko, who was a copywriter, starts to cultivate rice called Tatsunishiki, which is a phantom kind and it is very difficult to grow. She does it to make her dead brother's dream come true. His dream was to make the...

Castfull cast & details

Emi WakuiEmi Wakui佐伯夏子Kiichi NakaiKiichi Nakai佐伯康男Masahiko NishimuraMasahiko NishimuraKazuko ShirakawaKazuko ShirakawaHideo TakamatsuHideo Takamatsu佐伯浩男Masato HagiwaraMasato Hagiwara草壁渡Mayumi WakamuraMayumi Wakamura佐伯和子Yuki MatsushitaYuki Matsushita橋本冴子

Episodes by season

Season0111Episodes1994Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1January 12, 1994—
  2. S01E02Episode 2January 19, 1994—
  3. S01E03Episode 3January 26, 1994—
  4. S01E04Episode 4February 2, 1994—
  5. S01E05Episode 5February 9, 1994—
  6. S01E06Episode 6February 16, 1994—
  7. S01E07Episode 7February 23, 1994—
  8. S01E08Episode 8March 2, 1994—
  9. S01E09Episode 9March 9, 1994—
  10. S01E10Episode 10March 16, 1994—
  11. S01E11Episode 11March 23, 1994—

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