is a Japanese television drama series and the 112th Asadora series, following Omusubi. This drama is inspired by Nobu Komatsu, the wife of Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman, but it is a fictional and original work.

Mio Imada was chosen for the lead role of Nobu Asada from among 3365 auditionees.

Plot Nobu Asada, who was deeply influenced by militaristic ideology, experienced the horrors of war, which completely changed her values. After the war, she and her husband, Takashi, pursued "a justice that never overturns." Takashi eventually created a masterpiece picture book.

Cast

Asada family Mio Imada as Nobu Asada Yuzuna Nagase as young Nobu Ryo Kase as Yutaro Asada, Nobu's father Noriko Eguchi as Hatako Asada, Nobu's mother Yuumi Kawai as Ranko Asada, Nobu's sister Sakura Yoshikawa as young Ranko Nanoka Hara as Meiko Asada, Nobu's sister Sae Nagatani as young Meiko Kōtarō Yoshida as Kamaji Asada, Nobu's grandfather Miyoko Asada as Kura Asada, Nobu's grandmother Kanata Hosoda as Go Hara

Yanai family Takumi Kitamura as Takashi Yanai, Nobu's second husband Yura Kimura as young Takashi Nanako Matsushima as Tomiko Yanai, Takashi's mother Kazunari Ninomiya as Kiyoshi Yanai, Takashi's father Motoki Nakazawa as Chihiro Yanai, Takashi's brother Seigou Hirayama as young Chihiro Yutaka Takenouchi as Hiroshi Yanai, Takashi's uncle Naho Toda as Chiyoko Yanai, Takashi's aunt Himari Hitomi as Shin Uto

Kokura regiment Satoshi Tsumabuki as Shinnosuke Yagi Eita Okuno as Manzo Kamino Shun'ya Itabashi as Riki Baba Ryosuke Hagiwara as Tetsu Koda Kento Sakurai as Kota Konno Yukito Hidaka as Arata Meguro Hiroki Usudaira as Yasuo Kabata Shunsuke Tanaka as Masaki Kasuya Eiji Yokota as Senkichi Shima

Kōchi Shimpō Kenjiro Tsuda as Akira Shoji Yui Narumi as Kotoko Oda Yuki Kura as Shinji Iwashimizu Nomura Manzo IX as Ryo Kirishima Koji Furukawa as Izuru Torii Riku Kashima as Tatsuya Midorikawa Takuya Wakabayashi as Seizo Aoki

Others Sadao Abe as Sōkichi "Uncle Yam" Yamura, a baker Fumiya Takahashi as Kentaro Karashima, Meiko's husband Sara Shida as Usako Ogawa Sonim as Mimi Yamashita Kumi Takiuchi as Yukiko Kuroi Koichi Yamadera as Haruto Zama Motoki Ohmori (Mrs. Green Apple) as Takuya Ise. He is modeled after Taku Izumi Soua Ogura as Manpei Katsura Sumi Shimamoto as Kako Ode Satoru Saito as Tenpo, a monk Tomohiro Ichikawa as Katsuo Kijima Noritaka Hamao as Iwao Tagawa Ayumu Nakajima as Jiro Wakamatsu, Nobu's first husband Misuzu Kanno as Setsuko Wakamatsu Ryūsei Nakao as Tokizo Furuyama Keiko Toda as Tetsuko Maki Masatoshi Kihara as Norio Sera Gordon Maeda as Osamu Tejima, a manga artist. He is modeled after Osamu Tezuka Shiori Kubo as Tamae Shiratori, a singer. She is modeled after Mariko Miyagi Ryohei Odai as Degawa Sho Aoyagi as Ōne Hinata Todo as Eisuke Rokuhara. He is modeled after Rokusuke Ei Ko Nanase as Ko Oshima, a manga artist Tsutomu Ikeda as Mitsuo Miura, a manga artist Pajama Ehara as Hiroshi Kurita, a manga artist Yuzuna Nagase as Kaho Nakazato. She is modeled after Miho Nakazono, the screenwriter of this series. Michiyo Yanagisawa as Buruburu (voice) Miyuki Sawashiro as Mukumuku (voice) Kotone Furukawa as Seiko Nakao Kenta Hamano as Hirame Hamabe Kanata Irei as Goro Mano Momoka Satake as Mika Komiya Jun Nishiyama as Mamoru Furukawa Kou Maehara as Keizo Takeyama Renji Ishibashi as Mitsuru Horii Keiko Toda as Yoshiko Tobe's voice. She is modeled after Keiko Toda, the voice of Anpanman.

TV schedule WeekEpisodesTitleDirected byOriginal airdateRating11–5Tsuyoshi YanagawaMarch 31–April 4, 202515.2%26–10Shin'ichiro HashizumeApril 7–11, 202515.3%311–15Tsuyoshi YanagawaApril 14–18, 202515.3%416–20Shin'ichiro HashizumeApril 21–25, 202515.4%521–25Tsuyoshi YanagawaApril 28–May 2, 202515.3%626–30Yuta NoguchiMay 5–9, 202515.1%731–35Shin'ichiro HashizumeMay 12–16, 202515.5%836–40Tsuyoshi YanagawaMay 19–23, 202515.5%941–45Yuta NoguchiMay 26–30, 202515.8%1046–50Shin'ichiro HashizumeJune 2–6, 202515.8%1151–55Tsuyoshi YanagawaJune 9–13, 202516.0%1256–60June 16–20, 202516.0%1361–65Yuta NoguchiJune 23–27, 202516.2%1466–70Shin'ichiro HashizumeJune 30–July 4, 202516.9%1571–75Yuki SaharaJuly 7–11, 202516.1%1676–80Yuta NoguchiJuly 14–18, 202516.0%1780–85Tsuyoshi YanagawaJuly 21–25, 202516.4%1886–90Tatsuya OzakiJuly 28–August 1, 202516.6%1991–95Shin'ichiro HashizumeAugust 4–8, 202515.5%2096–100Yuki SaharaAugust 11–15, 202516.6%21101–105Yuta NoguchiAugust 18–22, 202516.6%22106–110Tsuyoshi Yanagawa and Ruri HidakaAugust 25–29, 202516.7%23111–115Tsuyoshi YanagawaSeptember 1–5, 202516.9%24116–120Shin'ichiro HashizumeSeptember 8–12, 202517.1%25121–125Shūsuke NakamuraSeptember 15–19, 202516.6%26126–130Tsuyoshi YanagawaSeptember 22–26, 202517.1%Average rating 16.1% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).

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