Agri

The 56th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Agri. Story's settings include Okayama and Tokyo (Ichigaya). This renzoku chronicles the life of a Showa period hairdresser, and is based on a true life story of Moshizuki Agri. Agri has worked for over 70 years as a beautician. She is a successful business woman who survived the war by becoming a farmer. During the war, going to the beauty salon was considered a frivolity, so many such businesses went bankrupt as Japan suffered from the energy spent as all the yen was fueled into the war effort.

Agri
AgriSeries

Details

First aired
7 Apr 1997
Seasons
1
Episodes
156
Last aired
4 Oct 1997
Genres
  • Drama
  • Family
Status
Ended
Network
NHK
Episode runtime
15 min
Countries
  • JP
Original language
ja
Original title
あぐり
Writers
Yûki Shimizu
Composer
Taro Iwashiro

Series