* Title: あすか
* Title (romaji): Asuka
* Also known as: Sweet Ambition
* Genre: Asadora drama, human drama
* Episodes: 149 x 15 minute episodes
* Viewership ratings: Ep1=25.9, High=27.6, Avg=24.4
* Broadcast network: NHK
* Broadcast period: 1999-Oct-04 to 2000-Apr-01
Synopsis
The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candymaker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top candymaker in the male-dominated world of wagashi (Japanese confectionery).
Asuka grows to be a healthy, adventurous young girl with a deep curiosity and, a desire to become a candymaker like her father. This NHK drama is one of the best in years with an excellent cast, a well-developed story based on extensive research into the traditional worlds of candymaking and the tea ceremony in Kyoto, and beautiful scenery and settings in Kyoto and the surrounding areas. --- groink
Cast
* Takeuchi Yuko as Miyamoto Asuka (heroine, age 19)
o Enokizono Miho as Miyamoto Asuka (as a young girl)
* Fujioka Hiroshi as Miyamoto Rokutaro (Asuka's father)
* Konno Misako as Miyamoto Kyoko (Asuka's mother)
* Ashiya Gannosuke as Fujiyoshi Ganjiro (Kyoko's father)
* Arima Ineko (有馬稲子) as Fujiyoshi Shino (Kyoko's mother)
* Umezawa Tomio as Fujiyoshi Tamajiro (Kyoko's older brother)
* Natori Yuko as Ayase Hiroko (Mai's mother)
* Sato Hitomi as Ayase Mai (Asuka's cousin)
o Sugimoto Yuria (杉本友莉亜) as Ayase Mai (as a young girl)
* Fujiki Naohito as Hayata Shunsaku aka Professor (Asuka's childhood friend)
o Asari Yosuke as Hayata Shunsaku (as a young boy)
Ogiya Isshindo
* Inoue Charu as Kiyokawa Tetsuji (wagashi maker)
* Kunita Hideya (国田栄弥) as Enomoto Tomekichi (wagashi maker)
* Uchiba Katsunori (内場勝則) as Hattori Takeharu (wagashi maker)
* Fukumoto Shinichi as Tsurumi Jun (wagashi maker)
Kyoto
* Azuma Chizuru as Terashima Kiku
* Kaneda Ryunosuke (金田龍之介) as Matsuzaka Tahei (tea ceremony master)
* Kano Yukikazu (加納幸和) as Matsuzaka Saburota (Tahei's son)
* Brian Hulse as Michael Brown
Nara
* Mishima Yuriko (三島ゆり子) as Imamura Yoshimi (Ganjiro's sister)
* Murakami Shoji (村上ショージ) as Imamura Seiichi (Yoshimi's son)
* Mita Atsuko (三田篤子) as Imamura Michiyo (Seiichi's wife)
* Yamaguchi Tomomitsu as Batayan (childhood friend in Nara)
o Nakamura Hiroki (中村大輝) as Batayan (as a boy)
* Hirahata Keiji (平畠啓史) as Sanpei (childhood friend in Nara)
o Ishino Shinichiro (石野慎一郎) as Sanpei (as a boy)
* Oe Senri (大江千里) as Yamagiwa-sensei (Asuka's teacher)
Others
* Arimori Narimi as Segawa Yoko (CM consultant)
* Kakei Toshio as Hidaka Hideaki (business consultant)
* Ichida Hiromi (市田ひろみ) as Tamaki Sawako
* Koyanagi Keiko (小柳圭子) as Yone
* Asahina Kiyoko (朝比奈潔子) as Sada
* Sawamoto Tadao (沢本忠雄) as 御伊志堂
* Tsuyuno Goro (露の五郎) as Keigetsu
* 'Let's Go' Chosaku (レツゴー長作) as Shojikiya
* Kitami Yuiitsu (北見唯一) as Matsumoto Hiromatsu
* Seki Hideto (関秀人) as Irotoki Shigetsu
* Hironaka Maki (弘中麻紀) as Yoshiko
* Okamura Aki (岡村亜紀) as Yumi
* Oyama Rumi (大山ルミ) as Hitomi
* Yamanishi Atsushi (山西惇) as Sakabe Bu
* Momoyama Mitsuru (桃山みつる) as Gosho Chieko
* Mr. Okure (Mr.オクレ) as Kuwata
* Mineo Susumu (峯尾進) as Master Shiozaki
* Kasugai Seina
Production Credits
* Screenwriter: Suzuki Satoshi (鈴木聡)
* Director: Tamura Fumitaka (田村文孝)
* Music: Oshima Michiru
* Narrator: Arima Ineko (有馬稲子)
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