Ai yori aoku (1972)

Name: Ai yori aoku
Released: 1972
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Hiroko Maki, Shin'ya Ohwada, Hideo Takamatsu, Asao Sano, Harue Akagi

• Series, Drama

Casting: Hiroko Maki, Shin'ya Ohwada, Hideo Takamatsu, Asao Sano, Harue Akagi, Isao Bitō, Reiko Niimura, Kazuya Kosaka, Taiji Tonoyama, Mugihito, Shōbun Inoue
Countries: Japan
Status: Ended

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing business and a Chinese restaurant.