Churasan (2001)

Churasan 2001 / ちゅらさん 2001 / The Promise of the Chura Sea , Churasan Season 1

The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa, on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her two sons, Kazuya and Fumiya, come from Tokyo to stay as the guests of a small inn run by Eri’s family. Eri’s fun-loving yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to hear one of the sons, Kazuya, is terminally ill, and Shizuko and her sons come to Okinawa to spend their last moment together in beautiful nature. Fumiya, Kazuya’s younger brother, and Eri promise to marry each other someday. However, after Kazuya’s death, Fumiya and his mother leave the island to go back to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, Eri as a nurse and Fumiya, a doctor, working at the same hospital in Tokyo. (Source: D-addicts)