Yanchakure (1998)

Yanchakure 1998 / やんちゃくれ 1998 /

Set in Osaka from 1977 to 1999, this is the story of Nagisa one young woman coming of age in a small but long-established family of shipbuilders located along the Yodo River that flows through the city of Osaka. Nagisa goes to a traditional all-girls high school and participates in the rowing club. Nagisa's picture is run by a sports paper after she wins a local competition resulting in severe punishment by her school. Nagisa goes on to work at the sports paper and there, on an interview assignment, she meets the Olympic cyclist, Ooba Takashi and falls in love. From there Nagisa's life takes some dramatic twists and turns promising to keep audiences tuning in daily. Once again NHK tackles important issues for women in modern Japan in this drama; early marriage, divorce, self-discovery, work, family and finding one's place as a woman in the shifting tides of Japanese society. (Source: DramaWiki)