Season 1
S1 · E1 · Jan 5, 1986
Home Again Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Jan 12, 1986
Mother and Daughters Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Jan 19, 1986
Mother! Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Jan 26, 1986
Departure Episode 4
S1 · E5 · Feb 2, 1986
Chance Encounter Episode 5
S1 · E6 · Feb 9, 1986
Episode 6 Episode 6
S1 · E7 · Feb 16, 1986
Episode 7 Episode 7
S1 · E8 · Feb 23, 1986
Sisters Episode 8
S1 · E9 · Mar 2, 1986
Episode 9 Episode 9
S1 · E10 · Mar 9, 1986
Devoted to a Goal Episode 10
S1 · E11 · Mar 16, 1986
Graduation Episode 11
S1 · E12 · Mar 23, 1986
Homeward Bound Episode 12
S1 · E13 · Mar 30, 1986
Hope Episode 13
S1 · E14 · Apr 6, 1986
Father and Daughters Episode 14
S1 · E15 · Apr 13, 1986
Father of the Bride Episode 15
S1 · E16 · Apr 20, 1986
Episode 16 Episode 16
S1 · E17 · Apr 27, 1986
Episode 17 Episode 17
S1 · E18 · May 4, 1986
Episode 18 Episode 18
S1 · E19 · May 11, 1986
Reunion Episode 19
S1 · E20 · May 18, 1986
Farewell to Love Episode 20
S1 · E21 · May 25, 1986
A New Start Episode 21
S1 · E22 · Jun 1, 1986
Emotional Contact Episode 22
S1 · E23 · Jun 8, 1986
All You Need is Love Episode 23
S1 · E24 · Jun 15, 1986
The Wedding Episode 24
S1 · E25 · Jun 22, 1986
The New Bride Episode 25
S1 · E26 · Jun 29, 1986
Daughter-in-Law and Mother-in-Law Episode 26
S1 · E27 · Jul 6, 1986
Child who Waits for Mother Episode 27
S1 · E28 · Jul 13, 1986
A Time to Shine Episode 28
S1 · E29 · Jul 20, 1986
Run Sachi! Episode 29
S1 · E30 · Jul 27, 1986
Episode 30 Episode 30
S1 · E31 · Aug 3, 1986
Mother's Delicious Cooking Episode 31
S1 · E32 · Aug 10, 1986
To Tokyo Episode 32
S1 · E33 · Aug 17, 1986
Purpose of Life Episode 33
S1 · E34 · Aug 24, 1986
Loving Wife Episode 34
S1 · E35 · Aug 31, 1986
Goodbye Tsugaru Episode 35
S1 · E36 · Sep 7, 1986
Episode 36 Episode 36
S1 · E37 · Sep 14, 1986
A Woman's Happiness Episode 37
S1 · E38 · Sep 21, 1986
Two Women Episode 38
S1 · E39 · Sep 28, 1986
Episode 39 Episode 39
S1 · E40 · Oct 5, 1986
In Praise of Love Episode 40
S1 · E41 · Oct 12, 1986
Woman of Tsugaru Episode 41
S1 · E42 · Oct 19, 1986
Daughter-in-law's Duty Episode 42
S1 · E43 · Oct 26, 1986
Homesickness Episode 43
S1 · E44 · Nov 2, 1986
Definitely Tomorrow Episode 44
S1 · E45 · Nov 9, 1986
New Family Episode 45
S1 · E46 · Nov 16, 1986
Giving a Cancer Diagnosis Episode 46
S1 · E47 · Nov 23, 1986
Goodbye Friend Episode 47
S1 · E48 · Nov 30, 1986
Episode 48 Episode 48
S1 · E49 · Dec 7, 1986
Eternal Goodbye Episode 49
S1 · E50 · Dec 14, 1986
Final Episode: A New Life Episode 50
50 episodes in Season 1
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The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the train is Takahara Miki and her sister Sachi. Miki and Sachi are the daughters of a wealthy landlord living in a village in the Tsugaru area in Aomori prefecture, but they have been living in Tokyo since before the war to attend school. After seeing her village does not have a doctor, Miki is determined to become a rural doctor.
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Cast
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Iyoda Shizuhiro Director · Koichi Sakata Composer
Total runtime 41h 40m · Episode length 50 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
January 5, 1986
Final episode
December 14, 1986
Status
Ended
Network
NHK
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
41h 40m
Original language
Japanese
Production
NHK
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
いのち
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Some details come from TheTVDB.