Hanekonma

Japanese TV-series
  • Yuki Saito
  • Kirin Kiki
  • Ken Watanabe
  • Nenji Kobayashi
  • Guts Ishimatsu
  • Shingo Yanagisawa
  • Shigeru Yazaki
  • Jun Miho
  • Eiko Nagashima
  • Hitomi Takahashi
  • Yurie Nitani
  • Tokue Hanasawa
  • Takeo Chii
  • Yumi Shirakawa
  • Yatsuko Tan'ami
  • Akira Yamanouchi
  • Kenji Sawada
Narrated byToshiyuki HosokawaTheme music composerShigeaki SaegusaCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of episodes156ProductionRunning time15 minutes (per episode)Production companyNHKOriginal releaseNetworkNHKReleaseApril 7 (1986-04-07) –
October 4, 1986 (1986-10-04)

Hanekonma (はね駒) is a 1986 Japanese television serial, the 36th NHK asadora drama. Written by Koharu Terauchi, it was inspired by the life of Haruko Isomura (1877-1918), a pioneer female newspaper reporter of the Meiji and Taishō eras.

Like its predecessor, Oshin, an English-subtitled version of the serial, described as a "high-class soapie", was broadcast in Australia on SBS, under the title Rin, in 1988.[1]

Plot

Tachibana Rin, nicknamed "Hanekonma" (filly), grows up in Sōma, Fukushima. Together she and her mother scrape up enough money for her to attend a Christian girls' school in Sendai, Miyagi. Though disowned by her father, she studies English and, after some early struggles, becomes a teacher. Later she marries and moves to Tokyo. After her husband's business fails, and while juggling raising a family, she succeeds in becoming Japan's first female newspaper reporter.

Development

Like a previous asadora early morning drama Oshin (1983), and a subsequent taiga evening drama Inochi (1988), Hanekonma reflected women’s history and was developed by NHK to appeal to female audiences.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Clark, Lucy (1987-12-27). "What's on the Menu for 1988 – A Big Bang, A Whimper then a Roar into Ratings". Sun Herald. Sydney. p. 99.
  2. ^ Harvey, Paul A. S. (1995). "Interpreting Oshin – war, history and women in modern Japan". In Skove, Lise; Moeran, Brian (eds.). Women and Media Consumption in Japan. Routledge. p. 89.
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