Natsuko's Sake
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- Name
- Natsuko's Sake
- Creator
- Akira Oze.
- Language
- Japanese.
- Genre
- drama television series.
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• Name — Natsuko's Sake • Ja Kanji — 夏子の酒 • Ja Romaji — Natsuko no Sake
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• Type — manga • Author — Akira Oze • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Weekly Morning • First — 1988 • Last — 1991 • Volumes — 12
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• Type — drama • Network — Fuji Television • First — January 12, 1994 • Last — March 23, 1994 • Episodes — 11
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• Portal — yes Natsuko no Sake is a Japanese manga series by Akira Oze. It was adapted into a live-action television series in 1994. The story centers around Natsuko Saeki, a young woman trying to break into sake making, a business that is traditionally carried out by men. A prequel to the story by the same author, Natsu no Kura, tells the story of Natsuko's grandmother, Natsu.
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Natsuko Saeki, a young woman working for an advertising company in Tokyo, returns to her family's home in the countryside. There she finds her brother, Yasuo, searching for a "phantom" rice seed called tatsunishiki, rumored to create a new form of sake. He finds a few seeds, but after he passes away suddenly, Natsuko quits her job and begins working at the sake brewery to realize Yasuo's dream of making the best sake in Japan.
Characters
Characters
• Natsuko Saeki • Emi Wakui • Wataru Kusakabe • Masato Hagiwara • Saeko Hashimoto • Yuki Matsushita • Kazuko Saeki • Mayumi Wakamura • Gen • Hatsuo Yamaya • Araki • Ken Ishiguro • Shizue Tanaka • Mayumi Hasegawa • Yasuo Saeki • Kiichi Nakai
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1994
Natsuko's Sake began on 12 January 1994.
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Natsuko's Sake is credited to the author Akira Oze. Recorded as television series. Sake began on 12 January 1994.
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