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Sugako Hashida Drama Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (橋田壽賀子ドラマ 渡る世間は鬼ばかり) (Making It Through) is a Japanese television drama series which first aired on TBS in 1990.
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Title:渡る世間は鬼ばかりTitle (romaji):Wataru Seken wa Oni BakariAlso known as:Making It Through / Relentlessness is Found EverywhereFormat:Renzoku drama, across 10 seasonsWataru is based on the life of Okakura Daikichi, a father of five daughters. Daikichi owns Okakura, a 5-star Japanese restaurant most people can only dream of dining. The storylines are based on each of the five daughters' lives, ranging from bitchy mother-in-laws, the kids, their husbands, and so forth. The second oldest daugther is Kojima Satsuki...
The formatting of Wataru is very much like an American daytime drama (called a "soap opera") in that 1) it is continuous and never-ending, and 2) there are about a dozen or so different storylines going on in just a single season. For the average Japanese drama fan who is used to today's idol rom-com renzoku dramas, he would probably be turned off ...
Season 1:1990-Oct-11 to 1991-Sep-26 (49 eps, avg=18.2)Season 2:1993-Apr-15 to 1994-Mar-31 (49 eps, avg=23.8)Season 3:1996-Apr-04 to 1997-Mar-27 (50 eps, avg=26.6)Season 4:1998-Oct-01 to 1999-Sep-30 (51 eps, avg=24.7)Screenwriter: Hashida SugakoNarration: Ishizaka Koji(石坂浩二)Music: Haneda Kentaro(羽田健太郎)Production: Inoshita Yasuo (井下靖央), Kawamata Komei (川俣公明), Yoshikawa Atsushi(吉川厚志)To the native Japanese speaker, the conversational style of Wataruis very un-natural, which may explain its unpopularity towards younger viewers. The characters tend to speak in long monologues - i...Wataru is a highly recommended watch by teachers of the Japanese language, for beginning Japanese language students because the characters speak using keigo (polite use of kokugo, the national lang...The title Wataru Seken wa oni Bakariis a take-off on the proverb "Wataru seken ni oni wa nai," which means that you will find many kind people in the world. The title of the drama apparently means...Of all the prime-time Japanese dramas aired between 1984 and 2003, Wataru was the 5th highest rated drama (29.6 average, in 1997). Ironically, Wataru was also the highest rated drama NOT starring K...Hashida Sugako: Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari. Shueisha 1996. ISBN 4-08-748509-9Valaskivi, Katja: Wataru seken wa oni bakari. Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in a Japanese television drama. University of Jyväskylä 1995. ISBN 951-34-0644-XKIKU Show Listing (look for Making It Through)- Groink
Wataru seken wa oni bakari: With Pinko Izumi, Kôji Ishizaka, Mari Okonogi, Kazukiyo Nishikiori.
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A long ongoing drama series on TBS. [Daily Yomiuri, February 28, 2004, Wm. Penn]: Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari will be back April 1 at 9 p.m. on the TBS network. The series began in 1990 and is returning for its seventh season, making it one of the more venerable programs on air.
WATARU SEKEN WA ONI BAKARI (JAPAN TV DRAMA) 放送終了。. ありがとうございました!!清水由紀 『渡る世間は鬼ばかり』2週連続2時間スペシャルに出演します!!
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