Warotenka

Details

 * Title: わろてんか
 * Title (romaji): Warotenka
 * Title (English): Laugh It Up!
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Drama
 * Episodes: 151
 * Viewership ratings: 20.1%
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-02 to 2018-Mar-31
 * Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00
 * Theme song: Ashita wa Doko Kara by Matsu Takako

Synopsis
The 97th NHK Asadora is about Ten, a cheerful girl born in Kyoto in the late Meiji period, who finds great joy in a life filled with laughter. After getting married, she and her husband launch a storytellers' hall management in Osaka, leading her to become the first woman to bring comedy into business in Japan. -- NHK

Cast

 * Aoi Wakana as Fujioka Ten (heroine)
 * Matsuzaka Tori as Kitamura Tokichi (Ten's husband)
 * Hamada Gaku as Takei Fuuta (Ten's cousin)
 * Takahashi Issei as Ino Shiori (young entrepreneur)
 * Endo Kenichi as Fujioka Gihee (Ten's father)
 * Suzuki Honami as Fujioka Shizu (Ten's mother)
 * Takeshita Keiko as Fujioka Hatsu (Ten's grandmother)
 * Chiba Yudai as Fujioka Shinichi (Ten's elder brother)
 * Hotta Mayu as Fujioka Rin (Ten's younger sister)
 * Tokunaga Eri as Toki (maid)
 * Suzuki Kyoka as Kitamura Tsueko (Tokichi's mother)
 * Okamoto Rei as Sugita Kaede
 * Hirose Alice as Hatano Ririko
 * Ohno Takuro as Keith
 * Maeno Tomoya (前野朋哉) as Asari
 * Fujii Takashi as Manjome Kichizo
 * Edamoto Moe (枝元萌) as Manjome Utako
 * Hyodo Taiki (兵動大樹) as Teragin
 * Uchiba Katsunori (内場勝則) as Kamei Shosuke
 * Arai Miu as young Ten
 * Suzuki Fuku as young Fuuta
 * Maeda Oshiro young Keith
 * Ono Fumie (小野文惠) as narrator

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Yoshida Tomoko
 * Executive Producer: Goto Takahisa
 * Producer: Hase Tomoki (長谷知記)
 * Director: Motoki Kazuhiro (本木一博), Higashiyama Mitsuhiro (東山充裕), Kawano Hideaki (川野秀昭)
 * Music: Yokoyama Masaru