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The Best TV Shows on NHK G

Every NHK G Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1961 to 2007, NHK G offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Among NHK G’s finest offerings are Musume to Watashi and Ashita no Kaze, which debuted in 1961 and 1962, respectively. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of NHK G’s elite series, with our list refreshed for April 2025.

  • Hanekonma
    Hanekonma (1986)8.0

    Rin Tachibana, nicknamed Hanekonma, grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Together with her parents, her sister and brother, and her grandparents, the story revolves around the Tachibana family and Rin's life throughout many years.

  • Romansu
    Romansu (1984)2.0

    The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.

  • Musume to Watashi
    Musume to Watashi (1961)N/A

    A television serial that was in turn adapted from a radio series and a novel, My Daughter And I featured a Japanese novelist who is married to a French woman who have one daughter. The man and his daughter begin a new life when the woman dies. Having difficulty spending time with his daughter, the man sends his daughter to a Christian boarding school. He remarries and brings his daughter back home. After the end of the World War his lot improves professionally, yet his second wife dies.

  • Ashita no Kaze
    Ashita no Kaze (1962)N/A

    The 2nd NHK Asadora and the first Asadora to be broadcast in 15-minute episodes Monday through Saturday. Starring Fumiko Watanabe in a drama of a poor family after the war.

  • Akatsuki
    Akatsuki (1963)N/A

    The 3rd NHK Asadora. Starring Shin Saburi as a professor who quits the university to become a painter.

  • Tamayura
    Tamayura (1965)N/A

    The 5th NHK Asadora. Starring Chishuu Ryuu as an old man who begins to travel after he retires. From a story written for television by Yasunari Kawabata.

  • Ohanahan
    Ohanahan (1966)N/A

    The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a family by herself.

  • Ashita Koso
    Ashita Koso (1968)N/A

    The 8th NHK Asadora. Starring Yumiko Fujita in a family drama. The first Asadora filmed in color.

  • Nobuko to Obachan
    Nobuko to Obachan (1969)N/A

    The 9th NHK Asadora. Starring Naoko Otani as a young woman living with her grandmother.

  • Mayuko hitori
    Mayuko hitori (1971)N/A

    Kano is known as a "cocoon child" whose father is an agriculturist. Her mother disappeared when she was little and since then Kano has been wondering why her mother left her thus changing the shape of her life.

  • Hatoko no umi
    Hatoko no umi (1974)N/A

    A woman who lost her memory after experiencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

  • Hi no kuni ni
    Hi no kuni ni (1976)N/A

    The 18th NHK Asadora. Starring Keiko Suzuka about a woman who strives to become a landscape gardener.

  • Ichibanboshi
    Ichibanboshi (1977)N/A

    The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill. Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo Koshinkyoku" by Yuki Ryoichi.

  • Rinrin to
    Rinrin to (1990)N/A

    The 44th NHK Asadora about a man who developed an early television system.

  • Hirari
    Hirari (1992)N/A

    The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young and energetic girl. She loves the sports, sumo, very much and would like to find a career. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.in this field. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.

  • Onna wa dokyo
    Onna wa dokyo (1992)N/A

    The 47th NHK Asadora chronicles the conflicts between a woman and her step-daughter in a hot springs town.

  • Amakarashan
    Amakarashan (1997)N/A

    The 57th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama. Story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story about the conflicts between generations and the relationships within families. A strong mother-daughter theme and a sister-brother theme exist.

  • Ten urara
    Ten urara (1998)N/A

    This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a carpenter and building homes. The story takes place from the later part of the Showa era to present day Heisei rule. The heroine of the story, Kawashima Urara, lost her father at the tender age of seven and this drama depicts her life as she grows from a young school girl, through puberty and adolescence and on into her adult years as an independent woman who owns her own carpentry business. As Urara grows into a beautiful and strong woman and a talented carpenter, her family around her goes through many difficult and trying times. This story of becoming an independent businesswoman in the male-dominated world of carpentry accurately reflects the lives and struggles of the young women in present day Japan who are trying to make a career for themselves in addition to balancing the demands of family obligations, friends, and lovers.

  • Yanchakure
    Yanchakure (1998)N/A

    The 59th NHK Asadora Drama is Yanchakure. Location includes Osaka. In Osaka, "yanchakure" is a bit of an old word which is used to describe tomboyish or mischievous young girls. Mizushima Nagisa happens to be such a girl, that, no matter how well-intentioned her motives nor how hard she tries, Nagisa just seems to end up failing. In fact, she has failed at different things in her life so many times that she has come to see it as a source of personal strength, her philosophy being one of, "It's natural for a human being to fail many times in the course of their life and thanks to those failures we can become adults."

  • Dondo Hare
    Dondo Hare (2007)N/A

    Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki for his grandmother Katsuno's 77th birthday. While they are there, Katsuno, head okami of a famous ryokan in Morioka City, becomes ill and asks Masaki to return to run the ryokan. Natsumi returns to Yokohama and later Masaki visits, asking her to disregard their earlier plans to get married because he will return to Morioka as requested by Katsuno. However, Natsumi surprises him with a vow to become the ryokan's okami. Is Natsumi in for clear skies as suggested by the series name?