is a Japanese television drama series and the 114th Asadora series, following The Ghost Writer's Wife. The two protagonists are modeled after Chika Ozeki and Masa Suzuki, but their names have been changed as the series was produced as a work of fiction.
Plot
As Japan entered the new era of the Meiji period, the country began embracing various aspects of Western culture. One of these introductions was the concept of the "Trained Nurse." Rin Ichinose and Naomi Oya become pioneers in this field. As they grapple with the complexities of interacting with patients and doctors, the two frequently clash and struggle. However, through these challenges, they grow togetherâÂÂeventually evolving into the ultimate "buddy" duo.
Cast
Principal
- Ai Mikami as Rin Ichinose
- Juri Kosaka as Naomi Oya
Ichinose family
- Kazuki Kitamura as Shin'emon Ichinose, Rin's father
- Miki Mizuno as Mitsu Ichinose, Rin's mother
- Miu Hayasaka as Yasu Ichinose, Rin's sister
- Takashi Kobayashi as Yoshimasa Nakamura
The people of Tochigi
- Toranosuke Kobayashi as Kotaro Takeuchi
- Shiro Tsubuyaki as Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Kotaro's father
- Akiko Iwase as Sakae Takeuchi, Kotaro's mother
- Takahiro Miura as Kamekichi Okuda
- Toshie Negishi as Sada Okuda
- Miyuki Oshima as the proprietress of an eel restaurant
- Yumi Yoshitatsu as the proprietress of a Japanese confectionery shop
- Takuya (The Touch) as Shibata-ya
- Kazuya (The Touch) as Matsunaga-ya
- Taizo Harada as Zensaku Yoshie
- Anya Floris as Mary
The people of Tokyo
Umeoka Nursing School
- Erika Ikuta as Tae Tamada
- Akiko Kikuchi as Kiyo Izumi
- Tomo Nakai as Yuki Shinonome
- Aki Kigoshi as Shinobu Yanagita
- Rin Harashima as Tome Kudo
- Hyunri as Ei Matsui
- Shima Ise as Toshiko Kajiwara
Teito University Medical Hospital
- YÃ
«ta Furukawa as Masuo Imai
- Ryotaro Sakaguchi as Kunio Fujita
- Kinari Hirano as Katsuji Kurokawa
- Kanro Watanabe as Yukinari Watanabe
- Tsubaki Nekoze as Fuyu Nagata
- Jiro (Sissonne) as Kosuke Nagata
- Kazuki Iio as Mansaku Shibata
- Jiei Wakabayashi as Chuzo Maruyama
- Honoka Murakami as Yunagi
- Ayaka Higashino as Tsuya Miura
- Yoshihiro Nozoe as Yaichiro Sonobe
- Michitaka Tsutsui as Jutaro Tada
- Yukie Nakama as Chikako Izumi
Production
On January 24, 2025, NHK announced the production of its 114th Asadora, titled The Scent of the Wind. During the announcement, it was revealed that Ai Mikami would star as one of the two lead heroines. NHK also noted that the second heroine would be selected through an open audition process.
On June 3 of the same year, NHK held a follow-up press conference to announce that Juri Kosaka had been cast for the role, having been selected from a pool of 2,410 audition participants.
TV schedule
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