Oiesan

Oiesan

Oiesan

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Oiesan

2014

2h 4m

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Drama

Overview

Traces the rise of the company Suzuki Shoten from the 1880's to 1919. After the death of her husband, Yoni Suzuki and her general manager built the company from a small sugar importer into Japan's largest trading and manufacturing company.

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Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

The people behind it

Cast & crew

6 featured cast members

Starring

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Yone Suzuki, 'Oiesan'

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Naokichi Kaneko

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Iwajiro Suzuki

Saki Aibu

Saki Aibu

Sen

Tomoka Kurokawa

Tomoka Kurokawa

Tamaki

Pinko Izumi

Pinko Izumi

Ishi

Creative team

Directed by: Takayoshi Watanabe
Produced by: Nakama Toshihiko

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