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A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK.
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Joe Odagiri Sadawo Abe Kotaro Yoshida Shosuke Tanihara Mitsu Dan Mimura Miyabi Matsuura Takahiro Fujimoto Mayu Matsuoka Mitsuko Kusabue Hiroshi Tachi Eiji Okuda Miori Takimoto Ken'ichi Yajima Yoshio Inoue Masao Kusakari Akaji Maro Masato Hagiwara Ran Ito Jun Kunimura Kazuyoshi Kushida Shirō Itō Masanobu Takashima Yuya Takagawa Akira Takarada Go Riju
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