Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

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Overview

Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu drama is a biography of her personal life.

Cast: Rina Uchiyama, Masaru Nagai, Goro Noguchi, Kazuko Kato, Aki Maeda, more

Director: Hirotsugu Takenoshita

Genres: Drama

Cast

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Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Overview

Cast

Rina Uchiyama

Masaru Nagai

Goro Noguchi

Kazuko Kato

Aki Maeda

Shinsuke Aoki

Gaku Hamada

Asahi Uchida

Yukari Onoe

Erina Hayase

Nami Ishibashi

Saki Takaoka

Kimiko Yo

Masahiko Tsugawa

Kyôko Kishida

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