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The Wind’s Song

DRAMA 2006 47 mins Episode(s): 1 english English
Commended, TV Drama Category, ABU Prize, 2010.

The Yagizawa family, made up of three generations, owns a hops farm in Furano, Hokkaido. But after appearing in a beer commercial for a new product, the young couple reveals they’ve been thinking of abandoning the farming business for good. Father and son constantly argue due to lifestyle differences, and daughter and mother-in-law begin to clash, threatening to tear apart the once harmonic family life in the three-generation household. Can they overcome their differences? Or will another traditional farm disappear? Set against the majestic beauty of rural Furano, family issues such as inheritance and relations with in-laws play out to great comical effect in this heart-warming drama.

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