Akatsuki (TV series)

Akatsuki
Genre	Drama
Composer	Ichirō Saitō
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
Production
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	April 1, 1963 (1963-04-01) – April 4, 1964 (1964-04-04)

Akatsuki (あかつき) is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 1963, and was broadcast until April 4, 1964.^[1] It was the third Asadora series broadcast on NHK.^[2] It starred Shin Saburi as a college professor who quit his job to try to become a painter.

Cast

• Shin Saburi as Shōnosuke Sada
• Michiko Araki as Toshiko Sada, Shōnosuke's wife
• Nobuo Tsukamoto as Shōzō Sada, Shōnosuke's eldest son
• Keiko Iida as Ayako Sada, Shōnosuke's eldest daughter
• Yoko Kawaguchi as Yoko Sada, Shōnosuke's second daughter
• Eiko Muramatsu as Chizu Sada
• Hisano Yamaoka as Akiko
• Kyûzô Kawabe as Nojima
• Ayako Hōshō as the Director's wife
• Minako Osanai as Hisako
• Jun Usami as Ōnishi

References

1. "Akatsuki" (in Japanese). Terebi Dorama Dētabēsu. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
2. "Renzoku terebi shōsetsu zen risuto: 1960 nendai" (in Japanese). NHK. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2014.