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Massan
Sign in to saveis a Japanese television drama series, the 91st Asadora (morning drama) broadcast daily on NHK from September 29, 2014, until March 28, 2015. Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, whom he met while studying abroad. American actress Charlotte Kate Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama opposite Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama as Masaharu Kameyama in a fictionalized account of Rita's travels to Japan and Taketsuru's attempts to begin the Nikka Whisky Distilling company. It is the first time that NHK's Asadora series has featured a non-Japanese
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★ 8.0Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad.
- Aired
- 2014–2015
- Seasons
- 2 · 152 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NHK G
- Genres
- Drama
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.nhk.or.jp/massan
- Image
- 130823Nikka Wisky Yoichi Distillery Hokkaido Japan18s3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Massan
- number of episodes
- 150
- end time
- 2015-03-28
- start time
- 2014-09-29
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6 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Osaka chapter (1st week - 15th week)
- Hokkaidō chapter (16th week - 25th week)
- Cast
- References
- External links
is a Japanese television drama series, the 91st Asadora (morning drama) broadcast daily on NHK from September 29, 2014, until March 28, 2015. Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, whom he met while studying abroad. American actress Charlotte Kate Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama opposite Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama as Masaharu Kameyama in a fictionalized account of Rita's travels to Japan and Taketsuru's attempts to begin the Nikka Whisky Distilling company. It is the first time that NHK's Asadora series has featured a non-Japanese actor in a lead role.
==Plot==