The TV Heroine Is a Christian
Home use DVD. The NHK TV Asadora year-long morning drama program (daily for 15 minutes, repeated in the afternoon) often has fictionalized stories of the lives of historical women in Japan. Some heroines have been Christians whose lives and thinking were influenced by the Bible. This DVD focuses on three of those women: (1.) Asako Hirooka (1849-1919) was the model for the heroine in the program Asa ga Kita. She born into a wealthy merchant family and fought social expectations of her role and championed women’s education and rights. She developed a coal mining business and financial services for women that eventually became a bank and an insurance company. At age 60 she became a Christian and promoted the Osaka YWCA and evangelism. She greatly influenced Hanako Muraoka. (2.) Hanako Muraoka (1893-1968) translated Ann of Green Gables and other children’s literature into Japanese and was the model for the heroine of the program Hanako to An. She studied English at Toyo Eiwa Girls School (Methodist). She became a children’s author and radio broadcaster of children’s programs. She barely rescued her translation of Ann of Green Gables from the WW2 bombing of Tokyo. She had a strong Christian faith that is reflected in her novels. (3.) Rita Taketsuru (1896-1961) was the model for the heroine in the program Massan. She was born Jesse Roberta Cowan in Scotland where she met Masataka Taketsuru and married him. She came to Japan and supported her husband in his drive to open the first whisky distillery in Japan. She endured public hostility during WW2 as a foreigner even though she was a naturalized Japanese. She was known as a devout Christian who left her mark on many people and the town of Yoichi in Hokkaido where a school and a street are named after her.
| Issued date: | 2016/03/03 |
| code: | 49048 |
| Price: | ¥2,090(tax included) |