99 Years of Love - Japanese Americans: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story follows a family of Japanese immigrants who crossed over to America 99 years ago. Kusanagi plays both the young Hiramatsu Chokichi (later taken over by Nakai) and his son, Ichiro. When the war breaks out the Japanese immigrants face racism and segregation. Ichiro pledges his alliance to America and gets sent to Europe, second son Jiro stays back with Ichiro's beloved Shinobu (who he has a crush on) and tries to protect his parents' farm. Their two sisters Shizu and Sachie are sent back to Japan and have to experience the horrors of war, one in Hiroshima and the other in Okinawa.

Series details

• Title: 99 Years of Love - Japanese Americans
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, War, History
• Premiere date: 2010-11-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-11-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 115 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17709
• IMDb ID: tt1602094
• TVDB ID: 204761

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-11-03; final listed air date 2010-11-07; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from 99 Years of Love - Japanese Americans on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.