Chouchou-San: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Like the opera, the story is set in Nagasaki in the early 1900s. It portrays the ups and downs of a young woman known as Butterfly, who lost her parents at a young age and has become an apprentice geisha. She later meets a naval officer and gets married, though the officer intends for the marriage to last only while he is stationed in Nagasaki.

Series details

• Title: Chouchou-San
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2011-11-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-11-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 75 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37400
• TVDB ID: 263132

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-11-19; final listed air date 2011-11-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Chouchou-San 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.