Churasan: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Churasan is a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her two sons, Kazuya and Fumiya, from Tokyo come to stay as the guests of a small inn run by Eri's family. Eri's fun-loving, yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to hear one of the sons, Kazuya is terminally ill and Shizuko and her sons came to Okinawa to spend his last moment together in beautiful nature. Fumiya, Kazuya's younger brother, and Eri promise to marry each other someday. However after Kazuya's death, Fumiya and his mother leave the island to go back to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, Eri as a nurse and Fumiya, a doctor, working at the same hospital in Tokyo.

Series details

• Title: Churasan
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Family
• Premiere date: 2001-04-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-01-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 16 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37401
• TVDB ID: 106361

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-04-02; final listed air date 2001-09-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-03-31; final listed air date 2003-05-05.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-09-13; final listed air date 2004-10-11.
• Season 4: premiered 2007-01-13; final listed air date 2007-01-20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Churasan 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.