Yamato Nadeshiko: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Matsushima Nanako grew up in a very poor family and is thus determined to marry a rich man so that she will never have to go through poverty ever again, and is named the "gokon queen" in her quest to find her man. Tsutsumi Shinichi is a brilliant academic (Fields prize winner - Nobel Prize equivalent in Mathematics) who gave up his studies to take over his deceased father's fish-shop. They meet through a doctor's "gokon" (group date) and she falls in love with him under the mistaken assumption that he is a very rich man...

Series details

• Title: Yamato Nadeshiko
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2000-10-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37498
• TVDB ID: 82334

Cast and credited roles

• Nanako Matsushima — Sakurako Jinno
• Shinichi Tsutsumi — Osuke Nakahara

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-10-09; final listed air date 2000-12-18.

Source and licence

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