The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, the story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born on Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day 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 guests at a small inn run by Eri’s family. Eri’s fun-loving yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to learn that one of the sons, Kazuya, is terminally ill, and Shizuko and her sons came to Okinawa to spend his last moments together in the 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 return to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, with Eri as a nurse and Fumiya as a doctor, both working at the same hospital in Tokyo.
