Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu drama is a biography of her personal life.
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Rina Uchiyama
Masaru Nagai
Goro Noguchi
Kazuko Kato
Aki Maeda
Shinsuke Aoki
Gaku Hamada
Asahi Uchida
Yukari Onoe
Erina Hayase
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