The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?
Seasons and episodes
2 seasons · 160 episodes
Starring
Kasumi Arimura
Mineko Yatabe
- K
Kanau Miyahara
Chiyoko Yatabe
- Y
Yohei Okuda
Akira Matsushita
Ikko Furuya
Shigeru Yatabe
Ikki Sawamura
Minoru Yatabe
Honoka Matsumoto
Sumiko Nabatame
Yoshino Kimura
Miyoko Yatabe
Kazunobu Mineta
Muneo Koiwai
- R
Rai Takahashi
Susumu Yatabe
Yui Sakuma
Tokiko Sukegawa
Michiko Hada
Kimiko Sukegawa
Toshiya Tohyama
Shoji Sukegawa
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch Hiyokko?
- Hiyokko is not currently listed on a streaming service in the US. Use the country picker on the page to check other markets.
- How many seasons of Hiyokko are there?
- Hiyokko has 2 seasons and 160 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Hiyokko?
- Hiyokko has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 28, 2019.
- Who stars in Hiyokko?
- Hiyokko stars Kasumi Arimura, Kanau Miyahara, Yohei Okuda, Ikko Furuya, Ikki Sawamura.
