Hiyokko — Season 1, Episode 1: Week 01 - Dad Is Coming Home!

About Hiyokko

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?

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Week 01 - Dad Is Coming Home!
• E3Week 01 - Dad Is Coming Home!
• E4Week 01 - Dad Is Coming Home!
• E5Week 01 - Dad Is Coming Home!
• E6Week 01 - Dad Is Coming Home!
• E7Week 02 - We Don't Want To Cry, We Will Smile
• E8Week 02 - We Don't Want To Cry, We Will Smile
• E9Week 02 - We Don't Want To Cry, We Will Smile
• E10Week 02 - We Don't Want To Cry, We Will Smile
• E11Week 02 - We Don't Want To Cry, We Will Smile
• E12Week 02 - We Don't Want To Cry, We Will Smile
• E13Week 03 - Run Towards Tomorrow!