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Madame Butterfly
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Madame Butterfly

2011-11-19 · 74 min / episode · Not rated

Drama

Like the opera, the story is set in Nagasaki in the early 1900s. It portrays the ups and downs of a young woman known as Butterfly, who lost her parents at a young age and has become an apprentice geisha. She later meets a naval officer and gets married, though the officer intends for the marriage to last only while he is stationed in Nagasaki.

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Creators
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Production companies
NHK Enterprises, NHK
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Aoi MiyazakiAoi MiyazakiIto Cho
Atsushi ItoAtsushi ItoTanigawa Isaku
Ethan LaundryWilliam Franklin
Keiko TodaKeiko TodaMatsu
Rie TomosakaRie TomosakaMiura Kinu
Ryo IwamatsuRyo IwamatsuOhta Kisaburo
Yumiko TakahashiYumiko TakahashiOtaka
Konishi Fuyoung Cho
Kaoru OkunukiKaoru OkunukiIto Yae
Toru KazamaToru KazamaMiura Kanji
Patrick HarlanPatrick Harlansurgeon
Jay KabiraJay KabiraJoe Franklin
Satomi AchiwaSatomi AchiwaTome
Kenichi YajimaKenichi YajimaGoda Hanbee
Jiro DanJiro DanYasuke
Junya Aokiyoung Isaku
Hideki NodaHideki Nodaold Isaku

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