In the early 1980s, the Japanese TV series "Ashin" was all the rage and left a deep impression on Chinese audiences. The story is adapted from real people and real events, depicting the difficult struggle of Ah Xin, the founder of Yaohan Supermarket, who has since become a representative of the "female struggle" known to women and children.
Ashin is played by Ayako Kobayashi (juvenile Ashin), Hiroko Tanaka (youth, middle-aged Ashin), and Otowa Nobuko (elderly Ashin). Years have passed, how are these three "Ashin" living?
Ayako Kobayashi marries an architect
Since starring in the childhood "Ashin", Ayako Kobayashi, born in 1972, has become a well-known child star and entered the film and television circle, and has successively filmed TV series such as "Fate" and "Cold and Warm Human Series". But she did not forget to study when she acted, and she went to the United States to study. Before 2003, she married an architect.
Hiroko Tanaka remained empress dowager after middle age
As a young man, Yuko Tanaka reached the peak of her career. Middle-aged Hiroko Tanaka is still active in the film industry, and mainland audiences can appreciate her outstanding acting skills from "Firefly" and "Night Fork" (both with Ken Takakura). At the beginning of 2006, Hiroko Tanaka won the title of queen of the 60th Mainichi Film Awards and the 30th Hochi Film Awards in Japan for "Fire" and "When is the Reading Day". Hiroko Tanaka later collaborated with Ryoko Hiromi on Tokyo Tower.
Nobuko Otowa has starred in 151 films
Born in 1925, Nobuko Otowa is an internationally renowned actress who has starred in 151 films. She studied Japanese dance and became a dancer. In 1953, he became a Japanese acting actor after starring in "Miniature", "Desire", and "A Woman's Life". In 1960, he starred in "Naked Island", which won the Grand Prize of the Moscow International Film Festival. Since then, she has successfully portrayed a series of women living in the lower classes, and in addition to winning the Best Actress Award in Japan several times, she also won the Best Actress Award at the 1980 Venice International Film Festival for "Hanging".