Oshin: The gritty Japanese woman who gripped the world

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A little Japanese girl trudges home through a snowy blizzard – an iconic television scene from the 1980s that many around the world would remember.

It’s from the drama Oshin, which was a hit not just at home in Japan but also in more than 60 countries. Long before the age of Korean dramas and Crazy Rich Asians, it was that rare and unprecedented thing – an Asian global blockbuster.

Many loved the tale of Oshin, a girl who

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