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* PlayingGertrude: Nobuko Otowa was actually 59 when she played 83-year-old Oshin in the present day scenes of the drama.



** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line".

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** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line".Line".
* UnderageCasting: Nobuko Otowa was actually 59 when she played 83-year-old Oshin in the present day scenes of the drama.
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** The sumo wrestler and later trainer Takaya "Takanosato" Toshihide was given the FanNickname "Oshin Yokozuna", as [[TheDeterminator he fought his way up]] to the rank of ''yokozuna'', [[IllBoy despite dealing with diabetes]].

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** The sumo wrestler and later trainer Takaya "Takanosato" Toshihide was given the FanNickname "Oshin Yokozuna", as [[TheDeterminator he fought his way up]] to the rank of ''yokozuna'', [[IllBoy despite dealing with diabetes]].diabetes.
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* DawsonCasting: YĆ«ko Tanaka was 28 when she played 16-year-old Oshin during the series.
** Ayako Kobayashi was eleven when she played seven-year-old Oshin in the series.
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* PlayingGertrude: Nobuko Otowa was actually 59 when she played 83-year-old Oshin in the present day scenes of the drama.
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** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line".
* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan was not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of [[TheEighties The (Early) 80s]] wasn't ready for it.

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** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line".
* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan was not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of [[TheEighties The (Early) 80s]] wasn't ready for it.
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* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan was not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of [[TheEighties The (Early) 80s]] wasn't ready for it.

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* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan was not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of [[TheEighties The (Early) 80s]] wasn't ready for it.
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* ReferencedBy: As an icon of Japanese media, it has been alluded to several times:

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* ReferencedBy: As an icon of Japanese media, it has been tends to get alluded to several times:a fair bit:



** The sumo wrestler and later trainer Takaya "Takanosato" Toshihide was given the FanNickname "Oshin Yokozuna", as [[TheDeterminator he fought his way up]] to the rank of ''yokozuna'', [[IllBoy despite dealing with diabetes]]
** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line"
* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan was not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of TheEighties wasn't ready for it.

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** The sumo wrestler and later trainer Takaya "Takanosato" Toshihide was given the FanNickname "Oshin Yokozuna", as [[TheDeterminator he fought his way up]] to the rank of ''yokozuna'', [[IllBoy despite dealing with diabetes]]
diabetes]].
** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line"
Line".
* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan was not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of TheEighties [[TheEighties The (Early) 80s]] wasn't ready for it.
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* ShoutOut: As an icon of Japanese media, several have been made:

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* ShoutOut: ReferencedBy: As an icon of Japanese media, it has been alluded to several have been made:times:
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* ShoutOut: As an icon of Japanese media, several have been made:
** In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', Tamaki refers to Haruhi as "Oshin", someone "sold to a mean master who'd overwork you and leave you crying into your pillow night after night." He also asks Haruhi if she subsisted "on rice and horseradish", one of the most often-seen meals in the show.
** The sumo wrestler and later trainer Takaya "Takanosato" Toshihide was given the FanNickname "Oshin Yokozuna", as [[TheDeterminator he fought his way up]] to the rank of ''yokozuna'', [[IllBoy despite dealing with diabetes]]
** A famous cruise line down the Mogami River was renamed the "Oshin Line"
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* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan was rather cynical and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of TheEighties wasn't ready for it.

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* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan was rather cynical not exactly rosey (i.e. it harshly criticizes its classism, abuse of the poor, harassment of early trade union groups, etc.) and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of TheEighties wasn't ready for it.
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* TooSoon: According to [[WordOfGod the script writer]], the series was this close to never be greenlit since its view of ImperialJapan was rather cynical and the TV stations feared that the Japanese society of TheEighties wasn't ready for it.

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