the show attracted 89% of all Iranian TV viewers.

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My latest: Exploring how the Japanese soap opera Oshin took Iran by storm in the 1980s - and led to the main character's last name Tanakura becoming a Persian word and an enduring part of the urban fabric across the country:https://t.co/YBN3VbrnCw

— Alex Shams (@seyyedreza) February 19, 2021

In Iran, Oshin was aired every Saturday night at 9 pm. Its official title in Persian was Salhaye Dour az Khaneh, “Years away from home.” The streets emptied out as Iranians ran home to catch the latest episode, and it is estimated that the show attracted 89% of all Iranian TV viewers.

In the decades that followed, Japan rebuilt its economy to become one of the world’s most prosperous. Iran’s king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi increasingly saw its industrialization as a model for Iran, which he hoped would become the “Japan of West Asia.” 

Japan continued to inspire Iran as a model even after the 1979 Revolution. Japan represented an indigenous Asian superpower challenging Western economic hegemony without sacrificing its ancient cultural roots

すごいね。

実はおれ、みたことないんだけど、「おしん」 

てか、橋田作品ってたぶんほとんどみたことない。