NHK的第64部晨间剧。1972年5月15日，冲绳从美军占领下回归日本的那天，冲绳小滨岛的古波藏家诞生了一个活泼的女孩，命名为惠里。在冲绳长大的她，高中毕业后前往东京，成为护士，并与小时候约定结婚的少年再次相见。担任护士的她，也不断思索，真正的医疗，要做的事应该是什么？

The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her two sons, Kazuya and Fumiya, from Tokyo come to stay as the guests of a small inn run by Eri’s family. Eri’s fun-loving, yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to hear one of the sons, Kazuya is terminally ill and Shizuko and her sons came to Okinawa to spend his last moment together in beautiful nature. Fumiya, Kazuya’s younger brother, and Eri promise to marry each other someday. However after Kazuya’s death, Fumiya and his mother leave the island to go back to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, Eri as a nurse and Fumiya, a doctor, working at the same hospital in Tokyo.

平成１３年（２００１）放送の連続テレビ小説・第６４作。沖縄・小浜島の美しい自然の中で育ったヒロインが、命の尊さや家族の絆を胸に、のびのびと大らかに成長していく姿を描いたドラマです。主人公の恵里は上京して看護師となり、そのひたむきな明るい生き方で、周りの人々に「南の島の潤い」を広げていきます。続編がパート４まで制作された異例の作品。番組から生まれたキャラクター・ゴーヤーマンも人気になりました。