oshin TV & The Story of Oshin (the anime)

[Master ArNab]

Hi ,

(Note: didn't get any hits , after doing a search here)

today i was looking for the Oshin TV show (1983-04-01) , 297 Episodes. It?s the best jdorama I have ever seen
http://www.nhkint.or.jp/activity/to_the_...hin_e.html

anyway ,

by accident i stumbled over this not so familiar anime title: The Story of Oshin
http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.asp.../did-7448/

it looks promising & i'm interested in buying it but i'm not 100% sure

so , has anyone seen The Story of Oshin (the anime)? how was it ?
is there any other releases?

oh !! , and i'm still looking for the DVD Box set for the TV Show : Oshin

I've only found the R2 DVDs (Japan Version), $_$
http://us.yesasia.com/kr/PrdDept.aspx/pi...rsion-all/

i've seen part of the show on TV in English dub , the dub was quite good , but I?d love to see it in its Original Japanese track with subs.
is there any English DVD Releases ?

it would be a dream come true if i find the whole show with the option to hear Jap audio + subs

any help would be greatly, immensely appreciated , thanks !


Edit:
I?ve found out that there is a Chinese version of this drama

And that was titled "Ah(1) Xin(4)".

Tried ebay , nada


Also from the studio that brought Oshin "NHK International".

There is this Drama called "Suzuran," ? never heard of it ?

http://www.nhkint.or.jp/us/history/contents_e.html