It has been announced that the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring actress Yoshitaka Yuriko, wrapped up filming on October 25th. Yoshitaka, who plays the main character Mahiro (Murasaki Shikibu), commented, "For the year and a half that I was filming 'Hikaru Kimi e', I looked forward to coming to the set every day and it had become part of my daily routine. Now I realize that from tomorrow that 'daily routine' will be replaced by the word 'memories', and it's hard to accept it."
"Playing the lead role in a Taiga drama is something you can only do once in your lifetime, and the set of 'Hikaru Kimi e' was the only 'miracle' I've ever had in my life. I was so happy that I felt like I used up all the happiness I had in my life. I'm deeply moved to be able to savor each and every day and reach today. Thank you very much."
"Dear Radiance" is the 63rd Taiga drama. The story is set in the aristocratic society of the mid-Heian period, and the protagonist is Murasaki Shikibu (Mahiro), who later wrote "The Tale of Genji," said to be the world's oldest novel written by a woman. The screenplay was written by Oishi Shizuka, who is writing a taiga drama for the second time since "Koumyou ga Tsuji" in 2006, and depicts the glittering world of Heian aristocrats and the life of a woman who lived, wrote, and loved with all her heart.
