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. The station announced this.
Emoto Tasuku, who plays Fujiwara no Michinaga, showed off his shaved head. He commented, "The 'Hikaru Kimi e' team was made up of wonderful people, and it was always a warm and cheerful set. I was really happy to be able to take part in a production that made me think, 'this is a really interesting drama,' even though I was in it, and it all went by in a flash. I spent a year and a half in Fujiwara no Michinaga's life, and although it was a quick journey, I really feel like I was able to relive that time. I think it was the consensus of the staff and cast, but even now that filming has finished, I still feel that 'I'm glad it was Yoshitaka Yuriko who played the role of Murasaki Shikibu. Thank you very much."
"Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" 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.
