The 41st episode of the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, "Yuragi", will be broadcast on October 27th. Due to the results of the House of Representatives election on the same day, the broadcast will start at 7:10pm on NHK General TV, 50 minutes earlier than usual.
A struggle for supremacy between the newly enthroned Emperor Sanjo (Kimura Tatsunari) and Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku) is already about to begin behind the scenes.
A struggle for rank between Michinaga's sons also comes to the surface. Meanwhile, Mahiro (Yoshitaka) comforts Akiko (Mikami Ai), who is grieving over the loss of the Emperor, and decides to hold a waka poetry gathering. Then, Kikyo (First Summer Uika) shows up uninvited.
Furthermore, at Mahiro's family home, her daughter Kenko (Minami Sara) and the young warrior Sojumaru (Ito Kentaro) begin to grow closer...
The trailer also shows Akiko (Takiuchi Kumi) angrily telling Michinaga, "You killed him!"
"Dear Radiance" is the 63rd taiga drama. It is set in aristocratic society in 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 script was written by Oishi Shizuka, who is writing a taiga drama for the second time since "Koumyo 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.
