The NHK nighttime drama "The Book Bought with Taxes," starring actor Daiken Okudaira(NHK General, Monday-Thursday 10:45 PM). In episode 14, airing on September 15th...
The drama is a human comedy based on the "library work manga" written by Zuino and illustrated by Kei Yamamoto, which is currently serialized in "Young Magazine" (Kodansha). This will be Okudaira's first time starring in a TV drama series, and he will play Kiichi Ishihira, a delinquent high school student.
In episode 14, Ishihira (Okudaira) is asked to help with a "stuffed animal sleepover" where children entrust their stuffed animals to her, and she takes pictures of them spending time at the "nighttime library."
I remember borrowing books from the library with my father when I was a child. Ishihira, along with Asano (Sayaka Isoyama) and Hayasemaru (Nanase Nishino), who are in charge of the children's books, comes up with ideas for photos that children would enjoy and takes pictures. After everyone has gone home, Ishihira sneaks into the empty library at night, and he hears eerie footsteps approaching.
