The 44th episode of the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, "A Night of the Full Moon", was broadcast on November 17th. In the episode, Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku) rises to the position of regent, but decides to hand over the position to his son Yorimichi (Watanabe Keisuke). "After that, I think I was able to relax," Emoto, who plays Michinaga, said in his thoughts.
In the 44th episode, Michinaga becomes regent and also serves as the Minister of the Left, but before long, the nobility begin to think that power is concentrated in Michinaga. And Michinaga, who had been urging Emperor Sanjo (Kimura Tatsunari) to abdicate, is now in a position where he is asked to leave his position as the Minister of the Left. Emoto believes that Michinaga "must have had some discomfort somewhere (about the concentration of power)."
As a result, Michinaga decides to step down as regent and left minister, but Emoto speculates on what Michinaga is thinking, saying, "Of course, there are things like Yorimichi being unreliable for the time being (laughs), but I think he'll feel quite relaxed." On top of that, he also has high hopes for Yorimichi's "straightforwardness," to whom he has entrusted the future. Citing the example of Yorimichi refusing to marry Emperor Sanjo's daughter, saying "no," he revealed, "I think (Michinaga) appreciates that kind of purity," but also revealed his true feelings as a father, saying, "However, because he is so pure, when it comes to policies and things like that, I feel that even though he made her regent, he may have quite a few unreliable aspects." "To You, Shining" is the 63rd taiga drama. Set in the aristocratic society of the mid-Heian period, 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 will be 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.
