Actor Ryoko Sakuma appeared on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) broadcast on January 31st. She talked about attending the Emmy Awards ceremony for her son Takehiro Hira.
I received a call from Takehiro, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the American drama "SHOGUN," asking me to attend the awards ceremony. I declined, saying I should attend with my wife, but my son's wife also encouraged me, saying, "Mother, please enjoy yourself." I said, "I'll go if you ask me so much, but since I'm in the same profession, I'll attend as a mother."
As a mother, I sat next to her. "It was a wonderful ceremony." "Being nominated is a wonderful honor," she said, but "I think she must have had a lot of hardships before that," and "I think she must have worked really hard."
