The NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 a.m. and others), starring Mio Imada, will air its first week, "Humans are lonely." In the fifth episode on April 4th...
In the previous episode, Nobu ( Ryo Kase) learns that Yutaro (Kase Ryo) will be away on a business trip for a month, and while feeling lonely, she also worries about Takashi (Kimura Yuuki) now without his mother (Nanako Matsushima).
The day of Yutaro's departure. When Nobu came to see him off at the station, Yutaro told him, "Take your time to find your dream," and placed his soft hat on Nobu's head, who seemed reluctant to let go. Taku and Kusakichi (Sadao Abe) watched the father and son from afar. One night, one month later, the phone rang at Yanai Clinic...
In the fifth episode, the Asada family is in deep sorrow after Yutaro passes away. However, Nobu does not shed a single tear.
Hiroshi (Yutaka Takenouchi) gently tells Nobu, who is worried about how to cheer her up, that "that's what it means to live." The next day, Nobu, who was sitting expressionlessly in the living room, suddenly stands up and runs as fast as he can to the station. Nobu is out of breath and desperately searching for her father, when Taka, who is also at the station, approaches her and hands her a picture. When Nobu sees it...
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobu Komatsu(1918-1993), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman." It is a "story of love and courage" that will make you feel the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobody, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
