The fifth episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on April 4th, and viewers were drawn to the performance of child actor Yuzuna Nagase, who plays the childhood version of the main character, Nobu.
In the fifth episode, Nobu's father, Yutaro ( Ryo Kase), passes away and the Asada family is in deep sorrow. However, Nobu does not shed a single tear.
Even at school, Nobu seems like a different person because he has no energy. When Taku (Kimura Yuuki) worries about whether there is anything he can do to help Nobu, his uncle Hiroshi (Yutaka Takenouchi) tells him, "That's something that even doctors can't cure. The only medicine is time." "Living is sad. Living is painful. Living is good, and one day you'll get better and be able to laugh."
At Nobu's house, his grandfather Kamaji (Kotaro Yoshida) was carving Yutaro's name on the tombstone. Sitting in the living room, gazing at Yutaro's soft hat, Nobu suddenly stood up, ran out of the house and started running barefoot. He got up even after falling, and arrived at the station out of breath. He desperately looked for Yutaro among the people getting off the train.
Taku, who happened to be at the station, showed Nobu a drawing. It depicted Yutaro putting a soft hat on Nobu's head at the station, a scene Taku had seen before. Tears welled up in Nobu's eyes, and she hugged the sketchbook, saying, "Dad..."
Comments on social media about Yuzuna's acting included, "The child actor's acting had me in tears this morning," "She's such a genius child actor," "Chibi Nobu's convincing acting was amazing," "She seems more like a real actor than a child actor," and "Why are child actors in Asadora so good at acting?"
