The 12th episode of the NHK morning drama " Anpan " (General Asadora , Monday to Saturday at 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada, was broadcast on April 15th, and featured Hamao Noritaka.
" 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."
In the 12th episode, Nobu (Imada) is not allowed to participate in the bread-eating contest and says, "Girls are boring," and Taku (Takumi Kitamura) is at a loss for words.
The day of the festival. The Anpan, and young people gather in the square one after another. Among them are Chihiro (Motoki Nakazawa) and Go (Kanata Hosoda). The bread-eating race finally begins, and Nobu hurries to carry the Anpan. Then Taka leaves his sash in Nobu's hands and leaves. The final group starts, and coming from the back of the pack of runners is...
Hamao is known for his role as George Karisaki in the Kamen Rider series "Kamen Rider Revise" (2021-22). He will also appear in NHK's "Drama 10 'Ooku'" (2023) and the currently airing taiga drama "UNBOUND (Berabou)". In "Anpan", he played the grown-up version of Tagawa Iwao, Nobu's former classmate who set his sights on the new transfer student Taka and bullied him.
Starting from the 11th episode aired the previous day, Ichikawa Tomohiro, known for his roles as Kamen Rider Saikou/Yuri in "Kamen Rider Saber" (2020-2021), has been appearing in the drama as Lieutenant Takashima, making this the second consecutive day that a Kamen Rider actor has appeared.
