The NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday at 8:00 a.m. and others) will air its sixth week, "Pain or Love?". In the 30th episode on May Getsuku, Nobu (Imada) attracts attention as a "mirror of patriotism."
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobuyuki (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 and arrived at "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
In the 30th episode, Nobu (Imada) suggested that the students at the Women's Normal School make comfort bags. The students are enthusiastic about the project, calling for donations on their days off. When the story is published in the newspaper with Nobu's photo, he attracts attention as a model of patriotism. Meanwhile, Takashi (Takumi Kitamura), who won an honorable mention in a design contest and received a prize, calls the Yanai family from a cafe in Ginza.
When Takashi hears from Chihiro (Motoki Nakazawa) that Nobu has been featured in the newspaper...
