The 38th episode of the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, titled "Dazzling Darkness", will be broadcast on October 6th. Mahiro (Yoshitaka) is visited by Kikyou (First Summer Uika)...
Kikyou confesses her feelings about Mahiro's story, which has stole Emperor Ichijo's (Shiono Akihisa) attention from "The Pillow Book", which describes the memories of the late Empress Sadashi. Mahiro then begins to plan the next part of the story, but receives a new proposal from Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku)...
Meanwhile, evidence of a curse on Empress Shoshi (Migami Ai) and the prince is found, and Ise's (Miura Shohei) involvement is revealed.
The emperor consults with Michinaga and considers punishment, but...
"Dear Radiance" is the 63rd Taiga drama. The story is set in the aristocratic society of the mid-Heian period, and the protagonist is Murasaki Shikibu (Mahiro), who later wrote "The Tale of Genji," said to be the world's oldest novel written by a woman. The screenplay was written by Oishi Shizuka, who is writing a taiga drama for the second time since "Koumyou ga Tsuji" in 2006, and depicts the glittering world of Heian aristocrats and the life of a woman who lived, wrote, and loved with all her heart.
