The 40th episode of the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, titled "Leaving You Behind," will air on October 20th. While the stories that Mahiro (Yoshitaka) writes continue to be a hot topic at court, Emperor Ichijo (Shiono Akihisa) falls ill and an ominous atmosphere begins to spread.
The emperor behaves bravely in front of Empress Shoshi (Migami Ai), but when a fortune teller reports an ominous sign to Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku), the nobles gather momentum over the succession to the throne. As Mahiro accompanies Shoshi, who is worried about the emperor's condition, Michinaga arrives.
At this point, Shoshi reveals her feelings to Michinaga...
The trailer also shows Prince Itsada (later Emperor Sanjo, played by Kimura Tatsunari) asking, "Is the emperor really that bad?"
"Dear Radiance" is the 63rd taiga drama. It is set in aristocratic society in 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 script was written by Oishi Shizuka, who is writing a taiga drama for the second time since "Koumyo 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.
