The 42nd episode of the NHK Taiga drama "To You, Shining" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, "The Riverside Vow", will be broadcast on November 3rd. Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku) devises a plan to show off his power. However, something is wrong with his health...
In the palace, Michinaga and Emperor Sanjo (Kimura Tatsunari) are fighting for supremacy. Michinaga makes his daughter Kenshi (Kurazawa Anna) the Empress of Emperor Sanjo, but Emperor Sanjo declares that his long-time companion, Crown Princess Sukeko (Asakura Aki), will become the Empress. Meanwhile, while visiting her hometown, Mahiro (Yoshitaka) comes across her daughter Kenshi (Minami Sara) carrying the injured Sojumaru (Ito Kentaro)...
The preview shows Michinaga telling Mahiro, "You must not die before me."
"To You, Shining" is the 63rd taiga drama. It 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 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.
