The 45th episode, "Habataki", of the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring Yoshitaka Yuriko, will be broadcast on November 24th. Mahiro (Yoshitaka)'s Tale of Genji is finally drawing to an end. One day, Mahiro's daughter, Katako (Sara Minami), asks her if she wants to serve at the palace...
Mahiro proposes to Katako that she serve Akiko (Ai Mikami), who has become the new empress dowager, in her place, and she decides to go on a journey, a lifelong dream of hers.
However, Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku) opposes this, and Mahiro finally reveals a secret about Katako. An unexpected reunion awaits Mahiro as she sets off on her journey. Meanwhile, Michinaga decides to become a monk. ...
There are four episodes left of the drama, including this one. The trailer shows Mahiro telling Michinaga, "I said my role is over," and Rinko (Kuroki Haru) saying, "That's because Fuji Shikibu is gone."
"Dear Radiance" is the 63rd taiga drama. Set in aristocratic society in the mid-Heian period, 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.