Dear Radiance: Yuriko Yoshitaka "Time is the best medicine of all" - Thoughts on Mahiro and Shumei's reunion after 20 years

The 46th episode of the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (General TV, Sunday 8pm and others), starring Yuriko Yoshitaka, "The Invasion of the Toi", was broadcast on December 1st, depicting Mahiro (Yoshitaka) and Shumei (Matsushita Kohei) reuniting for the first time in 20 years. Yoshitaka, who plays Mahiro, looked back on the episode, saying, "They were both so calm that I thought time was the best medicine of all." In the 46th episode, Mahiro sets off on her long-awaited journey and arrives at Dazaifu, where her late husband worked. There, she is reunited with Shumei, whom she had separated from in Echizen, and he tells her the truth about her disappearance. After that, Mahiro visits the government office with Shumei, who works as an interpreter, as her guide. There, she finds Sojumaru (Ito Kentaro) among the warriors training. Furthermore, she is told by Dazai Gonsoushi Takaie (Ryusei Ryo) that Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku) has given her certain instructions for Mahiro. Meanwhile, a national emergency unfolds. Yoshitaka-san talks about Mahiro and Shumei's reunion, saying, "It's been 20 years since we last met." She thinks it was a personal story. "It was nostalgic, and all the memories from back then came flooding back. I think it was like opening a treasure box that I didn't know if it was okay to open or not." She also thinks that the 20 years were "good medicine" for Mahiro and Shumei. "I think the best medicine of all is time, and I felt like the two of them were able to talk to each other calmly, with a sense of distance that felt like they had filled in the gaps that had existed until now, and they had become more mature." Yoshitaka-san also thinks that Mahiro "has never forgotten the sudden partings with the people they met, both Shumei and Naohide (played by Katsuya Maikuma)." "(When she met Shumei again) she was relieved and said, 'I see you're well,' so I think Mahiro probably spent her time thinking that he was alive somewhere. I think the two of them were at an unstoppable distance, a distance that could never be closed, and well, that happened (when Shumei tried to threaten Mahiro), but I don't know, I think time is great after all." "To You, Shining" is the 63rd taiga drama. Set in the aristocratic society of the mid-Heian period, the protagonist is Murasaki Shikibu (Mahiro), who later wrote "The Tale of Genji," said to be the oldest novel written by a woman in the world. The script was written by Oishi Shizuka, who is writing a taiga drama for the second time since "Koumei 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.