Emoto Tasuku plays Tasuku Emoto no Michinaga in the NHK Taiga drama "Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" (NHK General TV, Sundays at 8pm and others), starring Fujiwara no Michinaga . He visited Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, for the location shoot of the NHK program "Michinaga Walk." On the trip to relax after a long period of filming, he experienced the beautiful scenery along the shores of Lake Biwa and came across an anecdote related to Michinaga while touring famous places and historical sites associated with the Heian period. The program will be broadcast nationwide on NHK General TV from 4:23pm on December 29th.
Emoto, who visited Mii-dera Temple for the first time and also toured Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, said, "This time, we were on location for a program called 'Michinaga Sanpo' and I had the opportunity to take my time touring the famous sites in Otsu City that are associated with the Heian period."
"Visiting places like Miidera Temple and Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, which have been revered since Fujiwara no Michinaga was alive, I was able to feel Michinaga's presence close to me along with his eternal history, and it was very moving," he revealed, and appealed to viewers, "The final episode of ' To Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)' will soon be aired, but thanks to this journey I have been able to prepare myself mentally for the conclusion. I hope you will keep your eyes on this production, which was created with the utmost care and love over a year and a half by many cast and staff members, until the very end."
"Dear Radiance (Hikaru Kimi e)" 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 Komyo ga Tsuji" in 2006, and depicts the glittering world of the Heian aristocracy and the life of a woman who lived, wrote, and loved with all her heart.
The final episode (episode 48), "Monogatari no Saki ni (Beyond the Story)", will be broadcast on December 15th with an extended 15 minutes.
