A compilation of the NHK Asadora drama "The Tiger and Her Wings" starring Sari Ito will be broadcast on NHK General TV and BS Premium 4K from 7:20 am on December 30th. The compilation will be divided into two parts. Over the course of about three hours, you can look back on the turbulent life of a female lawyer who lived through a turbulent era.
"The Tiger and Her Wings" is an original story based on the life of Yoshiko Mibuchi (1914-1984), Japan's first female lawyer and later judge. It depicts the heroine and her companions carving out a path in difficult times and rescuing lost children and cornered women.
This is the first time in 28 years since "Himawari" in the first half of 1996 that a Asadora will have a "legal" story. The script is written by Yoshida Erika, who is popularly known as "Cherry Magic" and has worked on such dramas as "It Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! " (TV Tokyo) and "Futari wa Koisenu" (NHK). The theme song is "Sayonara Mata Itsuka!" written by singer Yonezu Kenshi, and the narration is by Machiko Ono, who played the heroine in the Asadora "Carnation" in the second half of 2011, which also attracted attention.
Also appearing alongside Ito in the main supporting cast are Ishida Yuriko, Okabe Takashi, Nakano Taiga, Misato Morita Nozomi, Kamikawa Shusaku, Doi Shiori, Yuki Sakurai, Hiraiwa Kami, Ha Yeon Soo, Junki Tozuka , Tozuka Junki, Matsuyama Kenichi, Kobayashi Kaoru, Kenichi Takito Masaki Okada , Takito Kenichi, and Sawamura Ikki.
The first part of the compilation will be broadcast from 7:20am to 8:45am on December 30th, and the second part will be broadcast from 8:45am to 10:10am.
