The NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 am and others) will broadcast its third week, "What for? Born?". In the 13th episode on April 16th...
In the previous, 12th episode, Nobu (Imada) is not allowed to participate in the bread-eating contest and says, "Girls are boring," and Taku ( Takumi Kitamura) is at a loss for words.
The day of the festival. The Anpan, and young people gather in the square one after another. Among them are Chihiro (Motoki Nakazawa) and Go (Kanata Hosoda). The bread-eating race finally begins, and Nobu hurries to carry the Anpan. Then Taka leaves his sash in Nobu's hands and leaves. The final group starts, and coming from the back of the pack of runners is...
In the 13th episode, Nobu participated in the bread-eating contest, but finished in first place, but was disqualified. In front of Nobu, who was dejected, Takashi gets angry about being disqualified. Seeing him like that, Nobu realizes that Takashi has given up his place in the bread-eating contest.
At that moment, Chihiro, who had been promoted to first place, appears and hands over the radio to Nobu. In the morning, Nobu teaches radio exercises to her family. As Takashi watches, Nobu's eyes light up and she says, "I think I might have found it."
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobu Komatsu(1918-1993), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman." It is a "story of love and courage" that will make you feel the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobody, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
