It has been announced that "Angel Flight," starring Ryoko Yonekura, which was released worldwide last year and became a hot topic, will be broadcast on NHK's "Saturday Drama" slot (General, Saturday 10pm) from May 3rd. The moving story of an international funeral repatriation officer was written by Ryota Kosawa, who has also written dramas such as "Legal High" and "The Confidence Man JP."
This work is a dramatization of "Angel Flight: International Funeral Home Specialist" by Ryoko Sasa, winner of the 10th Kaiko Takeshi Non-Fiction Award. It depicts the activities of international funeral home specialists who transport the bodies of Japanese people who died overseas back to Japan, and foreigners who died in Japan back to their home countries. Yonekura plays Izawa Nami, a strong-willed single mother and company president.
In addition to Yonekura, the cast includes Honoka Matsumoto, Yu Shirota, Yuma Yamoto, Kayo Noro, Yu Tokui, Tamiyo Kusakari, Osamu Mukai, and Kenichi Endo. The drama was re-edited from the work distributed on Amazon Prime Video in 2024 and was broadcast on NHK BS and BS Premium 4K for the first time.
Lead actress Yonekura commented, "I am very happy that 'Angel Flight' will be broadcast as a Saturday drama and that so many people will be able to watch it. This drama does not just deal with 'death'. Sometimes you will laugh, sometimes you will be moved, and sometimes you will cry. As you are taken on a roller coaster of various emotions, I am sure you will feel hope for the future. Be sure to watch 'Angel Flight' on Saturday nights!"
