The first episode of the drama series " Since I Took You Away " (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), starring actress Keiko Kitagawa , was broadcast on April 21st. In the episode, there is a scene where Hiromi (Kitagawa), who lost her young daughter in an accident, brings home Moeko, the daughter of the person he wanted revenge on, and the child actress who plays Moeko, Kurata Eima, became a hot topic.
◇The following contains spoilers.
In the first episode, Hiromi, who works as a cook at a nursery school and lives with her husband Keigo (Takahashi Mitsuomi) and their daughter Akari (Ishihara Shuma), buys pizza from the delicatessen "YUKI Deli" on Akari's third birthday. At night, after eating the pizza, Akari begins to suffer and dies despite being taken to the hospital. The cause of death is anaphylactic shock caused by shrimp. Hiromi confirms that the pizza does not contain shrimp, but the police investigation leaves it unclear how the allergenic ingredient ended up in the pizza.
After that, a press conference for "YUKI Deli" was held, and "YUKI Deli" was forced into bankruptcy due to the public's backlash, and the president, Asahi ( Nao Omori), and Kosuke Mochizuki (Michitaka Tsutsui), who set up the store with him, were forced to change jobs. Unable to bear the guilt and grief of losing his beloved daughter, Hiromi decided to divorce and live alone.
A year later, Hiromi was attending a cooking class. There, he met Asahi, the former president of "YUKI Deli," who was raising his eldest daughter, Ririko (Taira Yuna), a high school freshman, and his second daughter, Moeko, on his own. His grief at losing his daughter transformed into a desire for revenge, and he waited for an opportunity to make Asahi suffer the same pain. With a desire for revenge in his heart, Hiromi went to Asahi's house, but was seen by his tutor, Kumura (Abe Ryohei), and left the scene in his car. However, he was surprised to find Moeko in the car without his knowledge, and he took her back to his house and tried to kill her, but...
At the end of the video, Moeko gently strokes Hiromi's head, telling him not to cry, as he is unable to take Moeko's life, and Moeko also asks Hiromi, "Auntie, are you a mom?" On social media, many people focused on Eima, who plays Moeko. Comments such as "She's too cute," "The combination of Keiko Kitagawa and Kurata Eima is the best," and "I can't wait to see her acting" were posted, attracting a lot of attention.
Additionally, Eima played the role of Luca, the daughter of single father Kusumi Toshinao (played by Matsumura Hokuto), in the drama "Saionji-san Doesn't Do Housework" (TBS), which aired last year, which prompted comments such as, "So this is Saionji-san's next work?! It's Hitman...", "I'm surprised that she can now recite her lines clearly", and "It may be a different and more difficult role from Saionji-san's, but she's still cute".
