The NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " starring Mio Imada (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 am and others) will broadcast its fifth week, "Life is a game of happiness." In the 21st episode on April 28th...
In the previous 20th episode, the fortunes of Nobu (Imada) and Takashi ( Takumi Kitamura), who took the exam, are decidedly different.
In the quiet Yanai household, Takashi bows to Hiroshi (Yutaka Takenouchi) and the others. At that moment, Nobu and Kusakichi (Sadao Abe) arrive to deliver Anpan. Nobu says that the Asada family eats Anpan whether they're happy or sad, and Tomiko (Nanako Matsushima)... The next morning, Takashi chases after Tomiko as she is leaving Gomenyocho. Takashi then asks Kusakichi why he was born, and that night he doesn't return home... and so the story unfolds.
In the 21st episode, in 1936, Nobu enters the dormitory of the Women's Normal School, seen off by her family and Takashi.
Nobu and Usako (Shida Sara) are frightened by the strictness of their militaristic homeroom teacher Yukiko Kuroi(Kumi Takiuchi ) and the seniors. This completely changes Nobu's life. Meanwhile, Taku, a student preparing to enter high school, hears Chihiro (Motoki Nakazawa) talk about his passionate thoughts about the future. Suddenly, Taku screams out what is on his mind. Inspired by Chihiro, Taku finally lets out his true feelings about what he wants to do. ...
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobuyuki (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 and arrived at "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
