The eighth episode of the NHK drama series "Drama 10 ' Shiawase wa tabete nete mate '" (General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Yuki Sakurai , was broadcast on May 20th, and some viewers reacted to the actor who played the younger version of Satoko (Sakurai)'s mother Keiko (Asaka Mayumi).
The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Tori Mizunagi. The main character, who is troubled by various issues such as health, work, apartments, and future plans, regains her mind and body through delicious medicinal food and the gentle human relationships of the housing complex, and realizes the happiness that is close to her and depends on her. It is a heartwarming story that will warm your heart.
The story depicts Satoko's mother, Keiko, who is unable to accept her illness, arriving at the apartment complex where Satoko lives one day.
Keiko lays out the prepared foods she has bought and offers them to Satoko, but they are all greasy dishes - gyoza, sweet and sour pork, hamburger steak, and shrimp gratin - and Satoko is left speechless, not least by Keiko's lack of understanding of her illness.
Later, Satoko visits Keiko to return her forgotten smartphone. Keiko happens to be playing house with her granddaughter, and Satoko, watching them, recalls that the side dishes that Keiko brought home the other day were all her favorite foods as a child...
In the same scene, a flashback shows her mother Keiko when she was young, played by Tezuka Mao. She is also known to fans as the daughter of Tezuka and Asaka, and viewers who noticed shared their thoughts on social media, such as "Oh, it's her real child!! Tezuka-san (lol)", "Although they don't have any scenes together, Asaka Mayumi and Tezuka Mao appear as mother and daughter", "In the flashback scene of Asaka Mayumi when she was young, her real child Tezuka Mao is used. Is this a direction to make them look similar?" and "I thought the actor playing Keiko (Asaka Mayumi) when she was young looked like Asaka... but it was actually her daughter Tezuka Mao playing the role. I like this kind of casting."
