The fifth episode of the drama series "Angel Flight" starring Ryoko Yonekura will be broadcast on NHK General TV from 10:00 pm on May 31st. The subtitle of the episode is "Nami vs. the Ultimate Villain." Lily (Wakana Matsumoto), who was once known as a suspected woman for insurance murder, returns to Japan as the second wife of a Moroccan billionaire.
Shortly after, her husband drowns in a Tokyo hotel, and Lily is suspected again, causing a public uproar. Nami (Yonekura), who is in charge of transporting the husband's body, comes into contact with Lily, but notices the complicated feelings hidden behind her arrogant attitude.
Did Lily murder her husband? Along with that mystery, the truth behind the death of Yukito (Osamu Mukai), which Nami had kept hidden until now, will be revealed.
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.
