The NHK drama series "Hitori de Shinitai" (General TV, Saturday 10pm) starring actress Haruka Ayase will start on June 21st. The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Kaoru Curryzawa, which has been praised as a "gag manga about end-of-life planning that you can laugh at while reading," and is an unprecedented socially conscious comedy about end-of-life planning.
The drama's protagonist is Yamaguchi Narumi, an unmarried, childless woman played by Ayase. Narumi, who had been enjoying her life alone, begins looking for a husband after her aunt, whom she had always admired, dies alone, but her search for a husband is thwarted. From there, she makes a 180-degree turn and begins thinking about preparing for the end of her life. The script is written by Omori Mika, who wrote the Asadora"Asa ga Kita" in the latter half of 2015 and the taiga drama "Seiten wo Tsuke" in 2021.
Sano Hayato plays Nasuda Yuya, a "complicated guy" who is Narumi's colleague and has feelings for Narumi, while Hayato Sano plays Yamaguchi Mitsuko, Narumi's aunt who is discovered in an unexpected state and shocks Narumi. Koseki Yuta plays Yamaguchi Satoshi, Narumi's younger brother, Yamaguchi Mayu, Tsunematsu Yuri plays Yamaguchi Mayu, Satoshi's wife who is a sparkling social media girl, and Mitsushima Shinnosuke plays Kawakami Kentaro, an insurance company employee and Narumi's ex-boyfriend who she dated until she was 24 years old.
The subtitle of the first episode is "39 years old, x Marriage hunting, x End-of-life preparations have begun," and it foreshadows, "A single woman in her 40s preparing for the end of her life!?"
