"Drama 1 Week" introduces the main drama news of the week. This time (July 19th to 25th), Ashida Mana will be playing Kuroyanagi Tetsuko in her youth in the drama "24 Hour TV 48", and Takako Matsu will be appearing as a "university student" in the drama series " Shiawase na Kekkon " starring Sadao Abe . We will cover these topics in two parts.
On July 23rd, it was revealed that Ashida Mana will be playing Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's youthful years in the drama special of "24 Hour TV 48" (Nippon TV), which will be broadcast on August 30th and 31st. The drama is based on Kuroyanagi's autobiographical essay "Totto no Kakuseicho" (Shincho Bunko), and depicts Kuroyanagi's youth from her days at girls' school, to her time at music school, and up until she became an exclusive NHK actress. Ashida said, "Kuroyanagi Tetsuko was always working hard, interested in many things, and pushing forward, and the more I got to know her, the more I found her sometimes beautiful, endearing, and very charming." "24 Hour TV 48 Drama Special" is scheduled to air around 9pm on August 30th.
On the 23rd, the new cast of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00am and others), starring Mio Imada , was announced on the official SNS, revealing that Todo Hinata will be making his first appearance in a Asadora as the up-and-coming director, lyricist and scriptwriter Rokuhara Eisuke. Rokuhara Eisuke is modeled after Nagai Rokusuke. He is a genius with a sudden spark, and he asks Taka (Takumi Kitamura) to design the stage art for the musical "Look Up at the Stars at Night". Todo commented, "Ever since I decided to become an actor, appearing in a Asadora has been one of my biggest goals. I will do my best in my performance!"
On the 23rd, it was revealed that the number of views of the first episode of the drama series " Ubai Ai, Manatsu " (TV Asahi, Friday 11:15pm *excluding some regions), starring Marika Matsumoto , which started on the 18th, exceeded 1 million views in three days (based on TVer DATA MARKETING calculations, period: July 19-21). The last episode of the first episode was a shocking development in which Manatsu ( Ken Yasuda ) kisses Yume (Yasuda Ken) while his wife is present, and time-leaps to the morning of the kiss, which became a hot topic on social media with comments from viewers such as "It's the first time we've seen a time-leaping affair, it's mind-blowing lol," "It's way off the wall!" and "There are so many things to point out, I love it."
On the 24th, it was revealed that Kaho and Takeuchi Ryoma will be co-starring in the TBS Tuesday drama "Jaa Anata ga Tsukute Miroyo" (Tuesdays at 10pm) which will air from October. The story is a romantic comedy about a girl who loses sight of herself by putting her lover first, and her patriarchal boyfriend who believes that "women should cook!" Kaho, who is starring in a TBS drama for the first time, plays Ayumi, a character who spares no effort to marry a high-spec man and live a stable life. For Takeuchi, this is his first lead role in a TBS drama in about six years since "Teseo no Fune", and his first lead role in a Tuesday drama. His role is that of a confident man who believes himself to be perfect and makes a perfect proposal to Ayumi, but...
On the 24th, the second episode of the drama series " Shiawase na Kekkon " (TV Asahi, Thursday 9pm) starring Sadao Abe was broadcast, and Takako Matsu's performance as a college student became a hot topic. Nerla (Matsu) told her husband Kotaro (Abe) the truth about the death of her ex-fiance, Fuse Yuto (Reo Tamaoki), 15 years ago. Nerla revealed that she and Fuse were in the same class at the University of the Arts. Matsu also acted in the flashback scenes of her time as a college student. Matsu is 48 years old, but she also played the role of 45-year-old Nerla as a college student, and on social media, there were many comments such as "Isn't college student Nerla too cute!?", "Takako Matsu Takako looks natural in college clothes," and "Matsu is amazing, she can easily go from college student to 45 years old."
On the 25th, it was revealed that the number of views of the first episode of "Shiawase na Kekkon " (broadcast on the 17th) on catch-up streaming exceeded 3.08 million views in one week (calculated by TVer DATA MARKETING: July 17th to 24th). This is the highest number of views ever for a program in TV Asahi's GP (golden prime) time slot, including variety shows. It has become a hot topic, ranking first overall on TVer and dominating the top spots on Netflix and TELASA.
On the 25th, the third volume of the novel series " UNBOUND (Berabou)" (NHK Publishing), a complete novelization of the NHK Taiga drama "UNBOUND (Berabou) - 3" starring Ryusei Yokohama , was released. Tsutaju, which has expanded to Nihonbashi, has a big hit with their yellow-covered book "Edo Nama Etsuki Kabayaki". Meanwhile, at the Tanuma residence in Edo, Tanuma Okitsugu and his eldest son, Ichi, are plotting to make Ezo a direct territory of the shogunate. However, Ichi is killed by the murderous blade of the samurai Sano Masanobu, who is tempted by a man who wants to bring down Okitsugu... 1760 yen.
