The lineup for Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi, Monday to Friday, 1:00 PM), which will air from August 4th to 8th, has been announced. On the 4th, actor Tetsuya Bessho will appear, on the 5th, actor Akiko Koyama, wife of the late film director Nagisa Oshima, on the 6th, singer Kenji Niinuma, on the 7th, talent and actor Saher Rose, and on the 8th, coordinator Taki Kato and her husband Masayuki Kurokawa will appear.
Bessho will soon be 60 years old. Her current concern is the distance between her and her daughter. She says that sometimes her daughter brings her boyfriend over, but she doesn't know what to do and ends up behaving suspiciously.
Koyama celebrated his 90th birthday in January this year. Last year, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and a heart disease and underwent treatment. Although he is not fully cured, he is in good health and is trying to do lots of fun things to boost his immunity.
Niinuma is a grandfather to two grandchildren. One of them is in the third grade of elementary school and wants to become an airplane mechanic. While he enjoys spending time with his grandchildren, he seems to be thinking more and more about his wife, who passed away 14 years ago.
Saher says she was homeless at one point, but she was able to go on to university thanks to her teachers who helped her with her studies outside of class, saying, "If you study, you can do it. There are no stupid kids out there."
Kato is 80 years old and has reached her "kanju" (80th birthday), while her husband Kurokawa is 88 years old and has reached his "beiju" (88th birthday). They say the secret to their continued friendship after 44 years of marriage is that they "stay in separate rooms." What is the "window of presence" that Kurokawa invented to prevent them from feeling lonely even when they are apart?
