"Anpan" Episode 108: Viewers are captivated by the performance of Yumi Kawai, who Yuumi Kawai

The 108th episode of the NHK morning drama " Anpan " (General Asadora , Monday to Saturday, 8:00 AM and other times), starring Mio Imada, was broadcast on August 27th, and viewers were captivated by the performance of Yuumi Kawai, who plays Ranko.

Ranko puts on red lipstick and stares at herself in the mirror, remembering Yagi (Satoshi Tsumabuki) hanging there, a keepsake from Go (Kanata Hosoda), the man she once promised to marry.

Ranko lays down on the tatami mat and sighs deeply. She recites a poem by Takashi (played by Takumi Kitamura): "A faint stain spills over the top of my palm. When I hold it tight, a pale blue stain spreads across my palm, a distant memory," and a tear falls.

Afterwards, Nobu (Imada) and Meiko (Nanoka Hara) visit Ranko's house. Meiko asks, "Big sister Ranko, you look so pretty. Are you in love?" but Ranko denies it, saying, "No." She replies, "It's just lipstick. I'm just trying on some red lipstick, imitating Lauren Bacall." Even so, Meiko smiles and says, "That settles it. I wonder who the other person is," and Nobu also says, "Ranko, you're really pretty."

Comments on social media about Kawai's performance included, "Her acting gave me goosebumps," "Every day I was captivated by Yuumi Kawai's beauty and ethereal sexiness," "Yuumi Kawai's scenes were on another level," "I forgot it was a Asadora," "Ranko's scenes felt like a different drama...that's the amazing actress Kawai Yuumi Kawai is," "Even the timing of her shedding a tear was perfect," "Her expressiveness in scenes without lines was genius," and "I was mesmerized..."