Actress Noriko Eguchi appeared at the fan appreciation event for the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan" (NHK General TV, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM and other times) held in Kochi Prefecture on September 6th. Eguchi, who plays the heroine's mother, Hatako, said, "After nearly a year of filming ' Anpan,' what I remember most is the Asada family. I can't forget the faces of all those people - Kamajii, Kurabaa, Go-chan, and sometimes Yam-san - and I feel glad to have become a mother to three daughters. I was surprised at how much love there was. Thank you so much, everyone."
There were approximately 4,400 applications for the event that day. The winning ratio was about 10 to 1, and about 900 "local fans" attended the venue. In addition to Hara, Mio Imada, who plays Nobu, and Nanoka Hara, who plays Meiko, also appeared.
Eguchi revealed what goes on behind the scenes of filming, saying, "I'm grateful that Mikal Hatako made people laugh so much. Many fans have asked me about my acting, saying, 'Was that ad-libbed?' but it was all according to the script, and the chief director guided me every time, asking, 'How do you like this kind of acting?'"
The event will be broadcast and streamed on NHK General TV (for the Shikoku region) from 8:15 a.m. on September 20th, and on NHK General TV and World Premium from 6:10 a.m. on the 23rd.
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book author who created "Anpanman," and his wife, Nobu (1918-1993). It is a "story of love and courage" that will fill you with the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."
