On September 8th, actress Akari Takaishi attended the preview screening of the first week of the NHK morning drama "Asadora," in which Bakebake stars and which starts on September 29th, at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo. She spoke about the appeal of the script written by Mitsuhiko Fujiki.
When Fujiki was chosen to write the script for "Bakebake," he commented on the story's structure, saying, "I'm writing a story in which nothing happens." Regarding the script for this film, Takaishi revealed, "The life of the model, Setsu Koizumi, is a tough one, but the story is about her daily life with people who can laugh with her despite it all. At the beginning, you think a lot is going to happen, but halfway through, nothing really happens."
"When I had nothing left, I thought, 'Why are Fujiki's scripts so interesting?!'" she said, smiling. "They turn into something different and interesting from what I imagined, so I think this will be a Asadora filled with all kinds of interesting things."
Tommy Bastow, Ryo Yoshizawa, Takashi Okabe, and Chizuru Ikewaki also attended the press conference.
"Bakebake " is the story of a couple who, together with her foreign husband, love ghost stories and shed light on the "nameless people" who had been forgotten in Meiji-era Japan as it became increasingly Westernized, and who acted as spokespeople for them. Takaishi, who stars in the film, plays the heroine, Toki Matsuno , the daughter of a fallen samurai from Yakumo Koizumi, modeled after Lafcadio Hearn 's wife, Setsu. The script is written by Fujiki, who has worked on NHK's "Asagaya Sisters' Laid-Back Life" and WOWOW's "Shooting Break Series," among others.
