NHK's evening drama "Someday, in Zero Gravity Sky" (General TV, Monday to Thursday, 10:45 p.m.), starring actors Kiriyu Aso and Misato Morita, will enter its second week on September 15th.
The drama features four girls from the astronomy club who, in high school, shared their dream of "going to space together." As they grow up and go their separate ways, they suddenly reunite with their forgotten dreams. "If we had a micro-satellite, maybe even we could aim for space today..." Encouraged by their "older selves," they begin their second youth...
Kiryu will play the main character, Mochizuki Asuka, while Morita will play Hibino Hikari, whom Asuka reunites with. Other cast members include Katayama Yuki as Mizuhara Shu, a friend of Asuka and Hikari's in the astronomy club, Ito Marika as Kiuchi Haruko, and Daiken Okudaira as Kanazawa Sui, a university student in a space engineering lab. The drama is narrated by Tasuku Emoto.
In the second week, Asuka (Kiryu) reunites with his high school friend Hikari (Misato Morita) for the first time in 13 years and remembers the dream they once promised to each other: to go to space with the other members of the astronomy club.
Asuka suggests to Hikari, who has given up on her space challenge, "Let's build a micro-satellite together and use it to see the Earth from space." In an attempt to reunite the members of the astronomy club, Asuka tries to contact the free-spirited Amane (Katayama) and the reliable Haruko (Ito) after a long time, but... Scene cuts have also been released.
