The NHK Asadora drama series "Bakebake " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , will begin airing on September 29th in the second half of 2025.
" Bakebake" is the 113th morning Asadora. Based on the story of Yakumo Koizumi(Lafcadio Hearn) and his wife Setsu, the story follows a couple, with a love of ghost stories, as they go about their everyday lives together with their foreign husband. Takaishi plays the main character, Toki Matsuno, while Tommy Bastow plays Toki's husband, Lefkada Heaven.
The story is not based on an original novel, but is an original work by screenwriter Fujiki Mitsuhiko, who has worked on NHK's drama "Asagaya Sisters' Laid-Back Life" and WOWOW's "Shooting Break Series."
The music will be provided by Kensuke Ushio , who has worked on TV anime such as " Dandadan" and "Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Chi: Chikyu no Undo ni Tsuite) ." The theme song will be "Waratari Korondari" by the male-female duo "Humbert Humbert."
The subtitle for the first week is "Bushi Musume, Urameshi." At the beginning of the Meiji era, elementary school student Toki ( Miharu Fukuchi) lives a poor life with her father Tsukasanosuke(Takashi Okabe), mother Fumi (Chizuru Ikewaki), and grandfather Kan'emon (Fumiyo Kohinata), resenting the world. Tsukasanosuke makes a big decision to give Toki a good life.
