The fourth special episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan ," starring Mio Imada , titled "The Inheritance," will be broadcast on NHK General TV from 11:00 PM on October 2nd. Kotone Furukawa, who plays the main character, Takumi Kitamura)."
"Anpan" is based on the married Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book author who created "Anpanman," and his wife, Nobu (1918-1993). The series depicts how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of troubles to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice," and aired its final episode on the 26th.
In "The Inheritance," Hoshiko, an accounting clerk, comes out of Takashi's workroom and is relieved of the tension. Nobu, who wants Hoshiko to support Takashi in the future, tells Hoshiko that the doctor has given her a diagnosis and that the only thing she regrets is Takashi.
As Hoshiko faces Takashi, her eyes well up with tears when she sees the picture Takashi has drawn of Uncle Anpanman...
Furukawa said, "Just as Hoshiko inherited the will of the two, I hope that this fourth episode will pass on the baton of the Asadora' Anpan' to all viewers. Please be sure to watch."
