The fifth episode of the NHK morning drama series " Bakebake " (General Asadora , Monday to Saturday, 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , which will be broadcast in the second half of 2025, was broadcast on October 3rd, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 15.1% for households and 8.4% for individuals.
" Bakebake" is the 113th morning Asadora. Based on the life of Yakumo Koizumi(Lafcadio Hearn) and his wife Setsu, the story follows the heroine, who loves ghost stories, as she lives her ordinary, everyday life with her foreign husband. The story is not based on an original novel, but is an original work by screenwriter Mitsuhiko Fujiki, who has worked on NHK's drama "Asagaya Sisters' Relaxed Life" and WOWOW's "Shooting Break Series."
The fifth episode is set in 1886. Toki (Akari Takaishi) works at a weaving factory run by her relative Den Ushimizu(Shinichi Tsutsumi) to pay off her debts.
However, Toki and the Matsuno family are struggling to survive in the face of enormous debts. Then, debt collector Moriyama (Iwatani Kenji) appears and demands that Toki work in a brothel to repay his debts. Toki proposes that she take a husband who will work for her in order to repay her debts. She and her coworkers Chiyo (Anna Kurasawa) and Sen (Adachi Kino) first decide to do a famous love fortune telling, but... In this episode, Takaishi makes her full appearance as a grown-up Toki.
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