The lineup for Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi, Monday to Friday, 1 PM), which will air from November 17th to 21st, has been announced. On the 17th, the "Ishihara Four Brothers" of Ishihara Nobuaki, Ishihara Yoshizumi, Ishihara Hirotaka, and Ishihara Nobuhiro will appear, on the 18th, the comedy duo "The Bonchi," on the 19th, commentator Sugimura Taizo, on the 20th, entertainer Nakayama Hideyuki, and on the 21st, actor Shinoyama Terunobu, the second son of photographer Shinoyama Kishin, who passed away last year, will appear as guests.
The four Ishihara brothers reveal the shocking private life of their "Showa era family," including about their father Shintaro, their mother Noriko, their uncle Yujiro, and each other.
The Bonchi was a huge hit during the manzai boom of the early 1980s. They disbanded when the boom ended and went through financial difficulties. They reformed when they were 50 years old. Now in their 70s, they are once again attracting attention.
Sugimura says that when he makes comments on the program, his experience as a member of parliament comes in handy, but he is always careful about what he says. When he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2005 at the age of 26, he caused a stir with his unrestrained remarks. He looks back on that time while watching the video of the "condolence press conference" held at that time.
After his first solo exhibition of "Calligraphy" was well-received last year, Nakayama received an invitation from an old friend who he lived with 40 years ago and who is now a digital finger painter, to hold a solo exhibition together. The venue was the Cannes Film Festival, and it was a dreamlike experience for him.
Shinoyama and Kuroyanagi share memories of his father, photographer Kishin Shinoyama, who passed away on January 4th last year at the age of 83. He says that his father was shooting right up until his death, and that visiting the location would cheer him up.
