Actors Manami Fuji and Mariko Kaga appeared on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi), which aired on January 26th. Kaga talked about her memories of visiting Fuji's house and her health.
The two used to live in the same neighborhood, and Kaga would often go to Fuji's house to eat. Apparently, she would call out "Fuji Manami!" in a loud voice from downstairs, so it could be heard all over the neighborhood. "The former Prime Minister Ikeda's residence and a church are nearby, and this person has a loud voice..." Fuji said with a wry smile.
Kaga recalled, "When he was hungry, he would say things like he was your husband," to which Fuji replied, "My ex-husband loved you." Kaga laughed and said, "Guys like that love me."
Kaga, 82, says of her own health, "I have a tremendous appetite and a good metabolism," but when it comes to cooking, she says, "I never cook. I brag about it, but I don't cook. It's the same as Kazuko Yoshiyuki (who passed away last year at the age of 90). I prefer to cut with scissors than to hold a knife." She has also been doing Pilates for 12 years.
She said she often eats out with her partner, and Fuji was the first to congratulate her for finding a great person. "He's a really nice young man, and he has a good job," Fuji praised, to which Kaga replied, "But he's already an old man. He's 75 years old, so he's in the late stages of old age."
