Actress Mariko Kaga will be a guest on the BS12 Twelvi program "Tsurube-chan and Sawako-chan ~A Showa Era Senior and Two Quirky People~," airing on April 6th at 9pm. Kaga, who has been called the "Japanese Brigitte Bardot" for her cute and glamorous looks, will talk about her memories of the Italian restaurant "Chianti," which she has been frequenting since high school, and an anecdote about having breakfast with Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata.
The program features veteran comedians from the Showa era, such as Shofukutei Tsurube (53 years in the industry) and Sawako Agawa (42 years in the industry), who affectionately call them "Tsurube-chan" and "Sawako-chan," as guests each week.
Kaga was born in a hospital air-raid shelter during the war. She entered the entertainment industry at the age of 17, after being approached by playwright Shuji Terayama and film director Masahiro Shinoda.
In addition to stories from that time, the program will also feature anecdotes about her life in France, where she went alone to study to become a buyer, and her close friends Ruriko Asaoka and Sayuri Ishikawa.
