The NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , will enter its third week, "The First Sign of Spring," on April 13th. The synopsis and scene stills have been released.
◇The following contains spoilers.
" Kaze,Kaoru" is the 114th morning Asadora. Based on the story of two trained nurses, Chika Ozeki and Masa Suzuki, who graduated from the same nursing school, the drama depicts how the two grow through their struggles and clashes with each other in how to interact with patients and doctors, and eventually become the "ultimate buddy" team. Mikami plays the main character, Rin Ichinose, and Uesaka plays the other main character, Naomi Oya.
The script is written by Tomoko Yoshizawa, who has worked on a wide range of genres, from comedies and family dramas to medical dramas and period dramas. The theme song is "Kaze to Machi" by the three-member band "Mrs. Green Apple".
In the third week, Rin (Mikami) gets a job at Usaburo's (Bando Yajuro) shop, "Mizuho-ya," and her new life in Tokyo begins.
One day, when Rin is having trouble dealing with a foreign customer, regular customer Kenjiro Shimada (Masaya Sano) comes to her rescue. Rin also starts studying English in order to serve customers. Around the same time, Mitsu (Miki Mizuno) and Yasu (Miharu Hayasaka) also come to Tokyo to rely on Rin, and the four of them begin living together as a family.
Meanwhile, Naomi (played by Uesaka) had approached Sutematsu (Mikako Tabe) under a false identity and had started working at the Rokumeikan.
