Actress Yumi Adachi, who has turned 44, will appear on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) on Getsuku at 1 PM.
Last year, she appeared in an NHK Taiga drama ("UNBOUND (Berabou)") for the first time in 26 years, playing a Yoshiwara madam without eyebrows, which became a hot topic. She made her modeling debut at the age of two, and has been acting for 42 years. She says that the senior actress who influenced her acting career was Yoko Nogawa, who passed away nine years ago. When Nogawa appeared on the show 46 years ago, she was the same age as Adachi is now, 44. Was there a major incident in the studio that day?
Now in her 40s, she says she's been getting more roles as a mother. She talks about how she was a child star who took the world by storm, and how she struggled to transition into an adult actress. She says the turning point in her growth was her two marriages, two divorces, and the existence of her two children. Her eldest daughter graduated from high school last year, turned 20, and is studying abroad. Her 10-year-old son has grown into a kind boy who gives her flowers on Mother's Day. She smiles and says she's happy to be a mother.
