Actors Juri Kosaka and Erika Ikuta attended a special talk show for the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru" (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.) held on June 14th at the Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Campus (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture). They spoke about the drama's reception and what to look forward to in future episodes.
Approximately 380 people attended the event. Uesaka, who plays one of the main characters, Naomi Oya, and Ikuta, who plays Tae Tamada, who, like Naomi, enrolls in the Umeoka Nursing School and aims to become a nurse, engaged in a talk session.
Regarding the drama's reception, Uesaka commented, "As the broadcast progressed, I received more and more comments such as, 'I watch it every day,' so I'm very happy to be in an environment where I can receive such feedback while filming. I receive comments from people of various generations, but I'm especially happy to receive them from people involved in nursing, which is the theme of the drama ' Kaze,Kaoru'."
Ikuta said, "I receive a lot of comments from people at various work sites and from everyone saying, 'I'm watching the broadcast,' and I also receive messages from people who are actually involved in nursing, and I feel happy every day that I can be of help to these people and that I can be involved in this work."
Regarding the appeal of the work, Uesaka said, "This work depicts encounters between people in great detail, and I think viewers can enjoy it by empathizing with the characters, thinking things like, 'I can relate to this person,' or 'I never thought of it that way,' so I think that's a major appeal." Ikuta added, "I think the appeal of the drama is that you can feel through it that the fact that we can live healthy lives under the protection of nursing is built upon the sweat and tears of people who have dedicated their lives to this era."
Regarding what to look forward to in the upcoming episodes, Uesaka said, "As the episodes progress, the practical training will be nearing its end, and one of the highlights will be seeing everyone think about 'what they want to do' and 'what kind of life they want to lead' regarding nursing. Naomi will also be spending more time thinking about her mother and family, so I hope viewers will pay attention to that part as well."
Ikuta said, "I hope you will enjoy watching how Tae, who once considered giving up nursing, decides to dedicate her life to the path of nursing, how she follows that path, and how she interacts with Rin and Naomi to forge her own path in nursing."
