Popular female professional wrestler Saori Anno will appear in the NHK Saturday drama "Mushoran Mitsuboshi" (NHK General, Saturdays at 10 PM), starring Eiko Koike. Anno will be a special guest in the final episode (airing June 27th), and this will be her first appearance in a television drama.
Anno commented, "I usually express myself in the ring, but it's been a while since I've worked on a video project, and it was a refreshing experience to realize once again how much I love acting. My scenes are filled with a warmth that will make you smile. Please be sure to watch it!"
In the final episode, female professional wrestler Shuri will also appear as a special guest.
Shuri, making her first appearance in an NHK drama, said, "Although I usually work as a professional wrestler, I'm also trying my hand at acting, so I made many new discoveries on set, and it was a very valuable experience. I'm so happy to have been given this opportunity, and I learned so much. It was a chance to learn about a world I don't usually get to experience, and I'm looking forward to the broadcast. I would be very happy if you would watch it. Thank you."
"Mushoran Mitsuboshi" is based on a masterpiece non-fiction book by Keiko Kuroyanagi, a currently working prison nutritionist, which depicts the little-known state of food inside prisons. The story follows a protagonist who made a name for himself as a skilled Italian chef, but by chance ends up working as a prison nutritionist, and depicts his struggles to overcome troubles and commotions with prison guards and inmates behind bars. It is a "prison social comedy drama."
