Matsushita Nao to star in TV Asahi drama SP "Nijuuyon no Hitomi"

Matsushita Nao will be starring in the upcoming TV Asahi drama SP "Nijuuyon no Hitomi" which is based on the novel by Tsuboi Sakae. This is the first time in 8 years since the novel was made into a drama again (starring Kuroki Hitomi in 2005) and marks the 100th birthday of late director Kinoshita Keisuke who had been the first to make the story into a movie in 1954.

The story is set 28 years after WWII at Shodoshima in Kagawa Prefecture. Matsushita plays the role of Ooishi Hisako, also known as Onago-sensei, who teaches 12 Primary 1 students on the island as a 22-year-old newbie teacher at the beginning of the story until the end when she becomes a widow at the age of 40 after losing her husband and daughter due to the war and tries to resume her teaching career.

Filming will begin in June and feature famous tourist spots on Shodoshima.

Source: Sanspo