Press conference of NHK morning drama "Hanako to Anne"

The press conference of NHK's new morning drama "Hanako to Anne" was held on 3 March at NHK's headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo which was attended by cast members such as Yoshitaka Yuriko, Ihara Tsuyoshi and Muroi Shigeru. The drama will begin its run from 31 March and be shown via NHK from Mondays to Saturdays at 8am. Filming began from November and has been going on for about four months by now.

Yoshitaka admitted that she was not used to the filming at first but has gradually grasped the pace and tries to think positive every day in order to cope with the filming. As for Ihara who plays Yoshitaka's father in the drama, he commented that as the filming went on, he started to view her as his daughter and would be ready to protect her for bad men if they approach. Muroi Shigeru who plays Yoshitaka's mother, also spoke of how they've gotten closer during this time and even expressed confidence that she will be invited to Yoshitaka's actual wedding when the day comes.

Source: Sanspo