Press conference of NHK drama "Yube no Curry, Ashita no Pan"

The press conference of new NHK drama "Yube no Curry, Ashita no Pan" was held on 19 Sep which was attended by the lead cast members Naka Riisa and Kaga Takeshi. The drama which will begin its run from 5 October at 10pm on Sundays, features Naka as a young widow who lost her husband due to illness and describes her life with her father-in-law.

This drama also marks Naka's first leading role in a drama since she got married to Nakao Akiyoshi and gave birth to their son in October last year. As such, Naka commented that this drama came at the right time in her life since she had gone through various new experiences i.e. becoming a wife and mother although she felt the pressure in taking on the lead role after taking a break for some time. In addition, Naka revealed that there were many eating scenes but she is poor at using chopsticks so she had to check constantly how she was holding them during the filming.

Source: Sanspo

Naka Riisa to star in NHK BS drama "Yube no Curry, Ashita no Pan"

Naka Riisa will be starring in her first leading role since she got married to Nakao Akiyoshi and became a mother in October last year when she appears in the NHK BS premium drama "Yube no Curry, Ashita no Pan" (Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread" which consists of 7 episodes and will be shown from October in the Sundays 10pm timeslot. She plays the role of Tetsuko who lost her husband to cancer and is living with her father-in-law played by Kaga Takeshi. While keeping the grief of their loss deep within themselves, they come to meet some people with various problems and this unwittingly helps them to get over the sorrow they have. Co-stars include Mizobata Junpei, Mimura and Katagiri Hairi.

The drama which is based on the same-titled novel by Kizara Izumi, was published in April this year and chosen as the No.2 novel in the "Honya Taisho". Kizawa is the joint pen-name of two scriptwriters who are married to each other and they had written scripts such as "Nobuta wo Produce" in the past. This novel is their debut work.

Source: Sponichi