Eiko Koike Wraps Filming for NHK Drama Mushoran Mitsuboshi
The wrap announcement and cast comments arrive on the day of the final episode, giving viewers a closing look at the production and the actors' reflections on the series.
Reporting from 1 sources: Eiga Natalie.
Eiko Koike has finished filming for the NHK Saturday drama "Mushoran Mitsuboshi." The final episode airs June 27 on NHK General. The social comedy follows a former top Italian chef who becomes a prison dietitian. Cast members including Aoi Nakamura, Sari Tomosaka, and Reo Tamaoki also shared comments on wrapping.
Eiko Koike has completed filming for the NHK Saturday drama "Mushoran Mitsuboshi." The final episode airs today, June 27, at 10:00 PM on NHK General. Koike played Yoko Ginbayashi, a former top-class chef at a high-end Italian restaurant who starts working as a prison dietitian at a men's prison. The series is a social comedy based on a nonfiction work by active prison dietitian Keiko Kuroyanagi.
Koike thanked the staff and cast, saying the set was always filled with smiles. She noted that she learned about the prison world, the dignity of the prison dietitian profession, and the importance of food. The director wanted to "make it pop," she said, and she hopes the work becomes memorable. Other cast members, including Aoi Nakamura, Sari Tomosaka, Reo Tamaoki, Mandy Sekiguchi, Nao Kosaka, Hyoroku, Katsuhisa Namase, and Jun Kunimura, also offered comments on wrapping.
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