NHK Adds Six To Morning Drama Blossom As Four Make Their Debuts
The casting fills in the Magome Writers' Village circle around Tama, Ichiro Nishio and Ginji Natsui, which is the stretch of the story where the protagonist turns from survivor into novelist.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
NHK has announced six additional cast members for Blossom, its 115th serial TV novel starring Shizuka Ishibashi as Tamano Tama. Marika Ito, Ko Maehara, sara, Kaishi Iwao, Mitsuki Tanimura and Sakura Fujiwara join the production. Ito, sara, Iwao and Fujiwara make their morning drama debuts. The story is modeled on the writer Chiyo Uno and is set in Iwakuni City, Tokyo and Hokkaido.
The six roles split along two lines. Marika Ito, Ko Maehara, sara and Kaishi Iwao play people Tama and the writer Ichiro Nishio meet in the Magome Writers' Village. Ito is Kinuko Hagimiya, the wife of a particular writer; Maehara is the acclaimed young writer Yasunari Kawagishi; Iwao is Futaro Tajima, saved from a predicament and hoping to become Nishio's disciple.
Mitsuki Tanimura and Sakura Fujiwara are tied to the painter Ginji Natsui instead. Tanimura plays his wife Sanae, raising a son while walking a separate path from her husband. Fujiwara plays Sumiko, his former lover, who once caused a public stir over the relationship. Production supervisor Shunpei Murayama said the announced cast are people Tama meets face to face as she rises as a writer.
- Marika Ito: Kinuko Hagimiya, the writer's wife; morning drama debut
- Ko Maehara: Yasunari Kawagishi, an acclaimed young writer in Magome Village
- sara: morning drama debut
- Kaishi Iwao: Futaro Tajima, hoping to become Nishio's disciple; morning drama debut
- Mitsuki Tanimura: Sanae, wife of the painter Ginji Natsui
- Sakura Fujiwara: Sumiko, the painter's former lover; morning drama debut
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- Cinema Today 「ブラッサム」追加キャスト6名発表！伊藤万理華・sara・岩男海史・藤原さくらが朝ドラ初出演