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NHK Sets November 28 and December 5 Broadcast Dates for Akuma no Temari Uta
NHK has scheduled the BS broadcast of Akuma no Temari Uta, the fifth entry in its Kindaichi Kosuke series, for two parts: November 28 and December 5, each running from 9:00 to 10:29 p.m. Hidetaka Yoshioka plays the detective Kindaichi Kosuke, and Rie Miyazawa plays Aoi Rika, the proprietress of the Kame no Yu hot spring inn in Onikube Village whose husband was killed 23 years earlier.
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Why it matters
NHK is pairing the two-part premiere with rebroadcasts of Akuma ga Kitarite Fue o Fuku on November 8 and both parts of The Inugami Family on November 15 and 22, turning three consecutive weeks of BS slots into a run through the series before the new title arrives.
Key Facts
- NHK will air part one of Akuma no Temari Uta on November 28 and part two on December 5, each from 9:00 to 10:29 p.m. on NHK BS.
- Hidetaka Yoshioka plays Kindaichi Kosuke in Akuma no Temari Uta, the fifth installment in NHK's Kindaichi Kosuke series.
- Rie Miyazawa plays Aoi Rika, the proprietress of the Kame no Yu inn in Onikube Village, in Akuma no Temari Uta.
- Akuma no Temari Uta aired ahead of time on BS Premium 4K in March.
- NHK BS will rebroadcast Akuma ga Kitarite Fue o Fuku on November 8 and The Inugami Family across November 15 and November 22.
The story follows Kindaichi to Okayama, where young women in the village are killed and their bodies decorated in ways that echo a local temari song. Yasuko Kobayashi wrote the screenplay, and Teruyuki Yoshida directed. The drama aired ahead of time on BS Premium 4K in March. Scene photos released with the announcement show Miyazawa playing the shamisen, Yoshioka with Inspector Tachibana at the home of Tatara Hoan, and a wake at the Yura family.
NHK named twelve supporting cast members with the announcement.
- Daiken Okudaira as Aoi Kanō, Rika's eldest son
- Natsuki Deguchi as Aoi Satoko, his younger sister
- Mizuki Yoshida as Ozora Yukari, the village-born singer
- Toshihiro Wada as Tachibana Shinzō, the Okayama Prefectural Police inspector
- Megumi Okina as Bessho Harue
- Misa Shimizu as Yura Atsuko
- Naomi Nishida as Nire Saki
- Kazuyuki Asano as Honda Kaname
- Takashi Sasano as Tatara Hōan, descendant of the village headman
- Tokuma Nishioka as Nire Kahei
- Kayoko Shiraishi as Yura Ioko
- Mantarō Koichi as Iso River Tsunejirō
Yoshioka said in a comment published by Cinema Today: "Taking part in this Kindaichi series is truly frightening... the formidable foes (my co-stars) who appear before this Kindaichi are, every single time, amazing people." Miyazawa said: "I am truly happy to reunite with Mr. Yoshioka, who plays Kindaichi, and to have spent such dense time together as Aoi Rika."
Yasuko Kobayashi's other credits include the anime Attack on Titan and the Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai drama and film series. Teruyuki Yoshida has directed every entry in the series, including Yell (2020) and The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022). The earlier entries air at 1:00 p.m., with Akuma ga Kitarite Fue o Fuku running to 2:59 p.m. and both parts of The Inugami Family running to 2:29 p.m.
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