TELASA Streams Director's Cut of Ani Imouto Episode 1
TELASA began streaming an Episode 1 Director's Cut of the TV Asahi drama Ani Imouto on October 31 at noon, adding scenes not shown on terrestrial broadcast.
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Why it matters
The added footage goes to the relationship the broadcast cut short, the doctor and patient's-family bond that the episode's fire twist turned into a suspense premise, giving TELASA a reason to sell the first episode again.
Key Facts
- TELASA began streaming the Ani Imouto Episode 1 Director's Cut on October 31 at 12:00 PM.
- Nana Eikura plays doctor Haruki Nao and Eiji Akaso plays Sonoda Shuji in the double lead.
- The Director's Cut adds scenes not broadcast on terrestrial TV, including one of Shuji after he reads Nao's treatment proposal for Eri.
- Episode 1 ended with the grandmother Satoye dying in a fire, with Nao's brother Ryosuke at the scene.
- Ani Imouto airs on TV Asahi in the Saturday Drama 10 slot at 10:00 PM.
Nana Eikura and Eiji Akaso play the double leads: Nao, a doctor, and Shuji, the older brother of her seriously ill patient Eri. Episode 1 ended with the grandmother Satoye dying in a fire, and Nao's missing brother Ryosuke at the scene.
The added material centers on Shuji. One scene follows Nao watching him sleep on a hospital bench after Eri confides her fear of illness and death. Another shows what happened to Shuji after he read Nao's treatment proposal, written around her wish to save Eri.
Episode 1 aired in TV Asahi's Saturday Drama 10 slot, which the drama opened. The broadcast ended with Satoye, the grandmother who had watched over Shuji and Eri, killed in a fire, and with Ryosuke, Nao's troublemaking brother absent for 18 years, standing at the scene. The drama airs Saturdays at 10:00 PM.
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