Yajuro Bando to Appear Live on THE TIME, in VIVANT Collaboration
The booking puts VIVANT's police-bureau antagonist on a weekday morning show while the second season is airing, using the same program that already carries advance footage and making-of material from the drama.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Yajuro Bando, who plays Public Security Bureau Chief Sano Yutaro in TBS's Sunday Theater VIVANT, will appear live in the studio on Friday, October 9 on the morning news program THE TIME,. His segment is scheduled to begin around 6:30 AM, and he is set to appear in both the entertainment and weather segments. The booking is a collaboration between THE TIME,, which marked its 5th anniversary in October, and VIVANT, whose second season resumed October 4.
Bando plays Sano Yutaro, the Public Security Bureau chief who is the superior of Nozaki Mamoru, the Public Security External Affairs Division 4 officer played by Hiroshi Abe. In the drama, the Beppan recapture operation has begun and the confrontation with Shinsei is intensifying. The program already carries advance-exclusive VIVANT main story footage every Friday and a portion of the making-of series VIVANT-Adventure Log-, which streams on TVer, every Monday.
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- Cinema Today 「VIVANT」佐野部長役・坂東彌十郎が「THE TIME,」生出演 エンタメ＆お天気コーナーに登場