Horikita, Fujiwara star in drama special about Tokyo bombing

[Tokyograph News]

NTV is producing a two-night drama special titled "Tokyo Daikushu," which is a phrase referring to the bombings on Tokyo during World War II. The story will focus on two young pairs and their painful love.

The main couple will be a woman (Maki Horikita) whose father's factory is bombed and a man (Tatsuya Fujiwara) who stops her when she tries to rescue her father from the fire. They meet again a few years later when the woman is working as a nurse and the man is brought in as a patient with a heart condition. The second couple is a Korean man (Eita) and another nurse (Yuki Shibamoto).

The drama has been in planning for two years. Involved in the project are art director Takeo Kimura, who was fortunate enough to escape the bombings, and essayist Kayoko Ebina, who lost her family in the bombings.

NTV will broadcast the drama on March 17-18.

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