The eighth episode, "The City of Women," of "Kyoto People's Secret Pleasures: Rouge - Inheritance -" (Sundays at 10 PM), starring Moeka Hoshi as the heroine, will air on March 15th on NHK BS and NHK BS Premium 4K.
◇"Raku" Hoshi Moeka Hoshi expresses her feelings.
"Kyoto People's Secret Pleasures: Rouge - Inheritance -" is set in Kurakuya Harunobu, one of Kyoto's leading long-established wagashi (Japanese confectionery) shops with a 240-year tradition, and depicts the issue of "succession." Raku (Hoshi), who grew up in Paris, is asked by her father, Suguru Mikami (Kanji Ishimaru), if she would like to take over the long-established wagashi shop. She moves into Kurakuya Harunobu, the family home of her stepmother, Miyako (Takako Takako Tokiwa), and begins living with Miyako's mother, Tsuruko (Ginpuncho). Miyako also returns from Paris as a "tutor," and the life of the three women begins.
In episode 8, the succession issues escalate beyond just Kurakuya Harunobu. Raku's schoolmate, Hiroomi (Sugita Rairin), has a mother, Kayoko (Natori Yuko), who announces she will adopt her husband, Homaretayu's (Danda Yasunori) illegitimate child. Hiroomi and Raku go to meet a mysterious man (Shirai Akira) who lives under a bridge, introduced to them by Shinonome (Ken Watanabe). Meanwhile, what will become of Kotaro (Riho Yoshioka), whose heart is broken by Yuko (Yoshioka Riho)?
When Mihako visits Satoru (Motoki Fukami) again, she meets Yuiko (Saki Takaoka), the proprietress of a restaurant. Later, on the night of the full moon, Tsuruko tells Mihako the truth she had been hiding. Raku tells Tsuruko that he wants to be allowed to take over Kurakuya Harunobu.
◇The world of "Blue Shugyo-chu" is also fused with "Yuko"Riho Yoshioka and others.
"Kyoto People's Secret Pleasures: Rouge - Inheritance -" is set in the long-established Japanese confectionery shop, Kurakuya Harunobu. It takes place eight years after Sawafuji Mihako, the "Kyoto person among Kyoto people" depicted in "Kyoto People's Secret Pleasures," which aired irregularly five times from January 2015 to May 2017, left for Paris. The story revolves around a new heroine, Mikami Raku, and Mihako, depicting the Kyoto people's struggles with the heavy burden of "inheritance."
The drama also features Kento Kotaro Wakabayashi, the gardener played by Hayashi in "Kyoto People's Secret Pleasures Blue: In Training," a series that aired from 2017 to 2022 focusing on young people in Kyoto, and Yuko Miyasaka, the ceramic artist played by Yoshioka, bringing together the worlds of the two dramas. The series is building to excitement as it heads towards the final episode, episode 9.
