NHK’s Morning Dramas: “Too Glaring Off-Shoots” of Heroines of Past Drama Series
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NHK’s “Serial TV Novels” are said to be the gateway to success for young actresses. The show has a large fixed audience, and the exposure it provides every morning for about six months has a tremendous effect, with thousands of people auditioning each time for the chance to be the heroine.
Mei Nagano (23)
Half, Aoi. (April ’18-)
October 30 and November 6, ’20 issue
Selected out of approximately 2,400 applicants for the heroine role, leading to her breakthrough.
Haru, 31, turned down offers of supporting roles and kept auditioning for the lead role. The selection process is a contest of merit. The selection process is a game of merit, and there was even an upset in which the lead role went to the unheralded Non (29) instead of Umika Kawashima (28), who was favored by the agency,” said a source involved in the entertainment industry.
The current film, “Soar! Haruka Fukuhara (24), the lead actress, was also unsuccessful on three occasions. In addition, recently there has been an increase in the number of actresses who have played supporting roles before being selected to play the lead role.
Kasumi Arimura (29) was unsuccessful in her audition for “Amachan,” but was chosen for the lead role in “Hiyokko” after playing the daughter of Kyoko Koizumi (56), the main character’s mother in the film. Kaya Kiyohara (20) also played the lead role in “Okaeri Monet” five and a half years after making her acting debut in “Asa no Arrived.” (TV station insider)
There are as many Cinderella stories in morning dramas as there are heroines.
