ZDORAMA, AGAIN: Kyoko Yoshine and Hiromi Nagasaku in "Hankei 5 Meters"

Friday, May 14, 2021

Kyoko Yoshine and Hiromi Nagasaku in "Hankei 5 Meters"

Fumika Maeda (Kyoko Yoshine) is an Investigative Journalist working for a scandal magazine alongside Akihito Yamabe (Katsuya Maiguma) whose job it is to catch celebs in compromising situations for their gossip rag.

The job is demanding and Fumika experiences the weight of being a woman among men, the slights and assumptions about her, and though she tries, she just cannot get approval of her supervisors.

When she flubs an important stakeout outside a celebrity’s house and causes the magazine to lose the scoop to a rival tabloid, Fumika is demoted down to the “lesser” publication Woman’s Life. Once there she meets the odd assortment of characters she will be working with, including ace journalist Takako Kameyama (Hiromi Nagasaku) whom Fumika knows well for her in depth and thought provoking articles.

Of course, Fumika has no intention to stay in this department and only hopes to remain as long as it takes to get back into the upper publication. But working alongside the wizened Takako, Fumika sees a side of journalism she hadn’t experienced in the gossip rag: fair and concise reporting with balanced judgement for all involved, with the realization that there is a whole world o discover that is only within 5 metes radius around you.

Always looking for ward to a new Hiromi Nagasaku drama, though she seems to be channelling her “Dirty Mama” character Maruoka Takako (hey, even same name) with her frizzy hair and almost homeless persons clothing style, LOL!

"Dirty Mama" with Karina

Only this time, instead of Karina it is Kyoko Yoshine she will be mentoring!

I mentioned before how I only recently realized what an awesome actress Kyoko Yoshine is from her excellent portrayal in “Two Weeks” and it’s great to see the two pair up here! Should be an intriguing little show!