A Yumiko Shaku Sighting!

 We were listening to Namie Amuro’s Single Collection :”Best Fiction” this past weekend, and when it got to her excellent song “Baby Don’t Cry”, was asked, “So when was this single released?”, to which I replied, “So long ago that it was the theme song...for a Yumiko Shaku drama!”

The drama in question was of course her awesome 2007 show “Himitsu No Hanazono”, and it got me thinking about what ever happened to her! I think the last time I has seen her in a drama it was way back in 2012 as a guest in the MatsuJun/Eita action drama “Lucky Seven” and after that hadn’t seen her at all!

So it was with some excitement watching the just-subtitled penultimate episode of the fun “Dream Team” where they introduced the latest “angry co-star whom Sayaka Yamaguchi must win over” character , and it was played by none other than Ms. Yumiko Shaku herself!

As you can see, she’s still looking as lovely as ever and here’s hoping to see her appear in a bit more substantial role in the future!
PS: Sayaka is such a great actress- I’d mentioned before how she could command a sassy, no-nonsense look in “Radiation House”:

...and here in "Dream Team", manages to look completely lost and clueless as befitting her naive character, LOL!

PPS: What, they’re making a SEQUEL series to Radiation House???
Guess that show was more popular than i thought!!!