Taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e” becomes more interesting! A new history entertainment podcast is here! One episode will be distributed every Monday starting January 22nd (Monday)!
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Press release: January 23, 2024
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Taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e” becomes more interesting! A new history entertainment podcast is here! One episode will be distributed every Monday starting January 22nd (Monday)!
NHK Enterprises Co., Ltd. has released a historical entertainment podcast that will make the taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e” even more interesting if you listen to it*
“The Really Dangerous Heian World ~ “For You Shining” becomes even more interesting” * *
We have decided to distribute * on Amazon Audible (hereinafter referred to as Audible) and audiobook.jp.
The Heian period, which is the setting for the taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e” currently airing on NHK, is full of “dangerous” episodes that are hard to believe in modern times and will make you laugh! What’s more, performers Pakkun (Pakkun Makkun) and Haruka Ishida (former AKB), who heard that “according to the screenwriter Shizuka Oishi, one of the themes this time is ‘sex and violence,” I can’t hide my surprise at the gap with the image of the Heian period.
In the first distribution, which started on January 22nd, three people appeared: Pakkun, Haruka Ishida, and Kazuto Hongo (Professor at the University of Tokyo), author of “The Dangerous Japanese History Taught by Professors at the University of Tokyo.” We will explore the mysterious and dangerous Heian World, where politics and love are full of curses, from various angles! We plan to welcome a variety of guests in future distributions as well.
By listening to this podcast, you can have fun learning about the Heian period, the setting of the taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e,” with various guests including history experts, and the drama is sure to become even more interesting! Please enjoy the unknown
“dangerousness” and “profundity” of the Heian period.
The program will be broadcast one episode every Monday starting January 22nd. looking forward to.
*Pakkun’s comment*
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Listening to this program, where you can laugh, be surprised, and admire the culture, politics, and social situation of the Heian period, will make you want to watch “Hikaru Kimi e”! And I won’t say the cliche, “You’ll enjoy it three times as much when you see it!” You’ll enjoy it 300 times more! *
*Comment from Haruka Ishida*
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I was worried that it would be okay for me to be a guest since I don’t know much about history, but Hongo-sensei explained it to me in an easy-to-understand manner! Even if you only know some of the words, I think you’ll be able to enjoy “Hikaru Kimi e” even more through this program. Please listen! *
*Comment from Kazuto Hongo*
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I’m just a historical researcher, and I’m not very good at
understanding the subtleties of the human heart, but thanks to everyone, I think I was able to experience the fun of The Tale of Genji while having fun talking about it. It’s important to think on your own, but if you talk with others, you’ll make unexpected discoveries! *
[Work summary]
The taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e”, which will be broadcast on NHK in 2024, is a story about Murasaki Shikibu, the author of “The Tale of Genji”, as the main character. When we think of the Heian period, the setting of the drama, we imagine an elegant era symbolized by waka poems, kemari, and the luxurious 12-stripes, but in reality, men and women, aristocrats and commoners, regardless of their social status or gender, lived by modern common sense. I was living in a “dangerous world” that would be unimaginable. A historical entertainment podcast that talks about the unknown depths of the Heian period with various guests including history experts*
“The Really Dangerous Heian World – “For You Shining” becomes even more interesting” * will be distributed every Monday from January 22nd (Monday).
Podcast title: The Really Dangerous Heian World ~ “To You Shining” becomes even more interesting
Distribution start date: One episode will be distributed every Monday from Monday, January 22, 2024 (planned)
Performers: Pakkun (Pakkun Makkun), Haruka Ishida (former AKB), Kazuto Hongo (Professor at the University of Tokyo), and others (*Performers vary depending on the broadcast episode.)
Number of episodes: Total 44 (planned) Each episode length:
Approximately 20 minutes
Producer: NHK Enterprises
◇Distribution format Unlimited listening with unlimited listening plan ・Audible distribution URL: https://www.audible.co.jp/pd/B0CQTZJNLT ・audiobook.jp Distribution URL: https://audiobook.jp/audiobook/267522 ◇Credit: (C) 2024 NHK ENTERPRISES, INC.
◇X account: @yabai_heian
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Taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e” broadcast schedule
NHK General: Every Sunday from 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm, etc.
Program official website: https://www.nhk.jp/p/hikarukimie/ts/1YM111N6KW/ NHK Plus missed broadcast:
https://plus.nhk.jp/watch/pl/5a218973-7a4c-4d59-899b-963ac38565d6 * ======================*
* One episode will be distributed every Monday on Audible and audiobook.jp starting January 22, 2024 (Monday)! *