Takako Matsu to star in TBS drama Special

Higashiyama Noriyuki and Matsu Takako will be playing a married couple in the upcoming TBS drama SP "Futsuu ga Ichiban Sakka Fujisawa Shuhei Chichi no Hitogoto" (Being ordinary is the best - Writer Fujisawa Shuhei - A word from Father) which is due to be shown in early July this year. The drama SP is a human drama based on the books titled "Fujisawa Shuhei Chichi no Shuuhen" (Fujisawa Shuhei Father's surroundings) and "Chichi Fujisawa Shuhei to no Gurashi" (Life with my father Fujisawa Shuhei) which were written by Endo Nobuko who is the daughter of the late Naoki Award-winning writer Fujisawa Shuhei. This will be the first time that Higashiyama and Matsu are working together where Higashiyama will play Fujisawa while Matsu will play his wife Kosuge Kazuko. The producer Ishii Fukuko revealed that it took a long wait of 3 years before she could get both Higashiyama and Matsu to act in this production.

The drama SP talks about Fujisawa's dream of becoming a writer using his real name Kosuge Tomeji and began working as a reporter from 1963. However, with the passing of his wife, he lived with his daughter Nobuko and his mother Takie. Later, he married Kosuge Kazuko and became a Naoki Award winner in 1973. The story is written from his daughter Nobuko's perspective.

Higashiyama commented that he had always wanted to act in something based on Fujisawa's works and is very honoured to play the writer himself. He would have wanted the respected director Ninagawa Yukio to watch his performance in this drama SP but it is a pity that this would not be possible. Nonetheless, he will bear in mind the words of advice Ninagawa had for him in the past and work hard with his co-star.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi / Sanspo / Oricon

Takako Matsu to sing theme song for next NHK morning drama

Matsu Takako will be singing the theme song for the new NHK morning drama "Warotenka" which is scheduled to begin its run from 2 October. The song titled "Ashita wa doko kara" was written and composed by Matsu and this will be her first theme song for a NHK drama. Matsu expressed her joy at being able to write and sing the theme song for the drama and hopes that the viewers will be encouraged and feel happy whenever they hear the song being played during the drama's broadcast.

The drama which stars Aoi Wakana as the lead, is set during the late Meiji era to post-World War II period at Osaka featuring the lead character Fujioka Ten who is modelled on Yoshimoto Sei, the founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo and a female show promoter. Fujioka was born into a family managing a drug wholesale business in Kyoto and meets Kitamura Fujiyoshi (Matsuzaka Toori)who is the son of a family in the rice dealing business at Osaka. When they fall in love, Fujioka goes against her parents' wishes to marry Kitamura who is a big lover of comedy. Subsequently, after her husband's family goes bust, she unwittingly becomes the owner of a vaudeville theater with her husband. This then leads to her becoming the first person in Japan to make comedy into a business and transforming Osaka into a capital of comedy.

Sources: Nikkansports / Yomiuri Hochi

I think the last time I watched the Academy Awards Forrest Gump was best picture. But may have to watch it this year, at least a little bit.

Takako Matsu to sing at 2020 Academy Awards

Takako Matsu will be singing "Into the Unknown" the theme song of movie "Frozen 2" at the 92nd Academy Awards this Sunday, February 9th, 2020. Also performing will be Idina Menzel and the 9 other actresses who play the role of Elsa in the various language versions of the movie.

Source: natalie

^ Matsu shows up at about 1:38, briefly, and I mean very briefly

:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI_cnK_YSro

this is awsome
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Takako Matsu to star in Fuji TV Spring 2021 drama

Takako Matsu will star in the Fuji TV Spring 2021 drama "Omameda Towako to Sannin no Mot Otto".

Matsu plays Towako Omameda, the president of a construction company. She has been married and divorced three times and lives with her daughter, Uta, whose father is Towako's first husband. In addition to raising her daugher, she has to deal with problems caused by her ex-husbands.

Her first husband, Hassaku Tanaka, played by Ryuuhei Matsuda owns a restaurant and is very popular with women. Her second hustand Katarou Sato, played by Akihiro Kakuta, is a fashion cameraman. Her third husband, Shinshin Nakamura, played by Masaki Okada is an elite lawyer, still very much in love with Towako.

The drama airs in April, 2021.
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anyone still following her ?

Judging by the previous post, looks like she's keeping busy.