NHK’s year-long historical drama television series...
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| Reach Beyond the Blue Sky |
Kaori: This year it’s Shibusawa Eiichi?
Ryohei: Reach Beyond the Blue Sky. Great man, big cast, as usual, a costly production.
Kaori: Yet audiences are declining.
Ryohei: True. Even this one, it started with 20% of viewers, declined at one point to 13%.
Kaori: So is the investment worth it?
Ryohei: It’s a cultural investment. Shibusawa was an impressive character. Started life on a farm, became an activist, participated in a rebellion, went on to start up hundreds of companies.
Kaori: And never took any stock in them. Founded hospitals, schools, universities as well.
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Voice-over
Taiga (大河) or “big river”, translated from the French roman fleuve, is a long novel of a social group. The current “Reach Beyond the Blue Sky” is worth watching. Emotions mixed with economics and expediency in politics.
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