Ryoko Yonekura and co-star Hiroshi Tachi stand in front of an ice sculpture at TV Asahi.

Ryoko Yonekura relishes villainous role in TV Asahi special drama

Thursday 04th September, 03:28 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Ryoko Yonekura, 33, and Hiroshi Tachi, 58, will star in a special drama this weekend to mark TV Asahi’s 50th anniversary. In the drama, “Kori no hana,” Yonkeura plays a woman who poisons her husband’s lover for revenge.

She said she enjoyed playing a villainous character. “Actually, I can feel a lot of sympathy for my character. If I were married and my husband cheated on me, I would sue him and demand compensation.”

The drama will air on the TV Asahi network on Friday and Saturday.

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6 Comments

shayouzoku at 12:01 PM JST - 3rd September

sue him on what grounds? hope your husband gets a pre-nup
IchyaParadise at 02:13 PM JST - 3rd September

More wasted time on JT. Dang...I validated it again.
presto345 at 06:26 PM JST - 3rd September

sue him on what grounds?

Infidelity, my friend. Infidelity/adultery is not a criminal offence in Japan, I think. But it surely is a moral wrong and a civil court could grant compensation. But let's see what is going to happen in this special drama!
soldave at 08:40 AM JST - 4th September

IchyaParadise - couldn't have put it better myself.
helloklitty at 07:01 AM JST - 5th September

she's not aging well - or she's trying to look like diane keaton
bamboohat at 10:04 PM JST - 8th September

She said she enjoyed playing a villainous character. “Actually, I can feel a lot of sympathy for my character. If I were married and my husband cheated on me, I would sue him and demand compensation.”

She feels sympathy for a character that kills somebody? Jeeze I hope this loon doesn't plan on getting married after making that statement.