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Honami soaking in a warm bath (Sara Ogawa)

　Soaking in a large bathtub, enjoying small talk with the people who happened to be there――. There is an increasing number of younger generations who find public baths in the city, which are decreasing due to the spread of private baths, to be a relaxing space. The serial drama "Yuagari Sketch", which depicts the interaction between a young woman who loves public baths and people, has started distribution on the video distribution service "Hikari TV". The motif was a woman's actual experience. (Culture Department Shinya Machida)

Hikari TV “Yuagari Sketch”…The Importance of the “Intermediate Area”

Mr. Ryutaro Nakagawa

"The public bath is outside the house, but you get naked and share the hot water. It's not 'inside' like a house, nor is it completely 'outside'. It's like a 'middle' place. In modern society, the world of “outside” such as workplaces and schools is completely divided from the world of “inside” such as home. I feel that it is very important for the mental health of

Ryutaro Nakagawa (32), who directed and wrote the script, speaks. Yukino Kishii and Minami Hamabe will appear in the popular movie "Bloom Into the Sea", which deals with the theme of the earthquake disaster.

　The main character of the story is 28-year-old Honami (Sara Ogawa), who is overwhelmed by work and almost loses herself. She begins to go to the public bath by chance, and while working as her clerk, she draws a sketch of the state of the building.

Honami becomes obsessed with sketching public baths

　We used actual public baths such as "Kosugi-yu" in Koenji, Tokyo, and "Kotobuki-yu" in Higashi-Ueno, which is famous for its open-air baths. As Honami slowly stretches her legs in a tiled bathtub with a slightly nostalgic atmosphere, there is also a scene where she starts talking to an older woman nearby.

"When I thought it would be good to watch the drama, I wanted to make it so that people who saw it could actually go there. Was it the hard work of filming... the camera didn't fog up with steam (laughs), but We shoot after business hours are over, so we meet at 0:00 a.m. and start shooting at 1:00 a.m.

``Due to the content of the drama, we will also be filming scenes in which women take a bath. If you nervously check how the nakedness is reflected, the image will also be small.It is a public bath drama.I want you to watch it in a relaxed and comfortable way.”

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