Tokiwa Takako to star in a TBS Sunday drama, the first in 19 years since “Beautiful Life”

Actress Tokiwa Takako (46) will be starring in the TBS drama “Nichiyo Gekijo Good Wife” (Sunday Theater Good Wife) which will be on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. starting on January 4th.

The last time Tokiwa starred in a Nichiyo Gekijo drama “Beautiful Life” (2000), which she starred alongside Kimura Takuya.  The drama received a 41.3% final average.

The drama will revolve around Hinomi Kyoko who returns as a lawyer for the first time in 16 years.

As she was a housewife, she returns to work as a lawyer after her husband, who was a director of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office was arrested for corruption and now she must work and be there for her children.

Tokiwa said, “Since I was originally raised working with TBS, there is a feeling that I’m home.  Because there are many things that have changed since I worked here, I am looking forward to it and looking forward to seeing the new talent and I am willing to do my best”.

The drama is a remake of “The Good Wife” which was broadcast in the United States for seven years since 2009.