Inoue Mao and Cast of Morning Drama Ohisama on Location in Nagano

Actress Inoue Mao is playing the title role of NHK’s Asadora (morning drama), “Ohisama” and she was on location in Nagano along with other cast members. “Ohisama” will start broadcasting in the spring of 2011. The cast and crew of “Ohisama” started shooting on location since the 9th of this month, but because of snow and rain filming was postponed. Inoue commented on the situation with a bitter smile, “On our first day of filming, Nagano had it’s first big snow storm for the year, it snowed, and it also rained, it felt like a sudden baptism.” However, during this time, Inoue, co-stars Mitsushima Hikari, and Maiko were able to spend some quality time together, “The three of us chatted away like old ladies.”