TELASA streams director's cut of TV Asahi drama's episode 1
The extended version adds unbroadcast scenes, including Nao watching over Shuji at the hospital and his first meeting with his ex-girlfriend Rika.
TELASA began exclusive streaming of the director's cut version of episode 1 of the TV Asahi drama "Ani Imouto" on October 31 at 12:00 noon, according to ascii.jp.
The extended cut adds scenes that were not broadcast, including one in which Nao looks at Shuji sleeping on a hospital bench the morning after he spends the night there.
Other exclusive additions include a conversation between Eri and Nao in a hospital room, and a first conversation between Nao and Shuji's ex-girlfriend Rika Tanaka.
The series stars Nana Eikura as Nao Kurashige and Eiji Akaso as Shuji Sonoda. It airs every Saturday at 10 p.m. on TV Asahi as the first entry in the broadcaster's new Saturday Drama 10 slot.
How the first episode ended
Episode 1 depicted the worst possible first meeting between Nao, a doctor, and Shuji, the brother of his ill sister Eri, and ended with the grandmother Satoe dying in a fire, at whose scene Nao's missing brother Ryosuke appeared.
Quick answers
When did the director's cut of episode 1 start streaming?
TELASA began exclusive streaming on October 31 at 12:00 noon.
What extra scenes are in the director's cut?
It adds scenes including Nao watching Shuji sleep on a hospital bench, a hospital-room conversation between Eri and Nao, and Nao's first conversation with Shuji's ex-girlfriend Rika Tanaka.
When does the drama air on TV Asahi?
It airs every Saturday at 10 p.m. as the first entry in the new Saturday Drama 10 slot.