Mieko Harada to play widow in sarin subway attack drama

I love Mieko Harada. She's a true talent. I will watch this just for her.

No picture of Harada Mieko? out of sight out of mind, anyway have been watching replays of Sarin attack for 15 years, so it ok !

Mieko Harada has been popular for her acting skills and beauty since the mid 1970s. Here is an old YouTube clip of her at the start of her career:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58PCzdqEEeE

well all those finger print scanners at narita arent going to help stop the future japanese terrorists are they. There was me thinking that all terrorists were evil foreigners.

I wonder who will play AUM's bloodthirsty guru, Asahara. Papaya Suzuki, perhaps?

I am definitely going to watch this. I am one of the survivors. Didn't know this new docudrama was being done....

What do you mean spike? Were you in the subway?

I was on the Marunouchi Train which was gassed. But I was fortunate in that I got out of the station before the gas went off. The the following week, they tried a cyanide gas attack on the public toilets beside the Marunouchi line in Shinjuku, I just missed that one as well. It was nearly 3 months before I was able to use the subway. Fortunately my employer at the time was very understanding and paid for bus and taxi so I could get to work. I still have nightmares of "what if, I had stopped to buy a newspaper???"

The media doesn't refer to it as terror. For whatever reason, its an "attack" but not "terro".

@AzabuSamurai whether the media decide not to call it 'terror', I can tell you it was pretty damned "terrorizing" for me....

Spikejp99, we are all survivors. You just happpened to be close. So was I on the Hibiya line accident that happened between Ebisu and Naka Meguro stations some few years back. I was actually on the same train and assisted those who were injured, unfortunately, some did not make it(may they rest in peace).....But hey, life goes on. Just put it behind you and move on.

@Professor I'm with you, life goes on and I have had no problems with the subway since. Sorry to hear you had your own experience, and glad to hear that you didn't become overwhelmed by it. (I had ending a sentence with a prepisition). As they say "That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger", but sometimes can drive you absolutely barmy at the same time.

I wonder who will play AUM's bloodthirsty guru, Asahara.

One of the guys from SMAP.

AzabuSamurai makes a brilliant point: why isn't this ever mentioned as "Terra" , whereas anything even much smaller overseas is? Can Japan NOT have domestic terrorism? Is it restricted to foreigners and foreign countries? I've always wondered that. I've no doubt if a Muslim group did this, killed 12 people in Tokyo and injured 5,500, Japanese would rightly be calling it "Terra".

The Aum Shinrikyo attacks happened before "terror" was invented - and it isn't a Japanese invention. Who first started talking about 'the war on terror', and when? It grated on me a lot when they started using it - what's wrong with plain old terrorism? I'll be interested in watching this, see how it7s dealt with, 15 years on. Haruki Murakami brought out that quite interesting book called "Underground" about the attacks. There was a very good film about the Matsumoto man who was falsely accused. Damned if I can remember the title.

Maria, terrorism was a part of life for me a s alad in London from 70s to 90s. The strange thing with Japanese attacks are they are all done by their own citizens. I hope this is done tastefully.

. Who first started talking about 'the war on terror'

George Dubya