Actress Sakai returns to stage

Actress Sakai returns to stage

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Noriko Sakai answers reporters' questions before making a comeback on stage in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2012. Sakai suspended her career following her conviction on drug charges in 2009. A rehearsal of a period play, in which Sakai plays the role of feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga's sister Ichi, was performed for the press in a hall in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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