The third episode of TV Asahi's drama series "Munou no Taka" (Fridays at 11:15 p.m., excluding some regions), starring actress Nanao, will be broadcast on October 25th. In the third episode, the feud between Mozuo Yumi (played by Doi Shiori) from the development department and Ukai Akane (played by Sato Honami), who are colleagues but at odds with each other, will deepen. The past of the two, who have been together since high school and were once so close that they called each other by their first names, will be revealed. Sato and Doi will be wearing their school uniforms in a flashback scene from their high school days.
Doi's big transformation from the cross-dressing lawyer Yamada Yone she played in the NHK morning drama "Tora ni Tsubasa" in the first half of 2024 to an orange-haired engineer has been a hot topic. "The high school scenes took some courage in a way. I hope you will watch it with a kind heart (laughs)," she commented. This was her first time acting alongside Sato, and she commented, "He's a truly wonderful actor and it's a lot of fun acting with him!"
The drama is a live-action adaptation of Hanzaki Asami's manga (Kodansha). It is a laid-back work comedy about new employee Takano Tsumeko (Nanao), who appears smart but is actually surprisingly incompetent, and the people around her who are at her mercy. The number of views for the catch-up stream of the first episode (broadcast on October 11th) has exceeded 2 million, making it the highest in the history of the "Friday Night Drama" time slot, and has become a hot topic.
