The second episode of the TV drama series "Private Banker" (TV Asahi, Thursdays 9pm), starring actor Toshiaki Karasawa, was broadcast on January 16th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 6.9% for households and 3.9% for individuals.
The drama is an original story that focuses on a professional "private banker" who advises the wealthy on how to manage and build their assets. It is a thrilling money suspense drama in which Koichi Anno (played by Karasawa) uses his overwhelming financial knowledge and wide-ranging connections to brilliantly solve a number of financial problems.
In the second episode, Tenmuji Takehiro (Hashizume Isao), the president of the Tenmuji Aina Group, is convinced that a fight will soon break out within his family over the 700 billion yen in assets. He sends Anno into the family, asking them to "protect our assets from those guys."
