The second episode of the TV drama series " Taigan no Kaji ~Kore ga, Watashi no Ikiru Michi~ " (TBS, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Mikako Tabe viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 5.0% for households and 2.7% for individuals.
The drama is based on the novel "Taigan no Kaji" (Kodansha Bunko) by Akeno Kayoko. Tabe plays Shiho Murakami, a full-time housewife who struggles with childcare and housework, and through her interactions with "people on the other side of the river" who have different positions and ways of thinking than her, the drama depicts the never-ending task of "housework."
In the second episode, Shiho (Tabe) comforts Reiko ( Noriko Eguchi), who is overwhelmed by the need to balance her work and housework, and the two become mommy friends who can talk about their worries despite their different positions. Just then, Shiho meets Nakatani (Dean Fujioka), a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare who is on parental leave for two years, at the park...
