The third episode of the Fuji TV drama series "If This World Were a Stage, Where Would the Dressing Room Be?" (Wednesdays at 10pm), written by Koki Mitani and starring actor Masaki Suda, aired on October 15th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 4.0% for households and 2.2% for individuals.
The drama is a youth ensemble drama set in Shibuya in 1984, and is an original story based on Mitani's memories of his youth. In a corner of Shibuya, a bustling center of youth culture, the drama depicts the struggles, setbacks, and sometimes love affairs of young people who are still unknown, in the full "Mitani world." This is Mitani's first prime-time drama series in 25 years, and it will be directed by Nishiura Masaki, known for "Code Blue."
Suda plays the main character, Kube Mitsunari, a theater troupe director who dreams of success, while Nikaido Fumi plays the mysterious dancer Koda Rika, Kamiki Ryunosuke plays Ryunosuke Kamiki Shogo, a new broadcast writer based on the "young Mitani" man, and Hamabe Minami plays Egashira Juri, a shrine maiden at Happun Shrine, a quiet shrine located in Shibuya.
The third episode was titled "A Summer Night's Eight-Piece Hill." In Globe Manor, an old apartment building across from the WS Theater, Kubo (Suda) was frantically writing a script. He was rewriting Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for a performance at the WS Theater. Rookie scriptwriter Horai (Ryunosuke Kamiki) was watching him.
Rika (Nikaido Fumi) tries to read the manuscript that Hisabe has finished writing, but he is extremely defensive. The two of them say whatever they want to Hisabe, such as "If it's too long, the audience will get bored" and "It would be better if there were as few lines as possible." Then Hisabe loses his temper and tears up the manuscript he was writing... and so the story unfolds.
