The fifth episode of the TV drama " Who saw the peacock dance in the jungle? " (TBS, Friday 10pm), starring actress Suzu Hirose , was broadcast on February 21st, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 6.2% for households and 3.6% for individuals.
The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Asami Rito. It is a suspense story where the love and destiny of a parent and child caught up in a false accusation case intertwines. Hirose plays Yamashita Komugi, a daughter whose father, a former police officer, was killed on Christmas Eve night, and with a letter left by her father as a clue, she approaches the truth of two incidents, past and present. This is Hirose's first lead role in a full-scale suspense drama.
In the fifth episode, Someda (played by Sakai Toshiya), the owner of a ramen stand, dies, and the truth becomes even more obscure. Kokoro Mugi (played by Hirose) and Matsukaze (played by Matsuyama Kenichi) go to meet Mikida Tatsuo (played by Ishimaru Kenjiro), the former lawyer in the Togayama case, whose name was mentioned in Haruo's (played by Lily Franky) letter. There they find a new clue... and so the story unfolds.
