The first 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 6.5% for households and 3.9% for individuals.
The drama is based on the novel "Taigan no Kaji" (Housework on the Other Side) by Akeno Kayoko (Kodansha Bunko). Tabe plays Shiho Murakami, a full-time housewife who struggles with childcare and housework, and through her interactions with "people on the other side" who have different positions and ways of thinking than her, the drama depicts the never-ending task of "housework."
In the first episode, Shiho is a full-time housewife who lives with her kind and cheerful husband, Tora ( Wataru Ichinose), who works late every day as the manager of an izakaya, and her cute daughter, Ichigo (Hana Nagai). One day, Shiho and Ichigo decide to participate in a "hand play class" at a child-rearing support center...
