TV Tokyo's serial drama "Otto yo, shinde kurenai ka" (Mondays 11:06pm), starring Yumi Adachi, Saki Aibu and Sayaka Isoyama, will begin airing on April 7th. The drama is the third in the station's "All Husbands Tremble" series, following "Five Ways to Socially Erase Your Husband" and "Until I Destroy My Husband's Family." Based on the novel of the same name by Maruyama Masaki (Futabasha), the drama is a marriage suspense drama about three best friends who share the common obstacle of finding happiness in the presence of their eccentric "husbands," and who will stop at nothing to find "happiness."
Adachi plays Komoto Maya, who works for a major developer and feels that her marriage and being a woman are hindrances to her career advancement; Aibu plays Kagami Riko, a freelance writer who cannot bear her husband's restrictions and is considering divorce; and Isoyama plays Sakaki Yurika, a full-time housewife who endures her husband's emotional abuse.
Also appearing in the series are Takezai Terunosuke as Maya's husband Komoto Mitsuhiro, Takahashi Mitsuomi as Riko's husband Kagami Hiroki, and Tsukamoto Takashi as Yurika's husband Sakaki Tetsuya. Also appearing in the series are Kubota Yuuki as Senda Shinichi, who meets Maya at her favorite bar, Shimizu Naoya as Kamoshita Ryosuke, a young doctor who has a connection with Riko, Yui Ryoko as Tachibana Yoko, Maya's boss at work, Matsuura Ryo as Torii Kana, a junior at Maya's work, Yanagi Yurei as Shimura Isao, the detective in charge of Mitsuhiro's disappearance, Yoshioka Mutsuo as Sonobe Yasuaki, Maya's brother, and Niyama Chiharu as Emi, a mom friend whom Yurika admires.
In the first episode, Maya, Riko, and Yurika, three friends from college, frequently get together to complain about their husbands and vent their frustrations.
One day, Maya's husband Mitsuhiro's affair is discovered. After an argument, Mitsuhiro disappears. At the same time, Maya and Riko receive a call from Yurika, who is suffering from her husband Tetsuya's emotional abuse, saying, "I killed my husband...!"
