The eighth 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 6.1% for households and 3.5% 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 episode 8, while talking with her husband, Tora (Wataru Ichinose), about when they would like to have a second child, Shiho realizes that they are in a sexless marriage. She tells Nakatani (Dean Fujioka) that she loves Tora, but that they have become more like a family than a couple.
