The Fuji TV Wednesday 10pm drama "If This World Were a Stage, Where Would the Dressing Room Be?" (Wednesdays at 10pm) is written by Koki Mitani and stars Masaki Suda. The synopsis and stills for the third episode, which will air on October 15th, have been released.
In Globe Manor, an old apartment building across from the WS Theatre, Hisabe (played by Suda) is frantically writing a script. He is rewriting Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for a performance at the WS Theatre.
Hisabe is watched by a newcomer TV writer, Horai (Ryunosuke Kamiki). Horai is asked for a late-night snack and heads to the room of Rika (Fumi Nikaido), who also lives in the Grove Manor. Afterwards, even though he complains about the plain ramen she made, Hisabe can't stop eating.
Then, Rika 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...
The drama is a coming-of-age ensemble drama set in Shibuya in 1984, and is a completely original story that includes semi-autobiographical elements from Mitani. 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."
