The second episode of the drama series "ESCAPE: It Was Supposed to Be a Kidnapping" (Nippon TV, Wednesdays at 10pm), starring actors Sakurada Hiyori and Hayato Sano, aired on October 15th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 4.0% for households and 2.2% for individuals.
The drama is a human suspense story depicting the strange getaway of a company president's daughter (Sakurada) and her kidnapper (Sano), and this will be the first time that both Sakurada and Sano will star in a drama that will be aired during the golden prime time slot on a major commercial broadcasting station.
In the second episode, Yui (Sakurada) and Daisuke (Sano) find themselves caught up in an unexpected situation, wondering if the kidnapping case is connected to the "dark side of Yagami Pharmaceuticals" that occurred 27 years ago.
