The sixth episode of the Fuji TV drama series "If This World Were a Stage, Where Would the Dressing Room Be?" (Wednesdays at 10pm), written by Koki Mitani and starring actor Masaki Suda, aired on November 5th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 3.3% for households and 1.9% for individuals.
The drama is a youth ensemble drama set in Shibuya in 1984. Suda plays Kube Mitsunari, a theater company director who dreams of success, alongside Nikaido Fumi as the mysterious dancer Koda Rika, Kamiki Ryunosuke as Horai Shogo, a newcomer TV writer inspired by the "young Mitani", and Ryunosuke Kamiki Minami as Egashira Juri, a shrine maiden at Happun Shrine, a quiet shrine nestled in Shibuya.
Episode 6 is titled "I'll Quit Tonight." At the WS Theater, where Kube's version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" has just finished its opening night, Kube is approached by Japan's leading Shakespearean actor, Reizaburo Koreo (played by Kazuyuki Asano). Kube takes Koreo, who has shown some appreciation for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," to a party venue.
Horai, who is interested in the shrine maiden Juri, invites her to the launch party, but it seems that Juri only has eyes for Hisabe. At the launch venue, Rika (Nikaido Fumi), who has a new perspective on Hisabe, is waiting... and so the story unfolds.
