The seventh 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 12th, 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 Ryunosuke Kamiki Shogo, a newcomer TV writer inspired by the "young Mitani", and Hamabe Minami as Egashira Juri, a shrine maiden at Happun Shrine, a quiet shrine nestled in Shibuya.
Episode 7 was broadcast under the title "The Duo Breaks Up."
A week has passed since the opening performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but the audience numbers have not increased as expected, and sales are less than half of the target. However, Kubo is enthusiastic about staging Shakespeare's masterpiece "The Winter's Tale" starting next week. The manager, Asano Daimon (Nozoe Yoshihiro), is defeated by Kubo's enthusiasm...
