The eighth episode of the drama series "PUNCH-DRUNK WOMAN - XX Days Until Escape -" (Nippon Television Network, Sundays at 10:30 PM), starring actress Ryoko Shinohara, aired on March 15th, and it has been revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region) was 3.3% for households and 1.9% for individuals.
The drama is an original escape suspense story inspired by a true story from overseas in which a female prison guard helped a male inmate escape and ran away with him. Veteran female prison guard Kozue Fuyuki (played by Shinohara) has lived a disciplined and honest life, but her life is turned upside down when she meets Reiji Kusaka (played by Jesse), a pre-trial detainee who has been indicted for robbery and murder and who is deeply involved in Kozue's secret.
Episode 8 was broadcast under the title "I want to run away with you... The lies and true feelings of a wicked woman."
