The synopsis and still images for episode 9 of the drama series "PUNCH-DRUNK WOMAN - XX Days Until Escape -" (NTV, Sundays at 10:30 PM), starring actress Ryoko Shinohara, have been released. The episode will air on March 22nd.
Determined to help Reiji (Jesse) escape, Kozue Fuyuki (Shinohara), a prison guard at Hikawa Detention Center, transforms into a villain. To conceal the escape plan, she drives out her troublesome superior, Koyanagi (Takeshi Ukaji), from the detention center and lies to her friend, Detective Saeki (Naohito Fujiki), telling him she wants to marry him.
Meanwhile, just as Kozue had planned, the detention center decided to implement a new surveillance system. During the system switchover, all surveillance cameras and vein authentication would be temporarily shut down. Kozue planned to escape during that brief "10-minute window," and to make her plan perfect, she suggested conducting an evacuation drill that very day.
As preparations for the escape progress, Koyanagi, who has discovered the plan, sets out for revenge. Furthermore, the police also sense the escape attempt...
The drama is an original story inspired by a true story from overseas in which a female prison guard helped a male inmate escape and ran away with him. The script is written by Yoshihiro Izumi, known for works such as "The Laughing Matryoshka," and directed by Tsuyoshi Nakakuki, known for works such as "The Unerasable 'Me'" and "Secret Mitsuko-san," and Seiichi Nagumo, known for works such as "The Wicked Woman" and "The Reluctant Preacher?"
