The first episode of TV Asahi's TV series "The Man Who Doesn't Divorce, The Cuckold's Cuckold and the Vicious Wife's Deceptive Love", starring Junshi Ito and Mariko Tada, aired late Saturday night, has exceeded 4.2 million, making it the highest number of episodes in TV Asahi's history. The drama not only caused great repercussions in Japan, but was also sought after by Chinese audiences and Koreans. In addition, the second episode broke the ** record of more than 1.1 million in just one day after its release.
The drama depicts Wataru Okayata (played by Junshi Ito), a top reporter in the social department of a major newspaper, who sees the infidelity of his wife (played by Mariko Tada) and decides to divorce her. In order to increase his chances of winning custody, Wataru Okayata decides to investigate his wife's lover in depth. He put in a lot of effort and preparation to secure custody of his daughter, which included changing jobs and working from home, but the lawyer he consulted believed that the probability of the father getting custody was only 10%. In the course of the lawsuit, Wataru Okayatani discovered that his wife's lover was actually related to a major case involving **. In addition to this, his wife's lover (played by Tetsuhei Koike) also has some little-known history. In the tense atmosphere of the trial, Wataru Okayatani presented evidence of his wife's cheating, each of which was irrefutable facts. Wataru and his investigative team worked to gather conclusive evidence of his wife's infidelity, and despite a 10% chance of victory, they still engaged in a challenging legal battle.
The TV series is the last TV series written by Suzuki, a leading figure in the Japanese entertainment industry, who plans to retire on March 31 this year. Suzuki showed extraordinary creative talent in the play, and the audience was moved by the brilliant farewell of the screenwriter. Suzuki has already achieved its goal of "making the last hugely popular TV series", and the second episode that aired on January 27 also won the first place on the TVER drama chart.
Mariko Tian plays the heroine in the play, and she was one of the members of the "God 7" in AKB48 in Japan.
In 2019, she and her entrepreneur husband, who is 3 years younger than her, entered the palace of marriage after 0 days (during their first dinner alone, the man asked her to marry directly), and welcomed the birth of a daughter in 2020.
However, the good times didn't last long. At the beginning of 2023, Mariko Tada's husband discovers her affair with her affair partner, a director of a travel agency who is married and has children. The husband discovers the menstrual period app she uses that records his sex life with his cheating partner, and also finds a record of the line conversation between them. So, before the two divorced, she offered to break up with him, but her husband refused her request. The two men were married for only 4 years.
Netizens jokingly said that Mariko Tian is "acting in her true colors" in this drama, and there are many shameful dialogues and intense and exaggerated scenes between her and Koike Tetsuhei, who plays the object of cheating, which has caused a strong reaction on SNS.
After the second episode aired, the description of the entanglement between the two on SNS was: The lingering drama between Tetsuhei Koike and Mariko Tada really appealed to me. Tetsuhei Koike said some very interesting lines and Mariko Tada's passionate scenes are really outstanding. Tetsuhei Koike's bad state gives a very interesting feeling.
However, there are also opinions such as "this drama is so hilarious, it makes my stomach hurt from laughing" and "I really want to figure out which drama I watched, but I will continue to watch it."
The comments of Japanese netizens made me even more confused, is this a cheating drama or a comedy?
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