Minshuu no Teki

Details

 * Title: 民衆の敵
 * Title (romaji): Minshuu no Teki
 * Also known as: The Public Enemy
 * Tagline: 世の中、おかしくないですか!? / Yo no Naka, Okashikunai desu ka!?
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Political drama
 * Episodes: 10
 * Viewership ratings: 6.73%
 * Broadcast network: Fuji TV
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-23 to 2017-Dec-25
 * Air time: Monday 21:00
 * Theme song: LIFE by AAA

Synopsis
Currently, in Japanese society, there exists many issues which are not dealt with. These include quing children who are waiting to be accepted for nursery school and aging society welfare issues. Tomoko Sato is an ordinary housewife who lives with her husband and child. Tomoko feels that she has to support her family by finding a high paying job. In the midst of this dilemma, she gets fired. Depressed, she catches a show on TV about an incident involving a city council and researches about it. She immediately gets mesmerized by the potential high payrate. From the data she finds online, it says there is an 80% chance for candidates to be elected as a city council member!? Although she has no educational background, could this be the beginning of her new challenge? Tomoko eventually calculates that a “high salary rate” will make her family happy and decides to fight for a position as a city council members. This is a story about a woman who simply wants “happiness,” therefore opens the way to new a chapter in her life. -- Fuji TV

Cast

 * Shinohara Ryoko as Sato Tomoko
 * Takahashi Issei as Todo Makoto
 * Ishida Yuriko as Hirata Kazumi
 * Tanaka Kei as Sato Kohei
 * Furuta Arata as Inusaki Kazuhisa
 * Maeda Atsuko as Koide Mia
 * Chiba Yudai as Okamoto Ryo
 * Saito Tsukasa (斎藤司) as Sonoda Ryutaro
 * Wakadanna (若旦那) as Wakamiya Kan
 * Hosoda Yoshihiko as Mochizuki Mamoru
 * Imada Mio as Riko
 * Yo Kimiko as Kawarada Akiko
 * Osumi Kenya (大澄賢也) as Maeda Yasushi
 * Nozawa Shiori (野澤しおり) as Hirata Akane
 * Torigoe Soma as Sato Shunpei

Guests

 * Kiritani Mirei (ep1)
 * Mizukawa Asami (ep2)
 * Fujiwara Sakura as as female high-school student (ep6)

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Kurosawa Hisako (黒沢久子)
 * Producer: Kusagaya Daisuke
 * Director: Kanai Hiro, Ishii Yusuke, Aizawa Hideyuki (相沢秀幸)
 * Music: Izutsu Akio