The Public Enemy

Season 1 Episode 10: What Is Politics?

Sato Tomoko leads an ordinary life with her husband and young child. One day, she defies the rules at the company where she works part-time to supplement the household income, and is fired. Tomoko is in her 40s, a high school dropout and has no qualifications. How is she to get a job? She happens to find out about the huge pay and high winning rate of members of the city, townand village councils through a TV programme. Equating huge pay with family happiness, the foolhardy Tomoko quickly decides to run for the city council. Her rival in the election race is Todo Makoto, who comes from a long line of politicians. Hirata Kazumi, a former star political journalist at a newspaper and a friend whose child attends the same nursery school, is inspired by Tomoko’s energy and ability to unify people, and becomes her supporter.

Genre:

Drama

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

10

Actor:

Ryoko Shinohara, Issey Takahashi, Arata Furuta

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2017

IMDb:

8.0