Details
Title: Wの悲劇
Title (romaji): W no Higeki
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, drama
Episodes: 8
Viewership rating: 9.1 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2012-Apr-26 to 2012-Jun-14
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Synopsis
“W no Higeki” is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, then got two separate drama adaptations in 2001 and 2010.
The new version of the story will have Takei playing two different characters. One is Mako, the daughter of a major business conglomerate. She has always lived in comfort, and as a result, she yearns to finally grasp life with her own hands. The other character is Satsuki, a show pub dancer who lives a solitary and destitute life in a corner of the city and who desires money and power. Although the characters and setting are different from the original, the drama appears to follow the same concept of two women who exchange lives, leading to various tragic events for both of them. --Tokyograph
Cast
Takei Emi as Watsuji Mako / Kurasawa Satsuki
Kiritani Kenta as Yumisaka Keiichiro
Matsushita Yuki as Ichijo Haruo
Fukuda Saki as Tachibana Kirara
Gouriki Ayame as Mido Sayaka
Morita Ayaka as Layla
Kon Natsumi (昆夏美) as Kurara
Terada Minori as Watsuji Yohee
Nogiwa Yoko as Watsuji Mine
Wakamura Mayumi as Watsuji Yoshie
Nakamura Shunsuke as Watsuji Michihiko
Takeda Kohei as Watsuji Takuo
Kaneda Akio as Watsuji Shigeru
Takahashi Issei as Masaki Shohei
Hirooka Yuriko as Kimura Shino
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): W no Higeki by Natsuki Shizuko (夏樹静子)
Screenwriter: Terada Toshio
Chief producer: Uchiyama Seiko
Producers: Iida Sou (飯田爽), Shimizu Mayumi (清水真由美)
Directors: Katayama Osamu, Ueda Hisashi
W no Higeki
