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| W no Higeki | |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Number of episodes: | 8 |
| First episode: | |
| Original airing: | 26 April - 14 June 2012 |
| Opening: | Woman (W no Higeki) Yori by Ken Hirai |
| Ending: | |
| Genre: | Mystery, drama |
The Tragedy of W (Wの悲劇 W no Higeki?)
Synopsis[]
“W no Higeki” is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was first dramatized for TV in 1983; turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, then got two separate drama adaptations in 2001 and 2010. In the original W no Higeki book, the main character is a foreigner who has no blood link to the titular W (originally Wada) family; she's just the English teacher and friend of the heiress. Because of this, all film and TV adaptations turned the heroine(s) into Japanese characters, with slight variations in plot. The original title was based on Ellery Queen's 1930s Tragedy of... books which ran from X to Z (translated into Japanese as ...no Higeki respectively).
The new version of the story will have Takei playing two different characters. One is Mako, the daughter of the Watsuji (W) family, owners 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. The drama appears to follow the concept of two women who exchange lives, leading to various tragic events for both of them. --Tokyograph
Cast[]
- Emi Takei as Mako Watsuji / Satsuki Kurasawa
- Kenta Kiritani as Keiichiro Yumisaka
- Yuki Matsushita as Haruo Ichijo
- Saki Fukuda as Kirara Tachibana
- Ayame Gouriki as Sayaka Mido
- Ayaka Morita as Layla
- Natsumi Kon (昆夏美) as Kurara
- Minori Terada as Yohee Watsuji
- Yoko Nogiwa as Mine Watsuji
- Mayumi Wakamura as Yoshie Watsuji
- Shunsuke Nakamura as Michihiko Watsuji
- Kohei Takeda as Takuo Watsuji
- Akio Kaneda as Shigeru Watsuji
- Issei Takahashi as Shohei Masaki
- Yuriko Hirooka as Shino Kimura
Production Credits[]
- Original writing (novel): W no Higeki by Natsuki Shizuko (夏樹静子)
- Screenwriter: Toshio Terada
- Chief producer: Seiko Uchiyama
- Producers: Sou Iida (飯田爽), Mayumi Shimizu (清水真由美)
- Directors: Osamu Katayama, Hisashi Ueda