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The Tragedy of “W”
1984 7.6 (23 votes) 1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
KADOKAWA

The Tragedy of “W” (Wの悲劇)

Overview

A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.

Key Crew

Director: Shinichirô Sawai

Director of Photography: Seizō Sengen

Producer: Mitsuru Kurosawa, Ryoji Ito, Tsuneo Seto, Haruki Kadokawa

Screenplay: Haruhiko Arai, Shinichirô Sawai

Top Cast

Hiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroko Yakushimaru

Shizuka Mita

Masanori Sera
Masanori Sera

Akio Moriguchi

Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa

Abe

Kōji Shimizu
Kōji Shimizu

Hideo Minerta

Minoru Uchida

Noboru Nakaya
Noboru Nakaya

Ryozo Dohara

Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kōjirō Kusanagi

Yoshikazu Kiuchi

Yoshie Minami
Yoshie Minami

Cheiko Yasue

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