The Tragedy of W (Wの悲劇)

Overview

"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, and has seen numerous adaptions into TV drama in 1983, 1986, 2001 and 2010 respectively. This new version of the story has Takei Emi playing two different characters with the exact same face. One is Mako, the future successor of a billion-dollar pharmaceutical conglomerate. She has always lived in comfort, but yearns for freedom. The other character is Satsuki, a lowly cleaner in a show pub who lives in solitude and destitution, and would do anything to get money, including prostituing her own body. One day, they met and decided to exchange lives.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Emi Takei

Mako Watsuji / Satsuki Kurasawa

Kenta Kiritani

Keiichiro Yumisaka

Ayame Goriki

Sayaka

Saki Fukuda

Kirara Tachibana

Yuki Matsushita

Haruo Ichijo

Seasons

• Season 1

Season 1 (2012)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Substitute for Murder! The Girl who sells a 200 billion alibi

2012-04-26

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 2: Empress with 200 Billion Assets

2012-05-03

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 3: Terms of a Wicked Woman. I Killed Grandpa!!

2012-05-10

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 4: Billionaire Family's Murder Cover-up Trick!!

2012-05-17

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 5: Enter the Famous Detective. Trick to Murder a Billionaire

2012-05-24

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 6: Alibi is destroyed!? You are the Traitor!!

2012-05-31

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 7: Identity of the mother of twins finally the last chapter!

2012-06-07

Runtime: 54 min

Episode 8: Death and the identity of the real culprit runaway twins! A new murder

2012-06-14

Runtime: 54 min

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