The Tragedy of W

The Tragedy of W

120 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie | Jan. 11, 2010

The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...

The Tragedy of W

120 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie | Jan. 11, 2010

The Tragedy of W
The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
Producers TBS, Telepack
Original title Wの悲劇
Directors Ryo Shimazoe, Akimitsu Sasaki
Writers Shizuko Natsuki, Yoshikazu Okada

Cast

Miho Kanno

as Haruo Ichijo

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Shohei Masaki

Hiroki Narimiya

as Takuo Watsuji

Mitsuki Tanimura

as Mako Watsuji

Hashinosuke Nakamura

as Michihiko Watsuji

Tetsuya Takeda

as 相浦克平

Junko Ikeuchi

as Mine Watsuji

Tohru Emori

as Shigeru Watsuji

Masahiko Tsugawa

as Yohei Watsuji

Fumiyo Kohinata

as 中里右京

Miki Maya

as Yoshie Watsuji