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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...
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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...
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Genre:Mystery, Thriller, Crime, TV Movie
Written By:Yoshikazu Okada
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Runtime:120 minutes
Studio:TELEPACK, TBS
Cast
Akimitsu Sasaki
Director
Miho Kanno
Haruo Ichijo
Mitsuki Tanimura
Mako Watsuji
Miki Maya
Yoshie Watsuji
Hiroki Narimiya
Takuo Watsuji
Teruyuki Kagawa
Shohei Masaki
Masahiko Tsugawa
Yohei Watsuji
Fumiyo Kohinata
Ukyo Nakasato
Tetsuya Takeda
Kappei Ainoura
Junko Ikeuchi
Mine Watsuji
Tohru Emori
Shigeru Watsuji
Hashinosuke Nakamura
Michihiko Watsuji
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