Kadota, a veteran tour escort working for the travel agency that organised a ‘25-day all-female tour of Europe’, sets off from Japan alongside Hijikata, who has been handpicked as the tour guide following a forceful recommendation from Egi, a travel journalist popular with wealthy ladies. Amidst a tangled web of rivalry and jealousy amongst the participants, and with the future of the tour looking uncertain, the group encounters a series of strange incidents—including a theft—at their refuelling stop in Anchorage and their first sightseeing destination, Copenhagen.
‘Seicho Matsumoto Special: The Black Corridor’. Broadcast on 2 October 1984 as a special episode of Nippon TV’s ‘Tuesday Suspense Theatre’ (21:02–23:24). Filmed on location in the Netherlands and Italy, with the climax set in Switzerland, as in the original novel. A special programme marking the third anniversary of ‘Tuesday Suspense Theatre’. Viewing figures: 25.2% (according to Video Research, Kanto region).
The Hardy Boys72%
Tell Me Lies76%
Vanished67%
Galileo82%
Sherlock & Daughter66%
The Survivors66%
Disclaimer74%
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?66%
The Ex-Wife65%
The Marlow Murder Club58%
Agatha Christie's Marple78%
Steal74%
The Rainmaker74%
Dispatches from Elsewhere67%
The Assassin68%
Frankie Drake Mysteries63%
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo75%
Burn the House Down71%
City on Fire64%
Tell Me Your Secrets73%
