"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.
Emi Takei
Mako Watsuji / Satsuki Kurasawa
Kenta Kiritani
Keiichiro Yumisaka
Ayame Goriki
Sayaka
Saki Fukuda
Kirara Tachibana
Yuki Matsushita
Haruo Ichijo
Momoka Ishii
Hero79%
The Newsreader75%
The Hitchhiker62%
Candy Candy85%
Tokyo Girl81%
Kimba the White Lion62%
Julia72%
Strawberry Panic70%
Sullivan's Crossing80%
Burn the House Down71%
Tell Me Lies76%
Princess Sarah81%
Swagger77%
I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear68%
Bel-Air76%
The Rose of Versailles83%
dele77%
Parish63%
Furuhata Ninzaburo88%
True Tears61%
