The Tragedy of "W"

Dec 15, 1984

1h 48m

★ 7.6

Overview

A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

KADOKAWA

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Cast

Shizuka Mita

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Akio Moriguchi

Masanori Sera

Abe

Yukio Ninagawa

Hideo Minerta

Kōji Shimizu

Minoru Uchida

Ryozo Dohara

Noboru Nakaya

Yoshikazu Kiuchi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Cheiko Yasue

Yoshie Minami

Moeko Ezawa

Kamatari Fujiwara

Yuriko Kono

Kaori Kikuchi

Miho Takagi

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

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