W no Higeki: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: W no Higeki
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 2012-04-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-06-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16269
• IMDb ID: tt2261067
• TVDB ID: 259509

Cast and credited roles

• Emi Takei — Mako Watsuji
• Emi Takei — Satsuki Kurasawa
• Kenta Kiritani — Yumisaka Keiichiro
• Saki Fukuda — Kirara Tachibana

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-04-26; final listed air date 2012-06-14; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from W no Higeki on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.