War of Lie: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Koichi's father killed his mother and his brother, then he took his own life—or so it appeared. In fact it was all a set-up. Koichi, 9 years old at that time, was the only witness present at the scene and saw the face of the true murderer. Despite his repeated testimony, no one took him seriously. He was called a liar and even his relatives looked at him with suspicion and distrust. Growing up, Koichi learned to master the art of lying and turned into an extremely skilled liar.

Eventually, he moves to Thailand, changes his name, gets a fake identity and becomes an extremely successful conman. There he meets the murderer who killed his family 30 years ago. He swears himself to take revenge and returns to Japan...

Series details

• Title: War of Lie
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2017-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-03-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22995

Cast and credited roles

• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi — Ichinose Koichi
• Naohito Fujiki — Nishina Takashi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-10; final listed air date 2017-03-14; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from War of Lie 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.