Ws Tragedy
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Director Shinichiro Sawai Music director Joe Hisaishi Language Japanese | 7/10 Genre Drama Duration Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Haruhiko Arai , Shinichiro Sawai Release date December 15, 1984 Featured songs Woman (W no Higeki) Yori, Premiere Gymnopedie: Lent et douloureux, II. Dies irae Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru (Shizuka Mita), Masanori Sera (Akio Moriguchi), Kunihiko Mitamura (Jun Godai), Miho Takagi (Kaori Kikuchi)Similar movies Related Shinichiro Sawai movies |
Ws Tragedy (, Daburyu no Higeki) is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Shinichiro Sawai, based on the novel by Shizuko Natsuki (published in English under the title Murder at Mt. Fuji). At the 9th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received three other nominations.
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Plot

Natsukis original book W no Higeki, the story of a rich family torn apart by the murder of their patriarch, and their heiress being accused of the crime, becomes a play and is acted out by a troupe of actors in Osaka. The role of the heroine is contended for by young Shizuka Mita (Yakushimaru), who dreams of fame and fortune. Shizuka is taken under the wing of famous actress Sho Hatori (Y. Mita), whose rich patron died in her arms one night, and who agrees to let Shizuka stand in for her. As the play is acted out, Shizuka realizes that many scenes in the play begin to have parallels with real life...
The film takes the form of a story within a story, in which the original books characters are acted out by the films characters.
Cast
Theme song
This song has also been covered by Yumi Matsutoya, Yuko Ando, Akina Nakamori and Ken Hirai, the latter version being used for the 2012 iteration of the books story into a TV drama.
Awards and nominations
9th Japan Academy Prize.
27th Blue Ribbon Awards
10th Hochi Film Award
7th Yokohama Film Festival
References
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