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The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (2016)

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...

  • Mystery
  • Drama
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Masakazu TamuraMasakazu TamuraSugimoto Ryuji
  • Photo of Hirosue RyokoHirosue RyokoShiota Yoshiko
  • Photo of Asami MizukawaAsami MizukawaTasaka Fujiko
  • Photo of Yukiya KitamuraYukiya KitamuraShiota Hayao
  • Photo of Nana KataseNana KataseHirota
  • Photo of Taro SurugaTaro SurugaShoda Sakuji
  • Photo of Risa SudouRisa SudouFukuda Umeko
  • Photo of Houka KinoshitaHouka KinoshitaKojima
  • Photo of Naomi NishidaNaomi NishidaShoda Megumi
  • Photo of Mitsuko IshiiMitsuko Ishii

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