Suna no Utsuwa
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Details
- Name: 砂の器 / Suna No Utsuwa
- Also known as: Vessel of Sand
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership: 19.6%
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2004-01-18 to 2004-03-28
- Theme song: Yashashi Kisu wo Shite by Dreams Come True
Synopsis
Eiryo Waga (Nakai Masahiro) is well-known musician. As a composer and pianist, he has begun a rapid climb to stardom. But he must keep his terrible past a secret.
One day someone who knows all about his past, Kenichi Miki (Akai Hidekazu), appears before him. In order to protect the fame he has obtained, Waga kills Miki. Immediately after that, Waga runs into Asami Naruse (Matsuyuki Yasuko). He manages to pull himself together and leave the scene.
An investigation team is established led by two detectives Shuichiro Imanishi (Watanabe Ken) and Masaya Yoshimura (Nagai Masaru), but they have difficulty making any headway. Meanwhile, by coincidence Waga bumps into Asami again. Asami is a stage actress has her own dark past. Soon the two fall in love. But Waga is already engaged to Ayaka Tadokoro (Kyono Kotomi). It was with her father's help that Waga began his ascent to the top of the music world. It looks like Waga's ambitions are about to confront reality. However....
Based on Seicho Matsumoto's famous work that was released in 1960-61, [translated into English as Inspector Imanishi Investigates.] the drama illustrates the life of a man burdened with a heavy fate in a contemporary setting. --TBS
Cast
- Nakai Masahiro as Waga Eiryo
- Matsuyuki Yasuko as Naruse Asami
- Takeda Shinji as Sekikawa Yusuke
- Kyono Kotomi as Tadokoro Ayaka
- Nagai Masaru as Yoshimura Masaya
- Matsuoka Shunsuke as Karaki Isamu
- Okada Yoshinori as Miyata Makoto
- Sato Hitomi as Ohgihara Reiko
- Natsuyagi Isao as Tadokoro Shigeyoshi
- Ichimura Masachika as Aso Yuzuru
- Akai Hidekazu as Miki Kenichi
- Harada Yoshio as Motoura Chiyokichi
- Watanabe Ken as Imanishi Syuichiro
- Saito Ryusei
- Shintani Mayumi (ep1)
Production Credits
- Original story: Matsumoto Seicho
- Producer: 伊佐野英樹, 瀨戶口克陽
- Director: 福澤克雄, 金子文紀, 山室大輔
- Screenwriter: Tatsui Yukiri