Uso no Senso Fuji TV Winter Drama EPISODE01-07

Drama: War of Lie (English / literal title)
Romaji: Uso no Senso
Japanese: 嘘の戦争
Director: Yoshishige Miyake
Writer: Noriko Goto
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes:
Release Date: January 10, 2017 —
Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00-21:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

When Koichi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) was 9-years-old, Koichi’s father was accused of killing his wife and youngest child. He was also accused of committing suicide. In reality, Koichi’s father was framed for the murders and Koichi saw the person who killed his family. He told a cop that his father didn’t kill anyone and he saw the killer, but nobody believed him. Afterwards, his relatives called him a liar and he grew up with the nickname of Liar. Koichi eventually moved overseas and changed his name. He became a swindler.

Koichi meets the killer who killed his family and goes back to Japan to take revenge.

Notes

Actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, director Yoshishige Miyake and screenwriter Noriko Goto previously worked together in 2015 Fuji TV drama series “War of Money.”