Yakou Kanransya 2013

Drama: Ferris Wheel at Night (literal title)
Romaji: Yakou Kanransya
Japanese: 夜行観覧車
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Takayoshi Tanazawa
Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Satoko Okudera
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 18 – March 22, 2013
Runtime: Fridays 22:00-22:54
TV Ratings: 11.6% (weekly average)
Genre: Suspense
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

“Yakou Kanransya” follows three families who reside in the wealthy residential neighborhood of Hibarigaoka: the Endo family, Takahashi family and Kojima family.

Mayumi Endo (Kyoka Suzuki) has dreamt of living in Hibarigaoka and is finally able to build a home there. Meanwhile, Mayumi’s daughter Ayaka, who failed her high school entrance exam, inflicts domestic violence upon her mother. Neighbors can hear an angry voice.

Meanwhile, the Takahashi family lives across from the Endo family. The Takahashis consists of the father who is a doctor, the mother, daughter who attends the elite private high school that Ayaka failed to get into and a son who is good in sports. Their house is spectacular and they appear perfectly happy.

One day, the father in the Takahashi home is murdered. Detectives believe the killer is an acquaintance of the murdered father. Then, the son, who is presumed to have been at their home when the murder occurred, goes missing. People begin to think that the son killed the father.

Notes

Based on novel “Yakou Kanransya” by Kanae Minato (published June 2, 2010 by Futabasha Publishers Ltd.).

Cast



Kyoka Suzuki	Yuriko Ishida	Hiroyuki Miyasako	Shota Yasuda	Hana Sugisaki
Mayumi Endo	Junko Takahashi	Keisuke Endo	Yoshiyuki Takahashi	Ayaka Endo



Karen Miyazaki	Taishi Nakagawa	Tetsushi Tanaka	Mari Natsuki	Katsunori Takahashi
Hinako Takahashi	Shinji Takahashi	Hiroyuki Takahashi	Satoko Kojima	Tetsuya Yuki