The Tragedy of “W”
A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.
Release Date
December 15, 1984Runtime
108 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Shinichirô Sawai, Isao FujisawaScreenplay by
Haruhiko Arai, Shinichirô SawaiLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Shizuka MitaMasanori Sera
Akio MoriguchiYukio Ninagawa
AbeKōji Shimizu
Hideo MinertaNoboru Nakaya
Ryozo DoharaKōjirō Kusanagi
Yoshikazu KiuchiYoshie Minami
Cheiko YasueMoeko Ezawa
Kamatari Fujiwara
Miho Takagi
Kaori KikuchiMichio Hino
Ken Nishida
Iwao Dan
Kiyomi Tsukada
Kunihiko Mitamura
Jun GodaiYoshiko Mita
Sho Hajima
Cast33 cast members
Crew17 crew members