Teruyuki Kagawa to star in WOWOW drama to be broadcast and streamed in 2025

It has been revealed that actor Teruyuki Kagawa will star in the drama "W Serial Drama: Disaster," scheduled to be broadcast and distributed on WOWOW in spring 2025. Kagawa will play a "certain man" who brings disaster to people. He changes his appearance, tone of voice, facial expression, personality and behavior, and appears before the six characters as a completely different person. It will be a unique psycho-suspense drama in which Kagawa will play six roles in one work. A special trailer was also released. This is the first time that Kagawa has appeared in a drama in three years since "Roppongi Class" (TV Asahi), which aired in 2022. This completely original work depicts how a "man" played by Kagawa appears and a "disaster" mercilessly falls on six innocent characters who live in modern times while struggling with their own conflicts. Who is the "man"? What is the "disaster"? When and to whom will the "disaster" fall? The story is about the presence of the "man" bringing unprecedented fear... The directors and scriptwriters are Seki Yutaro and Hirase Kentaro of the director group "Gogatsu." The two directors began their work as a film production project born from the Sato Masahiko Laboratory at the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School. Their first short film, "Happoen," was officially invited to the Short Film Competition at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, and their short film "Which One?" (starring Kuroki Haru) was invited to the Short Film Competition at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. In addition, their short film "Haircut" (starring Ichikawa Mikako) was officially invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2022, and their first feature film, "Miyamatsu and Yamashita," starring Kagawa, was officially invited to the New Directors category at the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival. "Serial Drama W Sai" will have 6 episodes. It will be broadcast and distributed on WOWOW Prime and WOWOW On Demand in spring 2025. The first episode is free. ◇Comment from Kagawa Teruyuki Two of the three directors from the strange unit "May Group" that I met on the strange main film "Miyamatsu and Yamashita" have come up with a strange story, and two of them, the young ones, have come up with a strange story and have me play six different men to spin a terrifying tale. Reading through the script, I think that the dark shadows and dense humidity are well suited to me, a man of the past, and each role is filled with lines that make you wonder, "What kind of past is hiding behind this person..." It is a drama that will be broadcast on WOWOW, and it is truly a wish come true. I hope you will look forward to it. ◇Comment from Director Seki Yutaro The six Kagawas I saw on set have been burned into my mind long after filming was over. The men who emerged from Kagawa's countless drawers as different personalities were all full of compassion, yet suspicious, and sometimes had expressions that were terrifying. Now, the six men are being carefully edited together, one cut at a time. Because it is a bizarre story, it is not yet clear what kind of drama it will be. However, we have a firm sense that the protagonist played by Kagawa will be a terrifying character unlike any other. Please look forward to the broadcast. ◇Comment from Director Kentaro Hirase People call things that destroy our lives without meaning, without warning, without mercy, and without even malice "disasters." It is a great power that can completely change everything, but until you face it, you cannot even sense where it is hiding. In fact, it is always right next to us. In order to express this invisible fear in a "new form," we filmed the lives of six men and six disasters. Please look forward to it. There, a new fear, actor Teruyuki Kagawa, was on screen.