Actor Yoshioka Hidetaka appeared at the completion report meeting for the WOWOW drama "Drama W: Yoru no Dohyo" held in Tokyo on September 1st, along with co-star Takasugi Mahiro.
The original work is the mystery novel "Yoru no Dohyo" (Chuokoron-Shinsha) by Akira Ashizawa, which won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel or Short Story Collection. This is a serious social mystery in which detective Taira Shotaro (Yoshioka), who is in charge of a murder case that occurred in 1996, investigates the footsteps of the suspect, Akutsu Gen (Noda), and the reason for the murder, while approaching the "truth" of the case. When the dots of the characters connect around a certain "suspect," an unexpected "dark side of society" comes into focus.
"Drama W: Yoru no Dohyo"(5 episodes in total) will be broadcast and streamed on WOWOW Prime and WOWOW On Demand every Sunday at 10pm starting September 14th. The first episode will be broadcast for free.