Movie: Tsuyoki ari

Top 9 Billed Cast

Ryoko Yonekura
米倉涼子

Isako Sawada

Masanobu Takashima
高嶋政伸

Manami Higa
比嘉愛未

Yûko Fueki
笛木優子

Rino Katase
かたせ梨乃

Saki Tsubaki

Kenichi Yajima
矢島健一

Jun Kaname
要潤

Shin Takuma
宅麻伸

Isao Hashizume
橋爪功

Nobuhiro Sawada

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    Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper Saki Tsubaki. Isako Sawada doesn't like that arrangement, but she hides her contempt because she has a plan. Her plan is to become a widow in 3 years and inherit one billion yen from her husband. Isako Sawada schemes to have Nobuhiro die in an apparent natural manner and she is having a relationship with another man.

  • Release Date

    2014-07-02

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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