Utsubora (2023) [E 01 – 08]

Profile

• Drama: Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
• Romaji: Utsubora
• Japanese: ウツボラ
• Director: Hiroto Hara
• Writer: Asumiko Nakamura (manga), Kazuhisa Kodera, Kiko Inoue
• Network: WOWOW
• Episodes: 8
• Release Date: March 24, 2023 —
• Runtime: Fridays 23:30
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

One day, a beautiful woman named Aki (Atsuko Maeda) dies mysteriously. Sakura (Atsuko Maeda) appears in front of popular novel writer Mizorogi and introduces herself as Aki’s twin sister. In fact, Mizorogi stole Aki’s novel “Utsubora.” Sakura, who has Aki’s original manuscript of “Utsubora,” makes some suggestions to Mizorogi. The plagiarism of the novel soon drives Mizorogi into darkness. Meanwhile, detectives chase after the truth in Aki’s death.