The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

A quiet, methodical Japanese mystery that slowly peels back secrets through a writer's curiosity, rewarding patient viewers with unsettling revelations.

Directed by

Meiji Fujita

Genres

Mystery, Drama, Tv movie

Starring

Masakazu Tamura, Ryoko Hirosue, Asami Mizukawa

Overview

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...

How it feels

Measured and needs your attention.

About

Mystery, deception, obsession, isolation

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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