Tower of Sand
2016 · 1 season · 10 eps · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Family, Mystery
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Takano Aki is a happy, ordinary housewife whose family (sweet husband and two kids) has moved to their dream apartment. Just as they are starting their new life, they encounter an ominous, terrifying neighbour, Sasaki Yumiko, who manipulates the dark emotions of pride, vanity and jealousy of the housewives living in the apartment building. She drives Aki into isolation within the building with unexpected methods and eventually causes the break up of her family. Meanwhile, a series of abduction cases take place. There seems to be a connection to the kidnapper and the frightening neighbor.
Directed by Ayuko Tsukahara · Written by Natsuko Ikeda
Network: TBS
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Miho Kanno Takano Aki -
Nanako Matsushima Sasaki Yumiko -
Takanori Iwata Ubukata Kohei -
Naoki Tanaka Takano Kenichi -
Megumi Yokoyama Aso Hiroko -
Kanji Tsuda Aso Takefumi -
Keiko Horiuchi Hashiguchi Rino -
Ken Mitsuishi Aramata Hidemi -
Shuhei Uesugi Tsukui Takumi -
Chiaki Horan Ono Ayaka -
Kei Otozuki Yanagi Shori -
Noriko Sato Miura Atsuko
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