
Kadota, a veteran tour escort working for the travel agency that organised a ‘25-day all-female tour of Europe’, sets off from Japan alongside Hijikata, who has been handpicked as the tour guide following a forceful recommendation from Egi, a travel journalist popular with wealthy ladies. Amidst a tangled web of rivalry and jealousy amongst the participants, and with the future of the tour looking uncertain, the group encounters a series of strange incidents—including a theft—at their refuelling stop in Anchorage and their first sightseeing destination, Copenhagen.
First Aired: 10/2/1984
Languages: Japanese
Type: Scripted
‘Seicho Matsumoto Special: The Black Corridor’. Broadcast on 2 October 1984 as a special episode of Nippon TV’s ‘Tuesday Suspense Theatre’ (21:02–23:24). Filmed on location in the Netherlands and Italy, with the climax set in Switzerland, as in the original novel. A special programme marking the third anniversary of ‘Tuesday Suspense Theatre’. Viewing figures: 25.2% (according to Video Research, Kanto region).
Komaki Kurihara
土方悦子
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