Original Work: Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
Scriptwriter: Mitani Koki (
Director: Joho Hidenori
Cast: Nomura Mansai, Matsuzaka Keiko, Yamamoto Koji, Sylvia Grab, Ichihara Hayato, Hotta Mayu, Hara Nanoka, Higa Manami, Tsubokura Yoshiyuki, Nagano Satomi, Anan Kenji, Suzuki Kyoka
Synopsis: “You understand, don’t you? If it comes to this, I’ll have no choice but to kill.” The great detective Suguro Takeru (Nomura Mansai) picks up these disturbing words that are unbefitting for his location – a hotel along the Kumano pilgrimage route in Wakayama Prefecture that he is visiting for a vacation. At this time, things are already in motion. The next morning, when Suguro heads to the hotel lounge to have breakfast, he sees the doctor Sara Kinuko (Higa Manami) reading a medical book there and greets her. Sara knows about Suguro through the newspapers and the two of them have a friendly chat. Then Madam Hondo (Matsuzaka Keiko), her second son Mondo (Ichihara Hayato), eld