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4.0 1 Seasons • 11 Episodes

Vessel of Sand - Season 1

Eiryo Waga is well-known musician who has begun a rapid climb to stardom, but he must keep his terrible past a secret. One day someone who knows all about his past confronts him, and Waga kills him in order to protect the fame he has obtained. Unfortunately, as Waga is leaving the scene, he runs into Asami, a budding stage actress. An investigation team is established led by two detectives, but they have difficulty making any headway. Meanwhile, by coincidence Waga bumps into Asami again. She also has her own dark past, and soon they fall in love. But Waga is already engaged to Ayaka whose father is responsible for his rapid ascent to the top of the music world. It looks like Waga’s ambitions are about to confront reality. Based on Seicho Matsumoto’s famous work that was released in 1960-61, this drama illustrates the life of a man burdened with a heavy fate in a contemporary setting.

Top Cast

  • Masahiro Nakai

    Masahiro Nakai

    Eiryo Waga

  • Yasuko Matsuyuki

    Yasuko Matsuyuki

    Asami Naruse

  • Shinji Takeda

    Shinji Takeda

    Yusuke Sekikawa

  • Kotomi Kyono

    Kotomi Kyono

    Ayaka Tadokoro

  • Masachika Ichimura

    Masachika Ichimura

    Yuzuru Asō

  • Isao Natsuyagi

    Isao Natsuyagi

    Shigeyoshi Tadokoro

  • Yoshio Harada

    Yoshio Harada

    Chiyokichi Motoura

  • Hidekazu Akai

    Hidekazu Akai

    Keiichi Miki

  • Ken Watanabe

    Ken Watanabe

    Shuichiro Imanishi

Overview

Eiryo Waga is well-known musician who has begun a rapid climb to stardom, but he must keep his terrible past a secret. One day someone who knows all about his past confronts him, and Waga kills him in order to protect the fame he has obtained. Unfortunately, as Waga is leaving the scene, he runs into Asami, a budding stage actress. An investigation team is established led by two detectives, but they have difficulty making any headway. Meanwhile, by coincidence Waga bumps into Asami again. She also has her own dark past, and soon they fall in love. But Waga is already engaged to Ayaka whose father is responsible for his rapid ascent to the top of the music world. It looks like Waga’s ambitions are about to confront reality. Based on Seicho Matsumoto’s famous work that was released in 1960-61, this drama illustrates the life of a man burdened with a heavy fate in a contemporary setting.

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