The Animal Trail
Animal Trail, a natural path made by traffic of wild animals, can sometimes be helpful for people who are totally lost in the wilderness. One day, a woman who is exhausted with her hopeless life unexpectedly meets a gentleman by chance. Out of genuine hope to escape from her misery, she allows her destiny to blindly follow the mysterious instruction given by this stranger. Would this "Animal Trail" ultimately lead her to happiness, or would it lead her to disaster?
The life of Tamiko (Yonekura) was miserable, as she had to give up her dream to become a jewelry designer and work for a Japanese style hotel "Hosenkaku" simply to support her physically handicapped husband. One day, Tamiko was approached by a mysterious gentleman Kotaki (Sato) who offers her a unique proposal, "would you be interested in riding a vehicle without a destination?" His words shook Tamiko's desperate soul wanting for a drastic change in her life. In order to free herself from the depressing reality, she cleverly kills her husband by setting her house on fire. Then, through Kotaki's introduction, she becomes acquainted with Kito, a political fixer, and decides to become Kito's mistress. Although she notices that her decision may not be right, she decides to follow her instincts and go for the "animal trail"….
Year: 2006
Genre: Drama
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Studio: tv asahi
Director:
Cast: Ryoko Yonekura, Koichi Sato, Toru Nakamura, Chizuru Azuma, Maki Tamaru, Mayumi Wakamura
Crew: Seicho Matsumoto (Original Story), Toshio Terada (Writer), Hidetomo Matsuda (Director), Meiji Fujita (Director), Yoshito Fukumoto (Director), Miyuki Nakajima (Theme Song Performance)
First Air Date: Jan 12, 2006
Last Air date: Mar 09, 2006
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 9 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 2.7531
Language: Japanese
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