She's back, and badder than ever! Actually, before her monumental fall from grace, actress Erika Sawajiri rose to fame on her innocent image and ability to weep on cue. But after dissing her own film at a press conference she became poison.
On Monday, she takes the lead role in a two-hour adaptation of Sawako Ariyoshi's classic mystery "Akujo ni Tsuite" ("About an Evil Woman"; TBS, 9 p.m.). It's 1986, the height of the bubble era, and wealthy businesswoman Kimiko (Sawajiri) falls to her death from a tall building. Did she jump or was she pushed? As acquaintances recount their respective takes on her rags-to-riches life story, they tote up her enemies, in particular the men whom she used to get to the top. Was she a genius, the devil, or a combination of both?
Anne Watanabe, daughter of Hollywood star Ken, takes viewers on a tour of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Founded by Catherine the Great to house her private collection, the Hermitage is one of the world's largest storehouses of fine art — with more than 3 million works.