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The Flying Tire

Drama

A tire comes off a moving truck and becomes a deadly weapon, hitting a mother and child. The problem was caused by the vehicle manufacturer's failure to recall the vehicle, but the blame falls on the head of the delivery company who, despairing, searches for evidence that the recall was suppressed. Crossing paths with banks, police, weekly magazine writers, the victim's family, and various others, he eventually gets to the truth of the matter.

Production Companies

WOWOW

Tohan Kikaku

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

29th Mar 2009

Akamatsu's delivery company gets investigated after a fatal accident involving a runaway tire. Sawada of Hope Motors learns about a recall cover-up.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

5th Apr 2009

Akamatsu contacts Sawada to get the truck's hub back to conduct an independent investigation. Sawada starts to look for evidence of the cover-up.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

12th Apr 2009

Akamatsu finds himself in a bind when the victim's husband files a civil lawsuit and an employee resigns. Enomoto continues to work on her scoop.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

19th Apr 2009

Sawada has been moved to a different department. Akamatsu and his employees become despondent when Enomoto's article does not appear in the magazine.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

26th Apr 2009

Akamatsu has brought in irrefutable evidence of falsified reports. While Sawada is astonished, Kano moves to deal with the problem.

First air date

29th Mar 2009

Last air date

26th Apr 2009

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

ja

Networks