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==User Rating==<br />
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==Profile==<br />
* '''Drama:''' Zanka: Beautiful Snares (English title) / Beautiful Trap (literal title)<br />
* '''Romaji:''' Utsukusiki Wana - Zanka Ryoran -<br />
* '''Japanese:''' 美しき罠～残花繚乱～<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Michio Mitsuno]], [[Kazuyuki Iwata]], [[Shosuke Murakami]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Etsu Okabe]] (novel), [[Taeko Asano]], [[Yoko Izumisawa]]<br />
* '''Network:''' [[TBS]]<br />
* '''Episodes:''' 10<br />
* '''Release Date:''' January 8 - March 12, 2015<br />
* '''Runtime:''' Thursday 21:00<br />
* '''TV Ratings:''' 6.6% (weekly average)<br />
* '''Language:''' Japanese<br />
* '''Country:''' Japan<br />
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==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==<br />
Rika Ikeda ([[Rena Tanaka]]) is 34-years-old and works for a company. She has an affair with Sota Kashiwagi ([[Hiroaki Murakami]]). He is 54-years-old and the director of the same company. Sota Kashiwagi is married to Mitsuko ([[Mayumi Wakamura]]) and they have a daughter. Rika Ikeda deeply loves Sota Kashiwagi, but he eventually betrays her and dumps her. Rika Ikeda decides to take revenge.<br />
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Through a blind date, Rika meets Keiichi Ochiai ([[Sho Aoyagi]]). Keiichi Ochiai is close to Sota Kashiwagi, almost like his younger brother.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
# Based on novel "Zanka Ryoran" by Etsu Okabe (published July 16, 2014 by Futabasha Publishers Ltd.).<br />
# [[Rena Tanaka]] last performed as the lead female character in a drama series in 2008 TBS drama series "[[My Sassy Girl (2008-Japan-TBS)|My Sassy Girl]]."<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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|1name=Rena Tanaka<br />
|1charactername=Rika Ikeda<br />
|2picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Mayumi Wakamura.jpg<br />
|2name=Mayumi Wakamura<br />
|2charactername=Mitsuko Kashiwagi<br />
|3picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Sho Aoyagi.jpg<br />
|3name=Sho Aoyagi<br />
|3charactername=Keiichi Ochiai<br />
|4picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Rieko Miura.jpg<br />
|4name=Rieko Miura<br />
|4charactername=Maki Kiritani<br />
|5picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Kaori Takahashi.jpg<br />
|5name=Kaori Takahashi<br />
|5charactername=Izumi Takimoto<br />
|6picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Riko Yoshida.jpg<br />
|6name=Ai Yoshikawa<br />
|6charactername=Miu Kashiwagi<br />
|7picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Sei Hiraizumi.jpg<br />
|7name=Sei Hiraizumi<br />
|7charactername=Toshio Nishida<br />
|8picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Shinnosuke Ikehata.jpg<br />
|8name=Shinnosuke Ikehata<br />
|8charactername=Ryuko Ezaki<br />
|9picture=File:Utsukusiki Wana-Hiroaki Murakami.jpg<br />
|9name=Hiroaki Murakami<br />
|9charactername=Sota Kashiwagi<br />
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'''Additional Cast Members:'''<br />
* [[Yukiko Shinohara]] - Shiori<br />
* [[Atsuhiro Inukai]] - Ryosuke Nishida<br />
* [[Tomomi Maruyama]] - Takumi Terauchi<br />
* [[Kisuke Iida]] - Yoshioka<br />
* [[Meikyo Yamada]] - Tatsuhiro Kanzaki<br />
* [[Yumika Tajima]] - Satsuki Oyama<br />
* [[Hikaru Osawa]] - Misaki<br />
* [[Kana Mikura]] - Emi Tashiro <br />
* [[Shinji Rokkaku]] - Takashi Takimoto<br />
* [[Naoto Nishimura (1969)|Naoto Nishimura]] - (ep.2)<br />
* [[Haruka Uchimura]]<br />
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==Episode Ratings==<br />
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! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode<br />
! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date<br />
! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)<br />
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| 01 || 01/08/2015 || 6.0%<br />
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| 02 || 01/15/2015 || 7.2%<br />
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| 03 || 01/22/2015 || 7.5%<br />
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| 04 || 01/29/2015 || 5.8%<br />
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| 05 || 02/05/2015 || 4.6%<br />
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| 06 || 02/12/2015 || 7.5%<br />
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| 07 || 02/19/2015 || 7.4%<br />
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| 08 || 02/26/2015 || 6.1%<br />
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| 09 || 03/05/2015 || 5.9%<br />
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| 10 || 03/12/2015 || 8.5%<br />
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! colspan=2 | Average || 6.6%<br />
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Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/utsukusikiwana2015/ Official Website]<br />
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