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The Queen of Villains 2024
The Queen of Villains is a Japanese sports drama streaming on Netflix. It was planned by Osamu Suzuki, who also wrote the screenplay. The series was directed by Kazuya Shiraishi and Katsuhito Mogi. It consists of five episodes, all released on 19 September 2024.
Yuriyan Retriever plays the role of Dump Matsumoto in this series. Formerly known as Matsumoto Kaori, she began as a kind girl hoping to become a professional wrestler to gain strength. Over time, she became widely despised by the Japanese public and is recognized as the most infamous heel in Japanese women's professional wrestling history.
This drama is based on factual events and portrays the chaos within All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling during the 1980s. It focuses on the conflict between Dump Matsumoto and Nagayo Chigusa, whose famous Hair-Cutting Death Match (hair vs. hair match) became a landmark event in Japanese women's wrestling.
Although promoted as a drama, it also includes documentary-style elements and non-fiction components.
Cast
- Yuriyan RetrieverDump Matsumoto:{{Cite web
- Erika KarataChigusa Nagayo:{{sfn|Number
- Ayame GorikiTomoko Kitamura
- Momoko HoriBull Nakano
- Kamoshida HiromiJackie Sato
- Haruka Imoo[[Maki Ueda
- Elina MizunoJaguar Yokota
- Eri KamatakiLovely Yoneyama
- Jun MurakamiTakashi Matsunaga
- Daisuke KurodaKunimatsu Matsunaga
- Takumi SaitohToshikuni Matsunaga
- Team NacsShiro Abe
- Akapen TakigawaNobuo Usui
- Shigeki KiyonoHaruo Shiono
- Atsuko SendoSatoko Matsumoto
- Marin NishimotoHiromi Matsumoto
- Takamitsu NonakaGoro Matsumoto
- Tomu MiyazakiShigeru Nagayo
- MichieSueko Nagayo
Crew
- Director
- Kazuya Shiraishi, Katsuhito Mogi (4–5)
- Creator
- Osamu Suzuki
- Writer
- Osamu Suzuki
- Producer
- Hidehisa Chiwata
- Cinematography
- (photography), (artworks), Kagethuyoshi (lighting)
Details
- Production
- Kadokawa Daiei Studios
- Network
- Netflix
