Midnight Ferris Wheel

"Midnight Ferris Wheel" follows three families who reside in the wealthy residential neighborhood of Hibarigaoka: the Endo family, Takahashi family and Kojima family. Mayumi Endo (Kyoka Suzuki) has dreamt of living in Hibarigaoka and is finally able to build a home there. Meanwhile, Mayumi's daughter Ayaka, who failed her high school entrance exam, inflicts domestic violence upon her mother. Neighbors can hear an angry voice. Meanwhile, the Takahashi family lives across from the Endo family. The Takahashis consists of the father who is a doctor, the mother, daughter who attends the elite private high school that Ayaka failed to get into and a son who is good in sports. Their house is spectacular and they appear perfectly happy. One day, the father in the Takahashi home is murdered. Detectives believe the killer is an acquaintance of the murdered father. Then, the son, who is presumed to have been at their home when the murder occurred, goes missing. People begin to think that the son killed the father.

Aliases

Ferris Wheel at Night
Yako Kanransha
Yakou Kanransha

4年前、分不相応だが、念願叶って憧れの高級住宅街・ひばりヶ丘に一戸建ての家を建て引っ越してきた遠藤家。夢のような生活が始まるかに思われたが、この街は先住の婦人会が街のしきたりや近所づきあいなど全てを仕切り、妻・真弓や娘・彩花は、事あるごとに彼女たちから嫌がらせを受ける。唯一の救いは向かいの高橋家。妻の淳子は真弓に気取りなく接し、ひばりヶ丘の先輩として真弓たちを時に救い、家族ぐるみで遠藤家と高橋家は親しくなる。真弓と淳子は親友のようになり、彩花は高橋家の同学年の息子・慎司に憧れを抱く。だが、中学受験で彩花と慎司は同じ私立校を目指し、慎司は合格するも彩花は受験に失敗、この頃から両家の関係は微妙に変化していく。

位於阪之上（地名，亦有斜坡上之解）的高級住宅區“雲雀之丘”是人人嚮往、大房子林立的社區。在這個社區裏，住著曾經夢想在此建個獨門獨戶的小房子看似得償所願的真弓，然而中考失敗的女兒彩花幾乎每天都在家裏發脾氣，其怒聲都傳到近鄰的耳朵裏。對於這樣的女兒，丈夫啟介則是連斥責都無法做到。另一邊，對門的高橋家現住著四口人，男主人弘幸是經營醫院的精英醫生，女主人淳子是個美婦人，大女兒比奈子是名門私立高中的學生，二兒子慎司是個運動全才。除此之外，還有一個在關西上醫學部的大兒子良幸。然而生活環境優越充裕，本該幸福美滿的高橋家卻在某一天，發生了一起命案—男主人被殺了。警方認為犯人是被害者熟識之人，對此展開調查。由於被害人的二兒子慎司在命案發生後不知所蹤，負責該案的刑警結城以及高橋家的其它兒女，聽見高橋家爭吵聲的遠藤家和鄰居自治會婦女部部長小島裏子都開始認為慎司是真兇。這起發生在高級住宅區的命案的真相是？