Ikeda (Kazuko Kurosawa) is a woman with a hangup over her appearance. She doesn't leave her home and spends her time trolling on the internet. One day, Ikeda finds the website "Nageki no Bijo". The website is dedicated to the problems of beautifu...
Tsuyama Shio is a boring thirty-something working as an OL in a boring company. As a risk-averse person, she doesn't dare to do anything that may bring on hurt. No lover, no friends, and her close friend is the convenience store at night. Thinking...
Keita Endo (Atsushi Ito), who previously worked for the planning team at a travel agency, begins working at the Narita International Airport. At first, Keita is embarrassed by his work environment, but he tries to solve problems. Morio (Mirei Kiritan...
At a famous Italian restaurant, the chef, who is also the owner of the restaurant, collapses. The restaurant then falls into difficult times. The sous-chefs try to keep the restaurant running, but the number of customers drops precipitously. Saori Ta...
"Last Hope" depicts a medical center with the doctors implementing the latest cutting edge medical treatments. The doctors come from a diverse background to work together as a team and to give hope to their patients. Meanwhile, the past of the doctor...
Echizen, who is a modest woman, works at a fish cake plant. Instead of keeping a diary, she draws cartoons of "Nakuna, Harachan" on her notebook about her daily life. The main character in her comic, Hara (Tomoya Nagase) then appears in the real worl...
Maria (Riisa Naka) received a proposal from Tatsuya (Junpei Mizobata) and they married, but her marriage life doesn't have much happiness. Maria begins to worry about having a child and that thought begins to make her life empty.
Meanwhile, a mid...
Kurotani Nanami grew up in a poor farmer’s household that suffered from inadequate state support to the earthquake victims. She works at a club as she attends university and constantly sends her family money. One day, Shioda Yusuke, the youn...
In "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koko" two high schools merge together. On one side is the "baka" all male high school, filled with troublemakers. The other side is the “cattleya”all girl high school, filled with well educated girls from rich fam...
"Yakou Kanransya" 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 ...
Yasuo (Masaaki Uchino) grew up as an orphan. He then married and the couple conceived son Akira (later played by Takeru Satoh). Yasuo's life seemed great, raising his son with his wife. Then tragedy struck and Yasuo's wife died in an accident. Yasuo ...
Midori (Yoshino Kimura) is a married woman, with a child and a happy home life. Due to an illness, Midori becomes involved in a love triangle with her husband and the man who is her first love.
Mishima (Tsuyoshi Ihara) is Midori's first love, but du...
French chef Ken (Yuta Tamamori) travels bak in time to Sengoku period. Due to travelling through the timeslip, Ken has lost his memory, but still retains his knowledge on fine cuisine. Thanks to his excellence in cuisine, Ken eventually becomes the c...
2 days before the entrance exam, someone attempts to destroy the entrance exam. Who is that person? Everybody seems to have a motive. As the truth remains hidden, high school teacher (Masami Nagasawa) observes various cases that happens.
The 51st NHK Taiga drama recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan.
During the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to sharply drop, leading to an ooku where the role of men and women are reversed. Thus, “the women become the shogun, served by 3000 handsome men”...and so ...
An unidentified investigator (Takahashi Katsunori) rents a room at a multi-tenant building with shady strip clubs. Although he is an investigator, he is not an occupational investigator, but a troubleshooter who undertakes various jobs as a go-betwee...
"Late blooming Sunflower –My life renewed-" is a story of 7 young adults living their ordinary days near the Shimanto river of Kochi prefecture, renowned as the last of the crystal clear streams. Somewhat nostalgic, somewhat new, they hold o...
"Late blooming Sunflower –My life renewed-" is a story of 7 young adults living their ordinary days near the Shimanto river of Kochi prefecture, renowned as the last of the crystal clear streams. Somewhat nostalgic, somewhat new, they hold on t...
Two teenage boys from starkly different backgrounds find themselves joined in a common search to discover how to do the right thing and find happiness in life. One boy, whose father is an alcoholic, works hard to care for his younger brothers, while ...
Ryota Tsuboi (Hiroshi Abe) is a producer for a CM production company. His wife Sae (Tomoko Yamaguchi) is a food stylist. She is also enthusiastic about her daughter Moe's education and her work. Their only child Moe is affectionately called "furodo,"...
In 1947, Shirahama Shohei, who has returned from the battlefront, teaches again at a junior high school in Ota Ward. He is puzzled by the radical transformation that Japanese education has undergone because of the war defeat, but concerned for the we...