In this Japanese historical drama, a hard-headed painter refuses to allow his daughter to be with his Korean protege and ends up throwing the lad from his house. The girl then escapes to the court of the local ruler who informs the painter that sh...
When an armed group seizes control of an elite high school, a group of classmates are forced to find 2,000 puzzle pieces hidden throughout the school within 48 hours.
At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu (Mao Inoue), has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she be...
19-year-old freeter Tsuyoshi Osanai (Yosuke Asari) enters a school for guide dog trainers. After 2 years of training, Tsuyoshi becomes an assistant trainer. His first dog to train is Chie. Chie was separated from his mother 2 months after birth an...
National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their homebase of Tokyo to the city of Osaka. Their mission is to discover any financial irregularitie...
Based on a hit manga, this adaptation depicts the life of a married man Nanase Kohei after he returned to his former job as a male host. He woos the clients with his gentle and caring nature, and soon retrieves his former credit as the ace of the ...
Every day, bank branches encounter various problems like missing money, information leaks, loan problems & breach of duties. Mai Hanasaki's (Anne Watanabe) job is to go there and fix the problems. She is able to do so, even though sh...
"Su-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san" follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers.
34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationshi...
"Sunao ni Narenakute" revolves around 5 young people who meet in Shibuya, Tokyo through popular microblogging site Twitter.
"Nakaji" (Eita) works as a photographer and follows in the foot steps of his father who also worked as a photographer.
"Haru...
Two teenagers, Hiroki (Masaki Okada) and Riku (Kie Kitano), are walking along a beach in Shonan when they encounter an old woman who is screaming. Her two grandchildren have wandered into the surf. Hiroki rushes in to save them, but it isn't neces...
In the SP "Hidarime Tantei EYE," which aired in October, Ainosuke Tanaka (Ryosuke Yamada) receives a cornea transplant in his impaired left eye. Ainosuke received the transplant from his older brother who mysteriously died. After the operation, Ain...
After Domyouji leaves for New York, Makino hasn't spoken to him for a full year. Rui and the F4 members try to get them together again by traveling to New York for the Christmas holidays. But when they meet Domyouji he has changed into a totally d...
Have you ever thought you were going to die? You might have been surprised to death, afraid to death, laughed to death, or even be really close to dying. This high quality drama series brings you such "near death" experiences in various forms: Wha...
Kumiko “Yankumi” Yamaguchi (Yukie Nakama) lives in the world of Yakuzas as the 4th generation heir of Oedo clan. She is self-sacrificing to protect the weak, she’s tough at fighting, and she firmly believes in the importance of f...
Set in Yokohama, Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night to fight for the survival of a small ship repair factory inherited from his father, and to support his mother and young brother, who has health problems. Living such...
When a young gang leader seems to be just a bit too stupid to effectively carry out his daily tasks--embarrassing his gang members and himself frequently--his superiors order him to go back to school for his high school diploma. Once situated in t...
In this final episode of the hugely successful "One Missed Call" franchise, the timid, young Asuka is bullied by her classmates. When they embark on a class field trip to Korea, Asuka plans revenge by sending a disturbing photo with the message: '...
"Rookies" is the story of a fervent teacher who is trying to straighten his troubled students through high school baseball, and of the students who, although dropouts, are aiming to take part in the “Koshien” championships.
Just like ...
A man (Takashi Tsukamoto) inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman (Kyoko Fukada) witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past ...
With the help of Rihito, Mei decides to have a reason to become a heiress. But as the time goes on and problems build up between other heiresses including one she doesn't know about, "Lucia" aka Hongo Shiori (Yu Yamada) also wants to be the heire...
Haru Tezuka's (Maki Horikita) parents run a bar in Kamata, Tokyo. She is honest and bright, but she can't lie which sometimes causes her to get in trouble. Haru finds it difficult to get a job.
Haru then notices an application guideline from airl...
Former gangster Hiroshi Hatakeyama (Narushi Ikeda) is murdered in a residential neighborhood. Police inspector Yuichiro Goda (Takaya Kamikawa) is assigned to the case, but his leads soon all dry up. Shortly later, another murder occurs this time in...
Three men and a woman living on the same floor of an upscale condominium just happen to become acquainted with one other. In order to prove the notion that “there is only one destined soul mate for every person” the pair decides to try...
"Papa Wa Idol" depicts the entertainment world and family world through idol singer Ryo Nishikido (Ryo Nishikido) as he gets married to a single mother
Haruki Hanyu (Masaki Okada), who worked as a prosecutor, changes sides and becomes an attorney. He opens his law office "NEXUS". In court, pursues solutions where the plaintiff and defendant can come to a mutual understanding. This differs comple...
The story revolves around Kanzuki Shizuku, a young man who was estranged from his father, a world-famous wine critic. When his father passed away, he left behind a wine collection worth a fortune, but in order to inherit it, Shizuku must solve a s...
A testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira Kurosawa’s Red Beard (Akahige) chronicles the tumultuous relationship between an arrogant young doctor and a compassionate clinic director. Toshiro Mifune, in his last role for Kurosawa, gives ...
A young woman searches for her younger brother who was dragged away into an alternate world by a rabbit ...
10-year-old Daigo (Takeru Shibuya) kills a sick rabbit on the school playground which he adored. The other kids call him "rabbit killer." S...
Set within the Suzuki Store in Kobe, Japan. Owner Yone Suzuki (Yuki Amami) and general manager Naokichi Kaneko (Shun Oguri) work to grow their sugar wholesale store to an international general trading company.
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they ...
Fumiyo Nabekura (Ai Takabe) is a gloomy high school teacher that doesn't have any friends. She then starts to dress up at night as a ghost to frighten others, but starts to come across actual real life ghosts ...
A comedy story about a teenage girl who runs into mysterious happenings through her communicating with ghosts. Asuka suddenly develops her supernatural ability after her traffic accident. While trying to help make ghosts' wishes come true, she fal...
Taro Sato (Yusuke Kamiji) has been poor all his life. Since the death of his wife, his situation has become even more desperate as he has to raise his three kids by himself and has no real marketable skills. So when he applies for a job that he d...
Mysterious worm-like aliens fall from the sky. They penetrate through the ears or nose into human beings and live off their brain while dominating the body. Now with human appearance, the parasites live among humans.Shinichi Izumi is an ordinary h...
A somewhat strange girl named Yuiko Koto (Manatsu Kimura) transfers to the class taught by Ayami Mutoi (Keiko Kitagawa). Yuiko Koto has the special ability to make her dreams come true, but the outcome is usually a disaster. Ayami Mutoi doesn't wan...
Ryosuke Kinuta (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a failed actor who falls into debt to the mob and must now work for them. His job is to smuggle or dispose of bodies and for that he makes a 50,000 Yen a day. He works with Jo (Masatoshi Nagase) and his assistant...
Taketora Shibata (aka "Shibatora") is just a quiet, ordinary junior-high student. He looks so vulnerable that bullies try to rip him off on the streets. However, he is actually a police detective and an expert swordsman in kendo. Shibata has a specia...
"Shouwakusei Tansaki Hayabusa" follows the 7 year plight of the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft launched in May 9, 2003. After seven years, Hayabusa returned succesfully to Earth, bringing back samples from the 25143 Itokawa asteroid.
Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.
One day, Setsuko complai...