Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji (Kazunari Ninomiya) appears in front of her and they r...
Kohei Mochizuki (Hideaki Ito) is married to Maria (Yoshino Kimura), but he has an affair with Anna Kitazato (Saki Aibu). The lovers plan to kill Maria. When Kohei Mochizuki comes home, he finds that his wife has disappeared and their are bloodstains....
Sato Kenji is an aspiring standup comedian who knows little success and lives a modest life. Having failed to find an agency, his performances won’t attract more than a handful of spectators. Having zero skills when it comes to human relations ...
Risa Kurihara (Nana Katase) works as a manager for a Mexican restaurant in Osaka, Japan. She is also studying to become a lawyer. Risa recovered from severe money problems in her past and decides to open up a small financial counseling booth in resta...
Ichitaku (Kazunobu Mineta) lives without having a reason. One day, he falls in love with Hana (Kumiko Aso) who struggles with her harsh life. Hana's daughter Kai (Moeno Sumida) has problems with her ears and eyes. Kai has a hard time dealing with her...
Reiji (Satoshi Ono) is young CEO of a first-class hotel. He is single and 34-years-old. Even though he has a good appearance and wealth, women eventually leave him because of his personality. He is generous with himself, but strict with others. For t...
Bakushu is an adviser in the "Clean Break Helpline" - a special unit in the Organized Crime Department at Tokyo Metropolitan Police which helps those who want to make a clean break from a gang group. Although she treats gang member clients like "scum...
Emiri Yoshii (Emi Takei) begins work at a general trading company. Due to her family's failure in business, she had to give up her dream of earning a MBA in America. Now, she hopes to become an executive of a company. Emiri is sent to the general a...
The drama is based on the 51st Naoki Award winning novel by Kurokawa Hiroyuki features Kitamura as a smart and well built gangster who works together with a consultant at a construction company Hamada to expose the evil deeds of bad people in Osaka.....
Takashi Hayama (Nijiro Murakami) is a third year high school student. He falls in love with Azusa Oribe (Akari Hayami) at first sight and they begin to date.
One day, Azusa tells Takashi "people who meet me, forget about me...
Kyutaro (Kazuki Kitamura) is a swordsman who was feared by people at one time. Now, he is poor and lives alone quietly. Kyutaro doesn't know how to earn money without using his sword.
By chance, Sakichi (Shingo Mizusawa) happens to see Kyutaro's...
Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles pro...
At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara (Honoka Miki), who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie (Yuki Furukawa). She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, ...
When the suspect of an arson case refuses to cooperate with the investigation, the detectives search his house and find a locked-up little girl. She doesn't talk and there are no clues to her identity, so assistant psychology professor Narumi Saku...
An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama (Isao Hashizume) and Tomiko ( Kazuko Yoshiyuki) live on a small island in the Inland Sea. They go to Tokyo. The couple have 3 children. The eldest son Koichi (Masahiko Nishimura) runs a hospital. The first...
On December 25, it is Shuko Yoshioka's (Kazue Fukiishi) 34th birthday. She has a good time with her husband Kenichi (Munetaka Aoki), her first child Ai (Konomi Watanabe) and her second child Yu (Hinata Igarashi), but Kenichi notices s...
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...
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 ...
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...
Everything started when a high school couple, Chiyomi(Kyoko Fukada)and Minami(Kazanari Ninomiya) had a mysterious and ominous fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant… “If you stay close to him, he will become great and the two of you w...
Love and ambition collide when two brilliant architects compete for the same woman and the glory of success in their highly competitive field. Kakeru, a young dreamer just entering the professional world, starts out with the goal of building a magnif...
"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters.
Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious...
2006 Release This is a drama talking about friendship that spans ages. Based on a true story, "Courage" which chronicles the life of a man died at the age of 23 after an illness that started with the partial collapse of his cranial bone, and a subseq...
The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets back in touch with his for...
Murakami Naoki is the most intelligent student at his high school, but he can't stop obsessing over a girl named Mizuno Haruka. He finally ask her out, and to his surprise, she accepts. After several months of a loving yet obviously doomed romance, i...
Yuri (Ayaka Komatsu) leaves home due to her mother and her man. To support her younger sister, Yuri works as a prostitute. One day, she leaves her sick sister at home to go out, but her sister dies. Yuri is struck with guilt and grief. Later, Yuri he...
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant memb...
Tokyo in 1964. The Olympics are set to take place in Tokyo and the country has experienced a period of rapid economic growth. The inhabitants of Third Street live amidst all the change in their usual optimistic ways. Novelist Ryunosuke (Hidetaka Yosh...
Before finding out the “Perfect Answer”, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz: The Perfect Answer, this film is an alternate perspective version of the fi...
A multi-layered series that looks back to the formative years of Ryu and Ken as they live a traditional warrior's life in secluded Japan. The boys are, unknowingly, the last practitioners of the ancient fighting style known as "Ansatsuken" (Assassin'...
Death-row inmate Sudo (Pierre Taki) sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii (Takayuki Yamada). In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura (Lily Franky), also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking o...