Iratsume, a young woman from a noble house, becomes obsessed with the new religion and spends much of her time hand-copying the sutras, trying to understand the teachings of the Buddha. On the eve of each equinox and solstice she begins to see a radi...
Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama), a female magician, and Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), a genius physicist, are back again to solve the mystery of supernatural happenings.
In a village where people are cured, a battle royale is held to find the successor for s...
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...
In her past, Isako Sawada (Ryoko Yonekura) ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper S...
Manabu Yukawa (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a physicist. He is nicknamed "Galileo" for being a genius and blessed with analytical abilities that even the police look up to. Yukawa's partner is a female rookie cop, Kaoru Utsumi (Kou Shibasaki). The two set o...
Doctor Kota Sezaki (Shota Matsuda) works on a clinic ship, which sails around the Seto Inland Sea. He's talented as a doctor, but possesses a weakness to fall easily in love with women. When he lands at an island, Kota falls in love with a woman from...
The drama's full title is "Code Blue: Doctor Heli Kinkyu Kyumei." The concept is based on Japan's proposal for an emergency medical service using helicopters to quickly reach those in need. A special bill was passed in June 2007 that should foster wi...
Momoko Sakura is an elementary school who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size. She lives together with her parents, her grandparents and her elder sister in a litt...
Kentaro SUGATA (Junpei MIZOBATA) used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has become a "Shinkenshi," a gambler who plays Shogi for money, and boasts his 182 win...
Shioriko Shinokawa runs an old book shop in Kamakura. Shioriko is pretty, but she can't get along with strangers. She does possess vast knowledge about old books. When Shioriko talks about those old books, she becomes louder and more passionate. Shio...
2011 ReleaseWith the progress made in forensic science, the number of cases of arrested criminals proven innocent because of new DNA tests have been increasing. The police always expect to swiftly solve cases. As crime scene detectives try to measure...
A story about a woman from China who forges her way to Japan by pretending to be someone's wife. When the man is to marry his fiance, he finds out that he is married (someone forged their way into the registry). Now Nakai Kiichi tries to do what he c...
Based on Ryo Ryumon's manga, "Bloody Monday" centers around high school student Fujimaru Takagi (Haruma Miura). Fujimaru Takagi is a white hat computer hacker who must clear his father's name by solving the "Bloody Monday" mystery involving Russian t...
Within a mountain village, the Suijin family has controlled the village for a long time. The three sisters from the Sujin family begin to quarrel over the family inheritance. There, consecutive murders then take place in the village. The murders can ...
Aspiring rock star Motokazu Hayato Ichihara fills in for his twin brother Kiichi at college, while he travels to Thailand. Motokazu works as a sushi chef, while playing his guitar in his free time. His brother however is more cerebral and m...
Hoshino Asuka is dumped by her boyfriend, who is a colleague at the same workplace, on her 25th birthday. To make matters worse, her apartment catches fire and she can't return to live there. Asuka finds herself wishing for hapiness and the elephant ...
The hero, Hyakkimaru (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a wandering "demon hunter" whose extra body parts -- 48 to be exact -- were grafted onto his head and trunk by a herb doctor (Yoshio Harada) who discovered him as an infant, in a process that echoes "Franke...
Kurosagi is about a young man named Kurosaki who had his family destroyed by swindlers (con artists). when Kurosagi grows up, he becomes a swindler named Kurosagi, so that he can avenge his family. Ever since family was destroyed by swindlers, Kurosa...
The trademark face fault of this series, in reaction to an awkward "don't know what to say" situation (or sometimes, embarrassment) is the sudden appearance of vertical lines (黒い線 kuroi sen?) on a character's face, sometimes with an unexplained gu...
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 married couple faces a collapse and also a revival of their family…
Yukari (Naomi Zaizen) and Yasuhiko (Ikki Sawamura) are a happily married couple. They run a restaurant situated along a busy street in Tokyo. One day, their eldest son Haru...
Based on the character from the same-titled novel by Ohkura Takahiro, the drama focuses on Assistant Inspector Fukuie, and the murder cases that she handles. Her supervisor, Inspector Ishimatsu, is often exasperated by her unorthodox investigation me...
Rookie police officer Chinami (Emi Takei) is assigned to work on the investigation team. On her first day, she is designated for assignment. Chinami is teamed up with a handsome detective. They work together to solve difficult cases, while Chinami of...
Nitta Sachi is the daughter of poor farmers living in Tanaka-mura. She is the housekeeper for the Fukuda house, which is known for housing several socialist. The socialist activity speak out in support of high pay for the Ashio mine workers. Nita Sac...
Lieutenant Natsuhara Shinji of the Metropolitan police departments criminal investigation unit 1 as chasing the yet to be discovered perpetrator of a mutualitian murder. A man emerges as the suspect and Natsuhara begins a surveillance stake out. Whil...
A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code w...
At one glance, Sawagura Nobuko is a unsociable dumpy looking housekeeper. However, she is actually a very beautiful and classy lady, but due to a traumatic experience, she now disguises her good looks behind nerdy black-rimmed glasses and frumpy look...
The owner of a small clock store Morikazu (Jun Kunimura) finds his eyesight is faltering and ponders whether to close down his shop for good. A young woman named Ryo (Erika Sawajiri) walks into his store to repair an old watch. Several days later, Ry...
A year has passed since Mitsuo (Eita) filed divorce papers to end his marriage with Yuka (Machiko Ono), but they still live together. Mitsuo is now thinking about remarrying Yuka. On December 30, Mitsuo and Yuka go camping. Mitsuo works hard to...