Drama
初恋DOGs
愛子は、離婚訴訟を専門に手掛ける敏腕弁護士。
最近飼い始めた愛犬の「サクラ」を溺愛している。
愛子と愛犬を通じて出会うことになる快は、動物病院で若き院長を務めていて、「将軍」と名付けた愛犬がいる。
1年前、迷い犬として病院に運ばれたところを保護し、飼い始めた。
ある日、快は将軍の散歩中にサクラを連れた愛子と出会い、なんと愛犬同士が一目惚れ。
一方、韓国屈指の大企業の御曹司・ソハは、ある使命を持って日本に来ていて快に近づこうとする。
そんな3人が犬をきっかけに出会い、時にぶつかり合いながらも“愛”を知っていくラブストーリー。
「こんばんは、朝山家です。」
“Snappy wife” and a “Regrettable husband”!
The struggles story of the Asayama family has now begun.
Written and directed by the renowned screenwriter Shin Adachi, this work is based on his serialized diary. It is a family drama depicting the challenges a household faces, portrayed through biting criticism, sharp scoldings, and rare moments of affection.
Kenta neglects to look after his children and gets caught up in googling himself, all for the sake of his ego, while his wife, Asako manages the household and her job, working hard to support Kenta's long-held dream of becoming a film director. The story of a peculiar yet endearing family begins, showcasing a self-centered husband and a wife who, despite frequently losing her temper with him, prioritizes the needs of others over her own. Their contrasting personalities, along with their lovable, unique, and cheeky kids, create a whirlwind of misunderstandings and laughter, making us think about what the real family styles are!
Shin Adachi received the Japan Academy Prize for Best Screenplay for “100 YEN
LOVE” and the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival
for “A Beloved Wife.” The film “100 YEN LOVE” was remade by Jia Ling and
released in China as “热辣滚烫 (English title: “YOLO”) " in 2024.
Gaining significant recognition as a director and screenwriter, he humorously portrays the bittersweet aspects of his everyday life.
「キレる妻」と「残念な夫」! 浅山家の一家奮闘の物語が今、始まります。
この作品は、著名な脚本家である足立信が脚本と監督を務め、彼の連載日記に基づいています。家庭が直面する課題を描いた家族ドラマで、罵倒と
叱責、ときどき愛で家族の難題を切り抜けていく、一家奮闘のホームドラマです。
足立信は「百円の恋」で日本アカデミー賞最優秀脚本賞を、「愛しの妻」で東京国際映画祭最優秀脚本賞を受賞しました。映画「百円の恋」は中国のコメディアン兼女優ジャー・リンによってリメイクされ、『热辣滚烫』として2024年2月10日に公開されました。中国でリメイクされた日本映画として最高の興行収入記録を更新し、最終的な興行収入は約35億元(約730億円)を超えました。
子どもの面倒も見ず、自分の承認欲求を満たすためエゴサーチに没頭する賢太と、そんな賢太を長年夢見る映画監督としてデビューさせるため、家庭と仕事を切り盛りしながら営業に勤しむ朝子。どこまでも自己中心の夫と、そんな夫にキレまくりながらも自分以外のことを優先する妻の、愛しくも奇妙な家族の物語が始まります。彼らの対照的な性格と、愛すべき独特で生意気な子供たちが誤解と笑いの渦を巻き起こし、私たちに本当の家族のあり方について考えさせます!
グラぱらっ!
A romantic comedy manga with over 60 million total views on a manga app is being adapted into a live-action drama!
Sakura Katsuragi is an aspiring gravure idol who dreams of gracing magazine covers. One day, while being stalked, Sakura is rescued by Shinobu Sumida, a once-hopeful film director whose dreams have been shattered. As a fan of Sakura, Shinobu soon realizes that Sakura has her own struggles.
Sakura entered the entertainment industry as a gravure idol with the hope of inspiring others, motivated by her past experiences with bullying. However, the talent agency she joined turned out to be corrupt. She wasn't gaining any popularity, and her part-time work was restricted by the agency, leaving her living in poverty.
To support Sakura’s dreams, Shinobu decides to pursue a path to stardom alongside her in the gravure idol world. He suggests that Sakura move into a shared house where he stays with a friend who works as a photographer's assistant, leading to an unexpected cohabitation with his favorite gravure idol.
However, they soon face the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.
マンガアプリでの累計PV数 驚異の6000万PVを誇る
超絶話題でちょっとエッチなラブコメマンガを衝撃ドラマ化!
葛木さくらは、雑誌の表紙を飾ることを夢見る駆け出しのグラビアアイドル。ある日、ストーカーに付きまとわれていたさくらは、映画監督になるという夢に破れた隅田忍に助け出してもらう。
そんなさくらは実は悩みを抱えていた。さくらは過去のいじめの経験から、自分も誰かに勇気を与える女性になれたらと、グラビアアイドルとして芸能界に入るが、所属した芸能事務所は実は悪徳事務所。さくらは一向に売れず、事務所にバイトを制限され、貧困生活を送っていた。
夢をあきらめてほしくないと思った忍は、さくらと二人三脚でグラビアアイドルのスターダムへと駆け上がる決意をする。そして、忍はカメラマンのアシスタントをしている友人と暮らしているシェアハウスに居候することをさくらに提案し、まさかの推しのグラビアアイドルとの同居生活をスタートすることに…!
だが、さくらと忍を待ち構えていたのは、芸能界の厳しい現実だった。
放送局占拠
“You’ve got to be kidding...”
An armed and masked group reappears, taking 500 hostages and occupying a new location!
The man who stands up against them is none other than Musashi Saburo.
What is the true identity of this new enemy?
What is their purpose?
Mystery begets mystery in this time-limit battle suspense that is about to unfold!
Once again, the worst day begins.
ちはやふるーめぐりー
Thoughts circle and transcend time.
The wildly popular manga “Chihayafuru” passionately depicts high school students who devote their youth to competitive karuta.
Adapted into live-action films in 2016 and 2018 as a trilogy, it is hailed as the monument of youth cinema.
“Chihayafuru: Full Circle” is set 10 years after the film, illustrating a world where the passions are passed on to a new generation and continue to burn brightly.
High school students of the Reiwa era, having inherited the baton, lay their entire youth on the line as they take on the challenge of competitive karuta.
A new milestone of youth is about to begin.
AYAKA is in LOVE with HIROKO! 2nd STAGE
Ayaka (Fumiho Kato) loves Hiroko (Kanna Mori), a senior at the same company. They thought each other to be straight, but as a result of Ayaka's aggressive attack, they decided to go out with each other!
One year has passed since then. A year has passed since then, and Ayaka has come to live at Hiroko's house, and they have started living together. Hiroko, who cares about Ayaka so much, swears in her heart that she will never hurt her and is in a super doting mode! Ayaka, on the other hand, is vaguely worried that Hiroko will never touch her.
Mistake after mistake leads to misunderstanding, and the two of them end up going to Hawaiians for different reasons...?
バレエ男子!
Hassei Kobayashi is a narcissistic ballet dancer who belongs to the Komorikawa Ballet Company.
To make ballet more mainstream, and to improve his own popularity, he does livestreams and other
proactive endeavors.
Plus, despite being from different generations, he somehow gets to know Mashiro Sasaki and Masanobu
Mamoyama (Mamo-san), and they become a trio of friends.
The three spend their days at rehearsal for the ballet company, and their nights teaching at a ballet school,
day after day going through the same old ordinary days.
Then, one day on his way home, Hassei is dangerously close to getting arrested because of a
misunderstanding with a police officer.
His friends save Hassei by a thread, after which he makes a shocking announcement, “I’m going to quit at
the end of this year.”
Hassei loves ballet more than anyone. Why did he suddenly decide to quit?
The story depicts Hassei’s final year as he tackles ballet head-on.
Womb Love
Maki Tomata has been married for seven years. Her husband, Kyoichi, her first love and a senior from university, was truly the ideal partner. However, as soon as he becomes her husband, Kyoichi changes completely and transforms into a man who vents his emotions. Maki longed for children, but her husband refused her sex for years. Every month, as tears of blood flow from her uterus, she painfully realizes that life doesn't always go as planned. Amidst this, she meets Asahi Yamate, a colleague who grew up overseas and gradually realizes that he is the only man with whom she can truly be honest, and she finds herself drawn to him, eventually wanting to bear his child. One day, she finds out that Kyoichi has been having an affair with her close friend from university. Maki hands Kyoichi divorce papers, but he refuses to divorce her. Will Maki be able to find happiness with "womb love"?
彼女がそれも愛と呼ぶなら
Hisame, a graduate student, falls in love with Ima, a woman 16 years older than him. Ima has a free-spirited charm that is not bound by age or common sense. However, she has a daughter in high school and has already lived with two boyfriends. Ima never gets jealous even if her partners have other lovers and she has a "multiple love" based on mutual consent and understanding. It is a relationship without betrayal unlike affairs or cheating. While confused by Ima's unconventional love, Hisame joins the family as a "third boyfriend". Ima's daughter, Chinatsu, who has supported Ima, has been unable to tell anyone about her complicated family relationship. Meanwhile, Kinuka, a housewife and a friend from high school, happens to meet Ima again and learns about her lifestyle while Kinuka accepts her cheating husband's emotional abuse as "a normal marriage." A stimulating and spicy love story where love and jealousy mix together, overturning today's notions of "normal"!
あんぱん
The artist behind "Anpanman," a beloved superhero to the entire nation, and his wife. When he struggles to find meaning in life, she never allows him to give up on their dream. From their humble origins to surviving a world war, then trudging through the post-war era, adversity after adversity comes their way. And yet, from all of that rises a superhero who is the embodiment of "a justice that never overturns." Inspired by the life of manga artist Yanase Takashi and his wife Nobu, a story of love and courage brimming with the joy of being alive.
Eat, Sleep, then Wait for Happiness
しあわせは食べて寝て待て
Good things come to those who wait—and eat right
Mugimaki Satoko, 38, single. Works four days a week part-time, lives frugally. After being diagnosed with an illness she "must live with for the rest of her life," Satoko has had to change her life drastically – quitting a full-time corporate job and moving somewhere more affordable. What she finds is a 45-year-old housing complex. Miyama Suzu is the landlord who lives next door, and through Suzu and her mystery-man "cook" Tsukasa, Satoko discovers the world of medicinal cuisine that allows her to find wellness through what she eats.
あやしいパートナー
Talented public prosecutor Haruto Tateishi is mistakenly thought to be a molester on a train by legal apprentice Sakura Miyashita-the worst first meeting.
But then, afterwards, Tateishi accidentally witnesses Sakurafighting with her boyfriend, Sota Aoki, who cheated on her. He instinctively lends her a helping hand, which ends up with Harutojoining Sakuraas she drinks away her sorrows.
That night, in a drunken stupor, Sakuraends up spending the night with Haruto?!
Three months later, HarutomeetsSakuraonce more when she appears as a public prosecutor intern.
He treats Sakurapoorly, like an unfortunate connection, but he can’t seem to neglect her.
Then, Sakurais suddenly arrested as a murder suspect.
Harutoinvestigates as the public prosecutor in charge of the case, but he can’t imagine her being the killer...
ダメマネ! ーダメなタレント、マネジメントしますー
A newcomer with a sharp tongue meets a boss who makes unreasonable demands.
Toyo Production Entertainment 4th Department is a den for troubled and eccentric celebrities, headed by a cold-hearted and sadistic man.
Miwa Kandagawa, who happens to be a former child star, joins as a new talent manager.
At the mercy of her boss's unreasonable demands, she scampers around the entertainment world for the sake of the desperate D-listers under her care!
Miwa won't give up even if she’s down on the ground.
She uses her innate powers of insight and acting ability to revive these flops!
Don’t miss this comedy about people who refuse to give up on their dreams, even when they've hit rock bottom!
三人夫婦
Takuzo Mitsuda is dumbfounded when he is asked by an ex-girlfriend, Mia Yanoguchi, and her current boyfriend, Shinpei Satomura, to enter into a “three-person” marriage for a one-year trial period. Naturally, problems arise regarding household affairs, sexual relations, jealousy, and convincing parents and others around them. The three co-living partners create their own unique lifestyle as they discover that life can be three times better when they’re together, in this fresh take on romantic comedy.
年下童貞くんに翻弄されてます
A sexually liberated young woman, with her sweet looks reeling in countless men: I’ve been popular my whole life! Toyed with by a young virgin manwith absolutely zero experience in love. A totally sweet rom-com!
“Me?! Made a fool of by someone like him?!”
29-year-old Karen Imai has been popular with guys her entire life. Tonight, she’s fielding messages from a guy while her heart pounds in excitement about meeting another new guy.
At the mixer her friend invited her to, she sees Teito, an unremarkable guy with glasses.
Karen would never touch a man that her friend’s after, and this one’s interesting—the kind of guy who’s not on her list of men. So, she keeps making passes at Teito, but…?!
Karen’s attacks have no effect at all on him! Not only that, but his reactions come totally out of left field. This isn’t going how she planned at all!
Why can’t I even bag this glasses guy?!
Karen gets irritated and uses all her tricks to try and get Teito to fall for her, but none of her moves get any reaction from him.
As she gets annoyed trying to seduce Teito, she ends up falling for him instead.
Her attacks surprisingly have the opposite effect on her. What awaits the two of them?
続・続・最後から二番目の恋
A romantic comedy with laughter, tears, family ties and a hint of romance in Kamakura!
Season 1 follows Chiaki and Wahei's journey from their first meeting to falling in love and becoming a couple. In Season 2, the focus shifts to the "prime of adults" lives' of the two, along with their quirky friends and family. Now, eleven years later, as Chiaki and Wahei approach their 60s and retirement, they bring joy and laughter back to the world in this heartwarming romantic comedy set in Kamakura, filled with humor, tears, family bonds, and a touch of romance!
人事の人見
An office drama where HR staff with unique personalities handle various workplace troubles!
Ren Hitomi is assigned to the HR department of Hinode Pencil, a long-established stationery manufacturer with a brilliant track record. Due to its military-like culture, the HR department is undervalued by others. However, rumors begin to spread that a super-elite HR expert, Hitomi, has been headhunted from an overseas company to join the team. Everyone around him has high expectations. Ironically, not only does he lack business manners and clerical skills, but he also lacks social common sense, cannot perform even simple calculations, frequently forgets things, and is out of touch in nearly every way. Despite this, he is honest, straightforward, and outrageously compassionate. Somehow, he ends up solving problems and untangling the issues of the people he consults. The skill required in the HR department is to “see people” correctly, but can Hitomi truly “see people” as his name suggests?
Dr.アシュラ
A medical drama following top ER doctors confronting life and death in emergency care.
Shura is a 39-year-old ER doctor at Taishaku General Hospital. Regardless of who the patient is—whether they have no money or are part of the yakuza—Shura treats everyone equally. With unwavering dedication, she pours every ounce of energy into saving those in front of her. Because of her extraordinary skill in the most extreme conditions, colleagues at the hospital have nicknamed her "Ashura-sensei" after the multi-armed war deity, Ashura. But Shura was never a born genius. She reached this point through relentless effort, pushing herself to the absolute limit. More than anyone, she understands that " there are no second chances in life and death—one mistake means death." Despite the crushing pressure, Shura continues to stand on the frontlines of saving lives. And the reason she has been able to keep going all this time seems to be connected to a promise she made to someone in the past…
A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
波うららかに、めおと日和
A heartwarming story of a couple's simple, gentle life through the seasons in early Showa-era Japan
In the late 1930s, just a few years before Japan enters World War II, Natsumi is introduced to her marriage partner, Lieutenant Takimasa Ebata of the Imperial Navy, by her father. However, on their wedding day, Takimasa is absent due to training, marking a turbulent start to their marriage. Natsumi is a pure-hearted woman, while Takimasa is shy and awkward in building relationships with women. Though their relationship is filled with miscommunication and frustration, they gradually grow closer as they spend more time together. This is a story that lovingly portrays Natsumi and Takimasa's sweet, yet sometimes frustrating, newlywed life.
魔物
Ayame Kajin is a beautiful female lawyer who, despite being highly regarded for her abilities and having a promising future, lives a life of solitude. Because she has always walked her own path, she disdains women who use "weakness" as their weapon.
One day, a captivating and alluring man named Iteya Minamoto appears before her. Iteya is a dangerously seductive individual who believes "love equals possession". Although he has a submissive wife, he is suspected of domestic violence against her and is also a suspect in the murder of a renowned university professor.
This incident brings together Ayame, the lonely woman who has never belonged to anyone, and Iteya, the dangerous man with hidden passions—two persons who would never normally cross paths. They are instinctively drawn to each other and fall into a forbidden love.
Ayame strives to prove Iteya's innocence, but what is the truth behind the murder? As the case unfolds, it triggers an unexpected chain of events, leading to even greater tragedies.
This drama has been co-produced by Japanese and Korean creators originally. Forbidden love suspense story, depicted love and desire sensationally begins!
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TIMESLOT : Late Night
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20~, Female / 20~
PJ ~航空救難団~
The Air Self-Defense Force Air Rescue Wing, commonly known as PJ (Pararescue Jumper), is an elite unit composed of selected individuals who conduct rescue operations in extremely harsh conditions during accidents and disasters. They are essentially the "ultimate rescue unit".
PJs are deployed when it is determined that no other organization can carry out the rescue. Therefore, they are required to possess a wide range of abilities, and naturally, their training is extremely rigorous.
The story follows Chief Instructor, Seiji Usami, who harbors intense passion and trains the trainees through unconventional methods, and the trainees who have passed the highly challenging selection exams to become PJ members. It depicts their struggle as they face a year-long 'hell' of training.
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TIMESLOT : Prime Time
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20~ Female / 20~
ムサシノ輪舞曲
Ryuhei Agawa has been devotedly in love with Tamaki Musashibara, his neighbor who is ten years older, since he was a child. However, Tamaki has always treated him as a "brother-like family member". Despite confessing his feelings twice during his middle school and high school, he was never taken seriously by Tamaki. As time passes, Ryuhei finds himself 25 years old, still not seen as a romantic interest by Tamaki, and on the verge of giving up on his love for her.
One day, Tamaki's younger brother, Bunta Musashibara, was dumped by his girlfriend with whom he had been living together, and suddenly returns to his family home where Tamaki resides. Ryuhei witnesses the moment when Tamaki falls in love at first sight with Bunta's colleague, tailor Tamotsu Kinugasa, who came to visit.
Sensing that a romance might bloom between Tamaki and Kinugasa, Ryuhei, unwilling to give up, decides to take bold action and begins fervently pursuing Tamaki!
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TIMESLOT : Prime Time
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20~49 Female / 20~49
天久鷹央の推理カルテ
Yu Takanashi, a phisician and former surgeon, has been dispatched to the General Diagnostic Department of Ame General Hospital. This department gathers patients deemed "difficult to diagnose" by other departments. The head of the General Diagnostic Department is Takao Ameku, the niece of the hospital director, Owashi Ameku, and Takao is also the vice director of the hospital.
Takao's unique personality and behavior are uncontrollable by anyone except her sister, Mazuru Ameku, who is the hospital's administrative director. The resident doctor, Mai Kounoike, even refers to Takao's behavior as the "Takao Ameku Theater". Yu is initially stunned by Takao's demeanor but is soon amazed by her abilities. Takao is, in fact, a genius doctor with an astonishing diagnostic capability.
This mystery story follows Takao Ameku, a diagnostician with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as she utilizes her overwhelming knowledge and insight to unravel perplexing symptoms, difficult cases, and even the mysteries of supernatural phenomena.
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TIMESLOT : Prime Time
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20~ Female / 20~
水平線のうた
A gentle tale of healing from the trauma of an earthquake-tsunami disaster
Ohbayashi Kenji is a taxi driver. He became one after the Great East Japan Earthquake, hearing the story of how the souls of those who died sometimes take taxi rides. But after 13 years, he has yet to see his missing wife Sanae or daughter Kanae in his cab. One day, a young girl gets in, and the tune she hums jolts Kenji's memory. It is a tune that his wife, a music teacher, and daughter played multiple times together before the disaster. Kenji tracks the young girl down, desperate for any connection he can forge with the family he longs for. The fateful meeting turns into a journey to try to revive the song by seeking out Sanae's musical mentor as well as other musicians from her past.
東京サラダボウル
Scooping up struggling souls in Tokyo’s underbelly
Now home to about 700,000 non-Japanese, Tokyo is a veritable "salad bowl" where different languages, food, and cultures mingle. And it's a place where more than a few struggles to fit in...
Arikino Ryo is an interpreter for Chinese attached to the Metropolitan Police Department. One day after a suspect interview, he chances upon a girl with shocking green hair munching on a scorpion in the middle of Shinjuku. The impressive eater turns out to be Kouda Mari, a police detective in the international investigations division. The two could not be more different—while Kouda is in-your-face about showing interest in people regardless of nationality, Arikino prefers to keep his distance. But as the pair begins working together on cases from missing tourists to international smuggling rings, and munching on various international cuisines in between, their "bellies" find total synchronicity.
Soon, this one-of-a-kind duo finds themselves chasing down an organization called The Volunteers that targets foreigners who've exceeded their legal stay. And this opens the Pandora's Box into Arikino's tragic and shocking past...
べらぼう ~蔦重栄華乃夢噺~
The man behind Japan's Artistic Explosion and his fight for beauty and freedom
An epic biopic unveiling the chronicles of a man unbound by his low status or social conventions who became a pivotal force behind the cultural renaissance of 18th-century Japan by discovering the talents of Sharaku, Utamaro and Hokusai—ukiyo-e artists that continue to be cherished by the world to this day.
Born in 1750, Tsutaya Juzaburo, or Tsutaju for short, was put up for adoption at a young age and grew up with a family running a tea house in the red-light district of Edo. It was a time Edoーnow known as Tokyoーwas experiencing unprecedented growth. With more than a million residents, the city had become one of the largest metropolises in the world. Amid Edo's economic and cultural boom, Tsutaju first made his name by starting a book-lending service.
But his ambition knew no bounds. He teamed up with some of Japan’s best writers and artists and began his own publishing business. His keen eye for young talent led to the discovery of ukiyo-e artists Utamaro and Hokusai, two artists who would later come to leave a lasting imprint on Western art through Japonism. Adorned with plates beautifully illustrated by such creators, book after book would fly off the shelves.
Yet his success came with a price, as his satirical publications began drawing ire from the shogunate. Despite the relentless persecution by the government, he maintained a rebellious stance throughout his entire career and continued to entertain the masses by pursuing true beauty through his publications. Left tattered after having half his fortune confiscated by the shogunate, he takes one last gamble with a grand project featuring a previously unknown artist named Sharaku.
Unbound is a drama series featuring Yokohama Ryusei, winner of a Japan Academy Film Prize and Seoul International Drama Awards, as the main protagonist Tsutaju; with a supporting role from Tony Awards winner and Academy Awards nominee Ken Watanabe as Tanuma Okitsugu, a senior counselor of the shogunate who helped Edo's cultural renaissance blossom; and screenplay by hit screenwriter Morishita Yoshiko, who has written for Jin, Naotora: The Lady Warlord and more.
119エマージェンシーコール
One call save a life. An original drama series depicting the real lives of emergency dispatchers is born!
Everyone calls 119 at some point in their lives. The emergency dispatchers, who send out ambulances or fire trucks as the situation demands, can only handle the job because they are a team of specialists with a variety of skills related to firefighting and first aid. They use their communication skills and medical knowledge to listen to the voices of those in need and use their voices to save them. Relying on the words of panicked callers, they determine their location, and get the necessary teams there as soon as possible. The “chain of lifesaving” begins with fire department’s command center, and working there is by no means an easy job. This series faithfully depicts the various human interactions that play out on the job and the dispatchers who keep working their hardest to save lives in an environment where every moment is tense.
アイシー~瞬間記憶捜査・柊班
The obstacles that she faces include crimes, opinions inside the police, and her own emotion scars...
With photographic memory as her weapon, Hizuki Hiiragi worked her way up from a non-career position to become the head of the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. In this police drama, the members of Team Hiiragi, the First Unit of the Third Serious Crimes Unit of the First Investigation Division, confront heinous crimes under the leadership of the “ice queen” herself. Team Hiiragi was set up as a special exception inside the First Investigation Division, and its idiosyncratic members all have their own personal secrets and traumas. This includes Hizuki, whose father murdered her mother. While questioning the reason for their existence, Hizuki and Team Hiiragi will face many people and incidents. Having lost faith in humanity because of her father’s betrayal, Hizuki faces forward despite the scars that she can never forget. As she pushes onward, not just with strength, but also feelings of weakness, indecision, and anger, she will be a sympathetic figure for many women and give them courage in this human drama.
問題物件
Professional squatters, suicides, hoarder houses, poltergeists, and disappearances... Our kindly heroine solves modern real estate problems together with a super hero who likes dogs way too much?!
Problem Properties is a drama about solving various bizarre cases that come up in real estate. In her new job at Oshima Real Estate Sales, Emiko Wakamiya cares for the sickly Masahiro Oshima, son of the former company president. Masahiro’s uncle Takamaru took over the company after Masahiro’s father died in an accident and he views Masahiro as an obstacle. Takamaru establishes a Customer Complaints and Special Sales Office, assigning Masahiro as its chief, and plots to make him take on troublesome jobs that will end in failures he can use to force him out of the company. Caught up in this struggle when she is assigned to the Special Sales Office, Emiko is sympathetic to Masahiro and reluctantly works to make these jobs a success. But the complaints all involve things like deaths, disappearances, and poltergeists. As she is at a loss for what to do, Emiko meets the mysterious Kotaro Inugashi... Inugashira drags Emiko around with him, boldly solving the difficult jobs she’s been given with clever thinking and occasionally action!
Japan’s Number One Jerk Salaryman
日本一の最低男 -私の家族はニセモノだった-
In this home life drama full of laughter and tears, an unmarried older brother and his younger brother who is a single father work together to seek new ways of living for the new era to come and slowly become a real family as they change the nature of family and the local area!
It is in these times of uncertainty that we most need a heartwarming weekly story that depicts the forms love takes as people support one another. At first, the older brother was only thinking of using his younger brother’s family as a prop to revitalize his political campaign, but as he works to solve the problems of the local people who he meets through them, people come to support him as a reliable candidate in the race to become ward mayor! Meanwhile, the younger brother has had his hands so full with his own problems as a single father that he had given up on changing the world, but as he faces the troubles of the local area together with his older brother, he decides he wants to stand up and work together with him to build a better society.
Three men appear before Mizuho.
One of them was the center of her world at one point.
But before she knew it, her love turned to hatred, and after an argument, she impulsively kills him. Mizuho fears she would be caught for her crime, but the murder never comes to light. Confused by all this, she begins a relationship with a man she met through an acquaintance, and eventually has a child with him.A third man expresses a twisted love toward her, despite his genuine nature...
What cruel fate awaits Mizuho?
3000万
We are decent people. Really.
Yuko works a dead-end job at a call center for complaints. Her husband Yoshimitsu is a one-hit wonder former band musician. Their son Junichi shows talent at the piano, but with money being tight, buying one is not going to happen any time soon; if at all. Then one day, a traffic accident with a motorbike changes the family’s fortunes. Junichi brings home the biker’s bag, which contains stacks of cash. Money that would help. Really help. The biker, Sora, turns out to have been a transporter for a criminal ring. When they discover that Yuko has pocketed their ill-gotten stash, they not only rob it back, but force her to work for them. Desperate and angry, Yuko persuades Sora to work with her, and together they hatch an audacious plan: bring down the boss! With the gang and the police at her heels, can Yuko find redemption? A stylish, unpredictable thriller/comedy about the pain of a society where everyone is struggling to get by, and the increasingly blurry line between good and evil.
団地のふたり
A community worth belonging to
Noe ("Noechi") and Natsuko are childhood friends, born and raised in the same giant housing complex ("Danchi") that was built nearly 60 years ago. Sure, when they were young, each had a lot going on ― from marriage to success at work. Now, single and in their mid-fifties, the two have returned to the Danchi, and spend their days saying silly things over dinner to mend the wear and tear that happen in life. There is no need for pretense, because between them, every embarrassing misstep or that serious first love with a big "L" is common knowledge.
In the aging Danchi, the two are considered "young" among its residents. They help the "aunties" and "uncles" who have known them since childhood, fixing window screens and selling their old things to retro enthusiasts online. If something sells for a high price, the two celebrate by adding something just a bit pricey on the dinner menu. Meanwhile, new arrivals to the Danchi have their own reasons for moving in. Neighborly kindness still alive, this is a community that seems unchanging yet is evolving all the time.
Starring Koizumi Kyoko and Kobayashi Satomi, a story of friendship between two mellow, un-clingy, funny but kindhearted women. Based on the novel Danchi no Futari.
燕は戻ってこない
To whom does this "life" belong?
Riki Oishi is a hospital receptionist with a dilemma. A colleague tells her she can earn good money by donating her eggs at an agency for reproductive medicine. Riki is still conflicted as she visits Plante, but once there, is tapped to become a surrogate. Kusaoke Motoi, a former top ballet dancer, and his wife Yuko are looking for a "surrogate mother" who can give birth to their biological child. They are willing to pay handsomely. For Riki it is only supposed to be an economic choice, but things quickly start to strain. Motoi wants so much to pass on his genes, while Yuko is more afraid of losing his love for being unable to conceive. Soon, everyone is forced to face their innermost desire.
Based on the novel Swallows by Kirino Natsuo.
舟を編む ~私、辞書つくります~
From fashion to dictionary!
Kishibe Midori, an editor at a popular fashion magazine, is abruptly informed that the magazine is folding and that she's being transferred to the Dictionary Department. Midori's life is turned upside down when she joins the department which is run by the hyper earnest Majime Mitsuya and his idiosyncratic team. Inspired by how her new colleagues are committed, focused and patient in their decade-plus endeavor to edit one dictionary, Midori begins to discover the fantastic world of words and propels herself into the new job. United by the devotion to edit The Great Passage dictionary, the Dictionary Department team are hard at work.
This TV series is based on Miura Shion's bestselling novel of the same name but in this version, our protagonist is Midori whereas the novel focuses on Majime. Having Midori at the center of the story, gives a fresh perspective through her exploration of the Dictionary Department as a new employee.
The novel is also known for its award-winning film adaptation (2013) starring Matsuda Ryuhei and Miyazaki Aoi. It won acclaim domestically as well as internationally, becoming box office hits in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
正直不動産
Too much honesty has its drawbacks
Nagase Saichi will lie, lie, and lie through his teeth to close a deal. That's how it is in real estate, and how Nagase stays at number one in sales at Tosaka Real Estate. But one day, he breaks a small shrine at a new construction site and incurs the wrath of the gods... He can no longer lie! Now honest beyond help, Nagase infuriates clients by saying things he shouldn't, ruining near-done deals one after another. Can this honest real estate agent stay alive in a cutthroat industry? A satirical comedy about the underbelly of the real estate business, and the human drama that revolves around the buying and selling of homes.
Based on a popular comic series, starring Yamashita Tomohisa.
