Drama
A man in his forties is struggling with life and his career, until the 17-year-old daughter of his first love from 20 years ago appears unexpectedly. "I wanted to meet the man that my mom was in love with..." Bewildered by this encounter, he remembers the promise he made, but couldn’t keep, with his...
Ran Kagura (age 29) was once a talented child performer. She grew up and became an attorney, but she couldn’t save her best friend who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Ran has disappeared from the legal circles since then. A year later, an online legal column catches people’s attention. It is wri...
Based on a bestselling anthology book series that has sold over 4.3 million copies in total. The collection of very short stories that can each be read in about five minutes. Sci-fi, horror, comedy, fantasy, and more.... The stories cover a wide variety of genres. Each story ends with an unexpected ...
Death is a fickle thing that can come at any moment... In a narrow dimension bridging the world of the living with that of the dead called the “Other Side of Farewell,” a certain man awaits the souls of the people who passed away. Seemingly aloof, he makes them an offer. All the people whose souls f...
A story of a woman who falls for the wrong man, and her wicked and scheming older sister who stands in her way to happiness... Nagisa and Saho are close-knit sisters living together, who were born quite a few years apart. One day, the younger sister Nagisa finds out that her coworker and secret crus...
A strict but loving Grandma solves a myriad of issues for the people around her!
Miki Doumeki lives in a small rural village surrounded by abundant nature and beautiful scenery. After becoming a widow at an early age, she’s spent many years working as a leader in her village. A handsome, intellig...
It begins as any other day with commuters and passengers catching the 8:23 train. That is, until one train car suddenly warps into a wormhole and lands in a devastated future world. Without smartphones or social media, the passengers must confront extraordinary and extreme conditions. Mere strangers...
The Last Man: The Blind Profiler
Hiromi Minami is a US FBI agent on temporary loan to Japan. He’s blind but dubbed “the last man" for his ability to crack tough cases with keen analysis and honed senses. Shintaro Godo is a field cop with a top arrest record who shuns his pedigree as police commissioner’s son. The two make for a hig...
An unassuming country girl crosses paths with an extravagant drag queen, sparking the beginning of a life-changing Cinderella Story!
Sachi is a plain woman living in the quiet countryside with her conservative father. Though she enjoys designing and making clothes, she’s convinced she doesn’t hav...
"Groovy Sukiyaki" (Masayuki Izumi, published by FUSOSHA), a manga unit consisting of Masayuki Kusumi, known as the author of "Lonely Gourmet" and Harunori Izumi (author of "Shoku no Gunshi" and "Dandori-kun"), is a first-person manga with an analytical bombastic approach! Groovy Sukiyaki" (Masayuki ...
Sumire is a 26-year-old dress pattern maker who just got dumped by her boyfriend. She responds by joining a lingerie maker run by a female boss, Yuri. When Sumire is again smitten by a captivatingly young man, Soichi, he turns out to not only be a “himo,” a professional mooch, but the very guy who h...
15 female filmmakers, all born around 1990, contribute about 6 to 8 minutes each to this film showcasing their views of the world, society and gender issues.
There are those nights when your heart and stomach are simply too full.
Akira Ban, who’s known as Ban-san, drives on the streets of Osaka as a taxi driver. He encounters puzzled passengers with troubled lives and somehow ends up sitting with them at his favorite food spots in the city. A series of ...
You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Hapless freshman Kazuya, reeling from a bad breakup, buys a few hours at the aquarium with the beautiful, polite girlfriend Chizuru.
Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, and to make matters worse, Chizuru is much more than the pretty fac...
In 10 days, a meteorite will fall to earth.
Masumi is a company employee with the worst life in the world.
He visits the university library of his alma mater to at least spend his remaining time peacefully.
Ritsu, a man whom Masumi ran into at the library by chance after 10 years.
He was...
The joy of spending money wisely! An unlikely family “money” drama!
24 year-old Miho lives alone in a stylish part of Tokyo. It’s been a year since she started work, but she’s not started saving for the future at all, spending her hard-earned money on fashion and food, only focused on having fun ...
Sometimes, kids do better than adults. Take a look inside the 3rd grader’s brain, acted out by adults. This comedy series is about four elementary school students. They face simple but difficult problems even for adults and try to find their answers from kids' pure eyes.
Akari is a college student whose recent breakup has her afraid of taking on new relationships.
That is until love pays her an unexpected visit. She falls for Izumi who surprisingly is not only younger, but also happens to be the kid brother of her ex-boyfriend, Yamato. Akari feels drawn to Izumi f...
Hazama is a brilliant surgeon who runs a patisserie by day, creating cakes with the same ingenuity and dexterity he applies to surgery. But in his other life, he leads a secretive and powerful medical team willing to apply daring and unrivaled skills to any surgical challenge for an exorbitant fee. ...
Hana, a heroine, is a super excellent and beautiful business woman who works at a traditional confectionary company and every single her idea becomes a hit and popular series.
Thus, Hana is admired by all of her colleagues and they think that Hana dates celebrities like professional baseball playe...
Soramame leaves the countryside for Tokyo in pursuit of a childhood friend and fiancé, but instead meets a scrappy young musician, Oto. By some odd circumstance, the two end up living under the same roof. Influenced by Oto, Soramame awakens to the world of fashion while Soramame becomes Oto’s muse, ...
To celebrate the theatrical release, Ichikei’s Crow, starring Yutaka Takenouchi returns to screens for the first time in a year and a half in a brand new special drama!
Set in Kumamoto, one year after Michio Iruma was transferred out of “Ichikei”. Whilst Michio is busy vigorously conducting trial...
Marriage is Difficult for a Ninja
Hotaru Kusakari is a pharmacist who usually works at just an ordinary pharmacy. However contrary to her everyday appearance, she’s a descendant of the Koga Ninja clan, taking on the long tradition that has continued since the ancient times. She acts in a calm and reserved manner, but this is only he...
Based on Pouplar MangaTargeting Women in Their 20's to 40's
Both Are Having Affairs. Revenge, Suspicion, Romance Ensue
Kaori and Takuya are a married couple who get along well. Even so, Kaori is dissatisfied with one thing about her husband: even though they are undergoing a fertility treat...
A mundane woman about to redo her banal life.
Asami Kondo, age 33, is single, lives with her parents, and works at the local city hall. Suddenly, she has to start her life all over again. She finds herself lying on an Ob-Gyn bed. Next to her are her parents, both young. Asami’s second go at life ...
No matter how dark the world gets, music touches our hearts and uplifts us. Get ready for the beginning of 2023!
A drama series full of powerful orchestra music is about to cheer Japan up!
Hatsune Tanioka is a painfully plain-looking city hall employee. It turns out, however, that she is a former ...
Taiyo Mihoshi is a self-proclaimed “human investor” who believes “People are assets. No investor should ever give it up!” As the CEO of the investment company “Sunshine Fund,” he encourages people not doing well in their corporate organizations or are having a hard time to “start up a business!” and...
The story takes place at a law school where students aspire to become judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and other legal professions. Shizuku Hiiragi, a judge, is sent to law school as a Practitioner-Teacher. She arrives at Seinan Law School and meets faculty member Jin Aoi and five students. However, sh...
Parliamentary secretary Toru Washizu has devoted 20 years of his life to Kosuke Inukai, a member of parliament and cabinet minister. Toru works behind the scenes as Inukai's "shadow," deftly handling the petitions of Inukai's supporters and crushing any hint of scandal. Cool and collected, Toru rare...
Why didn’t I tell you a million times?
When childhood friends Yui and Naoki are by chance reunited as adults, they begin to feel they were destined for each other. However, just as Naoki prepares to propose to Yui, he becomes embroiled in a mysterious incident and dies.
Now Naoki's soul wanders the world unable to express his true feel...
This story depicts a love story of young people who work at night in Nagoya Station, which is undergoing development, including a new linear station, and what follows.
以新線型車站等正在建設中的名古屋站為舞台,描繪了深夜工作的年輕人的遭遇以及之後發生的事情。
The Last Train Bound for Nagoya-TARUTETSU
Mirai Fujita (Kana Hanazawa), a complete amateur on the road to becoming the actress of her dreams, is stopped one day by a stranger, Kenta Ishikawa (Toru Nomakuchi). Mirai insists that she is the wrong person, but the man does not believe her. When he shows her a photograph, she is convinced that i...
30-year-old Rei quit the real estate agency she started working at after college and bootstrapped a company that offers an art subscription service. She starts dating a younger, handsome freelance photographer named Shuto, whom she met at a shared office. Although she’s on cloud nine with her nearly...
Nayuta is a young genius video game developer who works independently. His anonymity had gained him the moniker “the Banksy of video games,” until a certain incident caused him to shy away from games and live quietly. Meanwhile, the long-standing toy company Atom decides to delve into the video game...
Parliamentary secretary Toru Washizu has devoted 20 years of his life to Kosuke Inukai, a member of parliament and cabinet minister. Toru works behind the scenes as Inukai's "shadow," deftly handling the petitions of Inukai's supporters and crushing any hint of scandal. Cool and collected, Toru rare...
Mitsuru, a brilliant student who is not good at socializing, and Koichi,
a cheerful and popular student in class. They are 17-year-old classmates. Because of their opposite personalities, they are strongly attracted to each other. One morning, however, Koichi is hit by a truck right in front of Mi...