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Unsung Heroes

いつか、ヒーロー

A relentless and passionate staff member at a children’s care home and his five former disillusioned students embark on a daring quest for vengeance against Dream Inc., the giant corporation that dominates society. This exhilarating revenge entertainment drama will captivate you from start to finish!

Seiji Akayama is a devoted staff at a children’s care home, where he lives and shares meals together with orphaned children, nurturing their dreams and aspirations. One day, a violent attack leaves him in a coma, and when he awakens, 20 years have passed. The care home he once cherished vanished without a trace. What happened during those 20 years? And where are the children once filled with hopes and dreams?

During Akayama’s absence, the five individuals who once found sanctuary at the care home have grown up, their childhood dreams crushed under the oppressive rule of Dream Inc., a corporation that controls society. Deceived, exploited, and teetering on the edge of despair, they struggle to find meaning in a world that has stripped away their hopes.
Yet, Akayama has a secret past as “The Vulture,” a ruthless genius investor renowned for his cutthroat tactics.
Can he be trusted?
Can he reignite the dreams of those who have lost hope?
Will Akayama and his former students be able to confront their past and present to forge a future filled with possibilities?
Young people who have lost hopes and dreams and an adult who still has hopes and dreams—what miracle will they create together?

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Secret Love with Prince

熱愛プリンス

With her mother’s remarriage, Matsuri Amamiyabecomes the younger stepsister of Haruka, Azusa, and Ritsuto, triplets who make up the wildly popular group, Terzetto. She had always dreamed of having brothers and being close to them, but is disappointed to learn that the siblings don’t get along at all.
The truth is, Azusa the second son wishes he and his brothers were closer. So Matsuri decides to help him make his wish come true. In appreciation for Matsuri’s efforts to bring the two families together, a welcome party is planned. The triplets join in the preparations, but as usual, end up fighting. When Matsuri suddenly collapses, the worried triplets call a truce.
A family that gets along is more fun than one that argues, so Matsuri is determined to intervene each and every time. While not ideal, things seem to be progressing well, when one day, she receives a confession of love from Azusa...!

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Seal My Lips With a Kiss.​

キスでふさいで、バレないで。

One night, Kaede is accidentally locked out in the hallway at work. Shioya, who she has a crush on, just happens to pass by, resolving the situation, and she ends up staying the night at his house!​However, Shioya's roommate, Mizoguchi, comes home and the two instinctively hide in the closet. Surprisingly, this roommate is Kaede’s direct superior!​Kaede's heart pounds as they press against each other in an attempt not to be noticed... when Shioya's lips touch Kaede's chest…​ Kaede is overjoyed with the turn of events bringing her closer to Shioya, whom she secretly admires. Shioya looks at her with cool but kind eyes. Then Mizoguchi, his roommate, gets involved, marking the beginning of a love triangle.​

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Apollo's Song

アポロの歌

The year 2025. Shogo’s childhood trauma from his mother has made him despise love.
He makes a living by sleeping over at the houses of women he doesn’t love, ironically living the same kind of life as his mother and spending each day like a corpse.
The only relationship he cherishes at all is his childhood friend, Hiromi Watari.
However, one day, Shogo realizes that Hiromi has feelings for him.
Due to his hatred of love, he commits a fatal mistake that kills Hiromi.
The goddess then punishes Shogo: “A punishment for despising the beauty and sacredness of love.”
“You will fall in love with a certain woman countless times. However, before your love can be fulfilled, one of you will surely perish! Even if you die, you will be reborn again and suffer another trial of love.You will suffer for all eternity!”
While finding love, either he dies, the woman he loves dies, or they both may die in Shogo’s tragic days.
When he awakes, he has been reborn into a world where Hiromi is a singer under the name Sigma. The world after that, he is reborn into a world where Hiromi controls humans as Queen Sigma. The goddess’s revelationhas sent him into an escapable loop of rebirth, forcing Shogo to face love head-on...
A neo-love story that looks at human love and destiny.

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Inheritance Detective

相続探偵

There are as many inheritances as there are people, and there are as many crimes as there are inheritances.

For those of us who are alive, inheritance-related problems are unavoidable.
A mystery-shrouded will left behind by a heavyweight mystery writer.

An entire fortune bequeathed to Marie Antoinette?!

An inheritance-seeking second wife’s evil deeds are revealed!

Inheritance detective Nao Haie is quite eccentric but very sharp.

He and his colleagues, all with colorful personalities, solve inheritance crimes in comical, racy, and at times incredibly serious ways.

This is an immensely invigorating inheritance mystery you won’t want to miss!

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Based on the Manga “Sozoku Tantei” by Yumie Nishiogi, You Ikuta, originally published by KODANSHA LTD.

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The Hot Spot

ホットスポット

Extraterrestrial life lurks in a town located at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
Kiyomi Endo is a 41-year-old single mother who works at a business hotel.

One day, out of the blue, she runs into an alien.

Get ready for this alien-human comedy set in a small country town where strange occurrences happen, or don’t happen.

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Ensemble

アンサンブル

Just when she thought that falling in love is low ROI and low time performance・・・
Career-obsessed realist lawyer Sena Koyama finds herself in an office romance with her kind, honest, and idealist junior.

Even though they are polar opposites, they buddy up at work to tackle a multitude of romance troubles.

There are love takeaways they learn from the cases, which they apply to their relationship.

But they must keep their guard up as a slew of obstacles befall them, from an ex suddenly appearing, to family and colleagues getting in the way.

Laughter, tears, and the ultimate romantic excitement come your way in this legal love story.

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The Unknown Me

私の知らない私

The protagonist, Mei, has amnesia following a serious accident, but is living a fulfilling life enjoying her work and surrounded by her wonderful fiancé and best friend. But one day she falls under the suspicion of a murder of which she has no memory and her comfortable life falls apart. “What on earth happened during the year I can’t remember? Did I really kill someone?” The constant twists and turns will leave you breathless!​ All of the characters are lying. They seem like good people, but they’re all suspicious! Manipulated by their lies, you’ll be drawn in by the tension of not knowing who is an ally and who an enemy. Mei is betrayed by those she trusts as she draws closer to the truth, but she does not actually know herself and is carrying her own secret as the story ramps up in the second half.​ You won’t be able to tear your eyes away from the emotional intensity of scenes featuring screams on a mountain road late at night, the approaching danger of being hit by a car, and furious confrontations. You’ll be glued to the screen by the performances of our talented cast including Karin Ono who has been branded a genius since her time as a child star, Teppei Koike who excels in playing both heroes and villains, and Fumika Baba who gave an excellent performance as a psychologically trapped woman in Otto wo Shakaiteki ni Massatsu Suru Itsutsu no Houhou.​ The latest love-hate drama from the screenwriter and producer of Sister and Guilty!​ The 2022 drama Sister proved incredibly popular with female viewers and has received over 10 million views on free catch-up service TVer.​

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ARABASHIRI: A Story of Personified Sake

あらばしり

The story takes place in a mysterious sake shop where only those who need it are able to visit.​ A heartwarming drama unfolds between the owner, who has the ability to turn sake into humans, the sake that become human,​and the customers who visit the shop.​

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Call Me by No Name

コールミー・バイ・ノーネーム

“Hey, Megu-chi. Will you go out with me?”
Megumi Yotsugi, a student at Eichi University, meetsKotoha Furuhashi, a beautiful girl who was abandoned at the garbage dump. After visiting Kotoha' s mysterious home, Megumi decides that she wants to be her friend, but she is flat-out rejected. Later, she learns that Kotoha is an alias. Thus, Kotoha replies with another suggestion: be my girlfriend until you guess my name. Then, during their temporary relationship, if she guesses her real name, they' ll become friends—a strange bet.
Megumi, unable to say no to the bet, deepens her relationship with Kotoha as her girlfriend.However, the past hidden in her name begins to bare its fangs.
Facing others head-on. Accepting oneself. To know what happiness is.
A new-generation girls' love story surging with clumsy feelings and heartbreak from a time-limited relationship.

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When it rains, it pours

ふったらどしゃぶり

“When it rains, it pours… Doesn’t that sound like us?”
Kazuaki lives with his girlfriend and is troubled by their sexless relationship.
Meanwhile, Sei, Kazuaki’s coworker, harbors an unrequited love for his roommate and childhood friend, who also goes by the name Kazuaki.
One day, Kazuaki means to send a text to himself, but accidentally sends it to his coworker Sei.
This sparks a strange exchange where they share their worries without revealing their own identities.
I want to embrace the one I love. I want to be embraced.
Before long, the secrets they share can no longer be contained in their hearts.

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Diary of a Surgical Resident: Madoka

まどか26歳、研修医やってます!

First-year medical resident Madoka struggles with adapting to new workplace reforms in the changing medical field. Luckily, her mentor is a cool and composed Dr. Sugano who holds life in high regard, and helps the other residents meet the constant trials of a two-year residency. Madoka finds comfort in her peers as she confronts the harsh tests of veteran doctors, the challenges of being a female doctor, and life decisions in this richly profound story of personal growth.


의사1년차, 연수의 마도카는 주위의 부추김에 의학부로 입학하여 연수의로 첫걸음을 내디뎠지만 근로 방식 개혁으로 변해가는 의료현장의 뜻밖의 역경에 당혹감을 감추지 못한다.
자기관리에 철저하고 쿨한 성격으로 연수의들의 존경을 받는 외과의 칸노의 지도로 연수가 시작된다.
“생명을 진심으로 대하는” 의사의 첫 시작, 연수의. 끊임없는 고민의 2년이라는 세월 속에서 “도망치지만은 않으리라!” 다짐한 마도카였다.
베테랑 의사들의 시련에 맞서고 동기들과 서로 격려하면서 의사로서, 여자로서 인생과 맞서는 진지한 성장스토리.


醫師生涯第一年,新世代研修醫・小圓,在周圍同儕的鼓勵下進入了醫學部,雖然踏出成為研修醫師的第一步,但卻因為勞動改革而逐漸改變的醫療現場中的逆境而感到不知所措,難以掩飾心中困惑。
在性格嚴謹又冷靜而成為研修醫們憧憬的外科醫生・菅野的門下開始了研修生活。
「真摯地面對生命」的醫師指導下,研修醫們在這有限且充滿煩惱的2年時光中,小圓下定了
「絕對不逃避」的決心。
這是一個面對來自資深醫師們的考驗,與同期夥伴們互相鼓勵,作為醫生、女性並真誠面對人生,深刻且豐富的成長故事。

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Mr.Mikami's Classroom

御上先生

Takashi Mikami joins Japan’s elite bureaucracy in the Ministry of Education hoping to strengthen critical thinking skills among students, but soon learns that his ministry is more interested in the goals of self-preservation. When Mikami gets “exiled” to a private high school on a ministry program, he represents both the bureaucrats who helped create the system and the teachers suffering from it. So Mikami leads a group of high school seniors to battle power and reform the education system.


미카미 타카시는 어느 일을 계기로「일본의 교육을 바꾸겠다」고 다짐하고 문부과학성 엘리트 관료가 된다.
하지만, 현실은 많은 차이가 있다는 것을 알게 되었다.
「사고 능력」을 익히기 위해서라는 교육개혁도 이름뿐이었으며 개혁은커녕 일본의 중추들은 자신들의 처신만을 생각하고 있었다.
그런 가운데 새롭게 설립된 관료 파견 제도에 의해 미카미는 사립 고교로의 파견을 명령받게 된다. 그것은 실질적으로는 좌천인사였다.
제도를 만드는 입장의 관료와 제도에 고통받는 교사의 양쪽을 겸하는 “관료 교사”가 18살 고등학생들을 지도하면서 권력과 맞서가는 대역전 교육재생 스토리!


御上孝因某件事而立志「改變日本的教育」,成為了精英的文科省官僚。
然而,他很快發現現實與理想相距甚遠…。
為了培養「思考」能力的教育改革只是紙上談兵,日本的中樞機構只顧著保護自身利益,並無意改革。
此時,由於新設的官僚派遣制度,御上被命令調派至私立高中。實則為左遷人事異動。
這是一齣描述兼具制定制度的官僚,與受制度困擾的教師雙重身份的「官僚教師」,在帶領18歲的高中生的同時,與權力對抗,展開了一場大逆轉的教育重生故事!

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Who saw the peacock dance in the jungle?

クジャクのダンス、誰が見た?

Collegiate Komugi Yamashita lives with her retired policeman father, having lost her mother early on. But then her father is murdered, leaving only a letter cryptically naming a certain person as innocent should he ever be arrested or prosecuted. Learning the suspect is the son of a criminal executed 22 years ago, Komugi seeks the help of a lawyer Matsukaze named in the letter. But Matsukaze has never had any contact with Komugi’s father. So the two go in search of the shocking truth.


야마시타 코무기는 어릴 적 어머니를 여의고 전직 경찰관 아버지와 함께 사는 대학생.
어느 날, 갑자기 사랑하는 아버지가 “한 통의 편지”를 남기고 살해되었다―.
용의자는 22년 전의 사건으로 사형수가 된 범인의 아들이었다.
그러나, 아버지가 코무기에게 마지막으로 남긴 편지에는 “아래에 적힌 인물이 체포, 기소되었다면 그 사람은 죄가 없다“라고 쓰여있었다…
남겨진 편지에는 변호사 마쓰카제라는 이름이 적혀있어 서둘러 의뢰를 하게 된다.
마쓰카제는 면식도 접점도 없는 코무기의 아버지가 어째서 자신의 이름을 적어두었는지 의심스러워하면서도 한결같이 아버지를 믿는 코무기를 보고 협력하게 된다.
두 사람이 마지막으로 알게 되는 충격적인 진실은…!?


山下心麥是一位母親早逝,與前警察官的父親相依為命的大學生。
某天,最愛的父親被殺害,並留下了「一封信」―
嫌疑人是22年前因某個事件而成為死刑囚犯人的兒子。
然而父親留給心麥的信中卻提到「以下人物遭逮捕或起訴,此人即是冤罪」…。
信中提到了律師・松風的名字,心麥於是突然向松風請求協助。
雖然松風完全不認識也與心麥父親沒有任何關係,對於為何對方會留下自己的名字感到懷疑,但看著對自己父親深信不疑的心麥,松風決定協助到底。
兩人最後揭開的衝擊真相是…!?

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Changes of Heart

ホンノウスイッチ

Hijiri Akiyama and Koyori Hoshi have been childhood friends since before they could remember. During their junior high school years, they each suppressed their budding feelings of affection and have continued their close friendship, now working at the same game company.

One morning, surprisingly, Koyori wakes up to find Hijiri next to her, and both are nearly naked! In the midst of their confusion, they start to recall the previous night. Koyori remembers being dumped by her boyfriend, Sosuke Yoshida, after discovering he was two-timing her, and then drowning her sorrows with Hijiri. As Hijiri comforts Koyori, his long-hidden feelings for her, his "instinct switch", turns on, leading them to spend the night together. However, Koyori, realizing she has done something terrible, instinctively apologizes by bowing deeply.

Hijiri wants to take his relationship with Koyori to the next level, while Koyori is determined to maintain their childhood friendship. What will become of their love? The relationship between these childhood friends begins to change as they grow up. A heartwarming story of pure and devoted adult Love begins!

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FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20-49, Female / 20-49

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Private Banker

プライベートバンカー

Private bankers are specialists who provide asset management and formation advice to wealthy individuals. They also offer business advice and resolve family disputes, doing whatever it takes to protect the assets and benefits of wealthy individuals who possess wealth, power and fame.
Among them, an exceptionally skilled private banker, Koichi Anno, receives a request from Takehiro Tenguji, the president of Tenguji Aina Group, a conglomerate with assets worth 700 billion yen. Takehiro's initial request is to save a beloved dango shop that he cherishes.

Anno skillfully navigates through various issues swirling around the family, such as inheritance disputes, affair scandals and slush fund suspicions. Using his outstanding financial expertise, and sometimes employing traps, betrayals and ingenious strategies, he brilliantly resolves these issues with unpredictable methods.

This is an exciting money suspense!

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TIMESLOT : Prime Time
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target: Male / 20~, Female / 20~

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FOREST

フォレスト

If your loved one has a side you don’t know about, will you still trust and continue to love them unconditionally?

The romance between the two main characters, the “lies” each character harbors, and the hidden “truth” within. The story unfolds in multiple layers, intertwining various intentions like a dense, overgrown forest, drawing you deeper into the drama.

Kaede, who works at a flower gift shop, and Jun, who runs a dry-cleaning business, have lived together for almost a year. Although they lead an ordinary but happy life, a constant shadow of anxiety looms over their days. This is because both of them have been telling a particular “lie” to each other.
One day, news arrives at them that “Kaede’s mother, Suzuko, has passed away.” This is the beginning of the unveiling of their lies.
Gradually and eventually, their anxiety becomes a reality, and the modest happiness built on their “lies” begins to crumble. Their daily lives are turned upside down, and the truth gradually comes to light. Among these truths is a significant secret that threatens to tear their love apart.
When they come to know each other’s pasts and authentic selves, hidden by these “lies,” what future will Kaede and Jun choose?


もし愛する人が貴方の知らない顔を持っていたら、変わらずその人を信じ、愛し続けられますか?

楓と純は、同棲してまもなく1年を迎える恋人同士。
平凡ながら幸せな生活を送る二人だが、実は、お互いにある「嘘」をついていた。
楓が純についた嘘・・・それは、「家族はいない」。
楓には、有名なホテルグループ・ブランフォレストを経営する母がいた。全てを自分の思い通りに動かす冷酷な母・鈴子を忌み嫌い、3年前に家を飛び出した楓は、愛する純にも嘘をついて、家族と縁を切り、新しい人生を生きていた。
しかし、その嘘が純にバレてしまい、二人の関係性は少しずつ綻びはじめる・・・。

それぞれが抱える「嘘」と、そこに隠された「真実」が明らかになったとき、二人は、人間不信の森(フォレスト)へ迷い込んでいく——。

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Tokyo Camouflage Hour

トーキョーカモフラージュアワー

On a Friday night in Tokyo.
A story unfolds between two people: a provincial boy with a desire to be popular and a city girl with a complicated past. It starts as a one night stand.
This Romantic drama unravels across various neighborhoods of Tokyo throughout each episode.
The two somehow discover “true love,” “true happiness,” and “true partnership” while exploring their feelings for each other.

In Tokyo, each neighborhood has its own personality and characteristics.
When the neighborhood changes, encounters change, nights change, and life changes!
But even in the ever-changing world, men and women are still searching for something unchanging. This drama features those different cities in each episode with real-life shop information.

Upon receiving the transfer order to the Tokyo head office, Hiroto feels thrilled about his new life. With a desire for change, he arrives in Tokyo, eager to embrace new experiences. However, on his first Friday night in the city, Hiroto finds himself waking up in the room of a woman he met just four hours earlier. “Is this really what I’m looking for?” he wonders. Yet, as he reflects on the night, he realizes he is attracted to her. After they part ways, Hiroto suddenly remembers that he forgot to ask for her contact information.
A love story in Tokyo that begins with a night filled with uncertainties and unexpected connections.


生まれも育ちも山形県!
東京へ転勤したてのウブな色白地方男子が華の金曜日にいきなりワンナイト!?
お相手は一風変わった都会の年上女子。
この恋って…本物?それとも偽物?
「朝してこない男なんて泊める価値ないよ…」
華やかな大都会トーキョーで寂しさを抱え生きるイマドキ男女の本音と嘘。
人気芸人ヒコロヒーが仕掛ける毒舌系エモチルラブコメディ開幕!

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Hell for You

地獄の果てまで連れていく

High schooler Sachiko is ostracized as the alleged daughter of a murderer, and has only one friend- a girl named Rena. But Rena's angelic and gentle smile masks the face of a cold-hearted killer. She framed Sachiko’s father and took his life. 14 years later, Sachiko reappears as a professional nanny with a new face and an erased past. She is bent on vengeance and making life a living hell for Rena who has become a new mother, but will she succeed in slaying her monster?

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RED BLUE

レッドブルー

Aoba Suzuki is a gloomy high school freshman who has always been a social outcast, and he leads a fulfilling student life in which he continues to get beat up by his classmate, Sannosuke Iwase, in what he calls “pretend fights.”
One day, Kenshin Akazawa, a student in the class next door who also happens to be a superstar in the martial arts world, saves Aoba from a “pretend fight.” But when Kenshin tells Aoba, “You really are empty, huh?” Aoba can’t let it go. He declares that he wants to punch Kenshin.
Aoba joins the Shark Gym, which looks like it’s on the brink of shutting down, and enters the MMA Koshie n, a competition to determine the strongest high school
martial artist. Aoba has his eyes on winning the championship, using the techniques he learned from Aochi, a grappler.
A social outcast attempts Mixed Martial Arts
A New Sports related Life Story

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2024.12 -2025.2

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Tokimeki bomb -Trapped With You-

ときめき爆弾

The condition for survival is not to be excited
Six men are trapped in an unknown abandoned warehouse.
There's an unfamiliar collar around his neck...
In the midst of the confusion, the stuffed dog suddenly begins to speak.
The dog, calling itself an AI, wanted to study the incomprehensible human emotion of excitement,
so it began an experiment in which it would have these six people live as test subjects for several days, measure their "flutter", and drop out if the numbers went too far!
The six of them react in different ways - confused, impatient, irritated, angry, united, and calm –
but one by one they drop out as they encounter unexpected flutters, such as small actions and gestures, matters of family, and unforgettable pasts.
So, what will be the outcome of this experiment?
And what is the emotion that AI couldn't understand - "flutter"?

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2024.1 -2024.3

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Shady Job Family

闇バイト家族

Each facing their own struggles with poverty, five people decides to break into a house, driven by the promise of substantial financial gain from a shady part-time job.
This group of amateur thieves, clearly inexperienced, fails to crack a safe and in a desperate escape, accidentally commits a hit-and-run. Subsequently, they are blackmailed by a man with black glasses over the incident, forcing them to live together as a faux family. Their new mission: to infiltrate and rob the neighbor’s house when they are away...
After their first mission, the fake family of five is thrust into an array of clandestine jobs by the man, from undercover work at a dumpling shop to carrying enigmatic parcels. Little do they know, in fact, he is an adept police detective, and their actions have unknowingly been resolving various incidents…
Can this fabricated family find a path back to glory in their lives?

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2020.1

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Kotaki Brothers

コタキ兄弟と四苦八苦

The protagonists are the Kotaki brothers, both middle-aged and unemployed, with polar opposite personalities.
One day, the younger brother causes a bicycle accident but the injured man has no intention of seeking compensation. Instead, he asks the brothers to take on a job for his “Rent A Human” business, where he is the president. Having no choice, the brothers agree, and this marks the beginning of their journey as a “rent a human”, handling various customer’s requests.

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2018.2

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The Formula of Michi & Kiyoshi

天才を育てた女房

Can you believe your loved one as this lady did? This is a story of a legendary math genius, Kiyoshi Oka and his wife Michi. Kiyoshi is born in Osaka. He is eccentric to the extent he prefers wearing long rubber boots even on sunny days, and he dresses wrinkled and shabby business jacket with no tie. Being a wife of an eccentric genius and obsessed mathematician, Michi often faces difficulties to understand what her husband is trying to calculate. Not only that, she has to face family financial issues because Kiyoshi’s theory was not evaluated in Japan’s Math society so easily. But Michi never doubts his gift, passion and pure desire to solve some of the most difficult world math problems. Michi never gives up to support Kiyoshi, and eventually guides him to having acknowledgment from the world and to receiving the Order of Culture in 1960.

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2017.12

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Sleepless Pearl

眠れぬ真珠

The drama is adapted from Ira Ishida's adult love fiction "Sleepless Pearl" (Published by SHINCHOSHA) which depicts a romantic relationship between a 45-year-old single menopause woman and a man 17 years younger than her. But at the same time, a crazy stalker is approaching. This is a love mystery drama filled with suspense elements.

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  • Crime & Investigation
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2016

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Playwright and Female Detective

脚本家と女刑事

 A playwright Kunpei Terayama who works at a small theater company ”Zebra Missille ” is extremely good at storyweaving but is a slow writer. One day a female detective who used to be a stage actress of ”Zebra Missille ”visits Kunpei and asks for his opinion on a murder. With the progress of investigation of the murder, Kunpei suddenly speeds up on his writing. On the day of performance, when Kunpei finally finished the play script, truth of the murder is going to be disclosed on the stage!

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2016

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Ten Dark Women 2016

黒い十人の女

“Ten Dark Women” was written by Natto Wada and directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1961. It’s a dark humor story about a married television producer who has a wife and nine mistresses. Ten of them band together and plan to kill him.

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2014

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OIE-SAN

お家さん

Spanning the turbulent decades from the Meiji to early Showa era, this is the story of a woman who turned a local sugar wholesaler into a world-class trading company, and of the man who helped her. Having married into Suzuki Shoten, a Kobe sugar wholesaler, Yone Suzuki lives a stable life as the wife of a businessman, raising her children while clashing with her strict and conservative husband Iwajirou. With her husband’s sudden death, however, Yone’s life changes course completely as she takes the helm of Suzuki Shoten. She receives support and guidance from company employee Naokichi Kaneko, who has overcome an impoverished childhood to reach his present position. Facing all the vicissitudes of their time, Yone and Naokichi turn Suzuki Shoten into Japan’s largest trading company. But after surviving numerous difficulties, the pair are about to meet their greatest trial. Becoming involved in the Rice Riots of 1918, Suzuki Shoten faces a disastrous end.

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2013

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Monster

怪物 -読売テレビ開局55年記念ドラマスペシャル-

Detective Takao Kasai is on the verge of getting demoted, but he can detect the "smell of death" that lingers after a murderer. He sets a trap for Akira Dojima, who abducted and killed an 8 year-old girl 15 years ago, but a girl who was attacked before the victim appears and kills Dojima in self-defense. In order to protect this girl, Risa, Kasai asks researcher Ryo Masaki who is developing new methods for waste treatment that can even break down DNA, to help him clean up the evidence. But as he "processes" the late Dojima, Kasai is overtaken by a fear he's never felt before. Dojima is truly a "monster" of unfathomable darkness...

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2013

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Naitara Akande TSUTENKAKU

泣いたらアカンで通天閣

In the shopping streets of the shitamachi area of Osaka’s Shinsekai, Kazuko is the only daughter of the owners of Ajiyoshi, a local ramen shop. Once run capably by her deceased mother, Ajiyoshi is now her father Kengo’s responsibility. Kengo has no knack for ramen, and business is barely
scraping by. Kazuko, who secretly helps out her father’s business, is herself troubled by her relationship with a superior at work. Kengo is easily swayed by his affection for his dependable daughter, and the two share an awkward but sincere love. Hailing from West Japan and set in the bustling streets of this drama is full of heart, tears and laughter.

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2012

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Detective Conan Drama Special 4, Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case (2012)

工藤新一 京都新撰組殺人事件

The high school detective Shinichi Kudo and his childhood friend Ran Moori visit a movie filming in Kyoto, which Heiji Hattori and Kogoro Moori are in. During the flight to Kyoto, Ran recalls a case that occurred on a flight; which was Shinichi’s first case as a detective. A year ago the two were on a plane, where a camera man Kazuhiro Otaka got murdered. The murder weapon is nowhere to be found on the plane, but due to Shinichi the mystery of the murder weapon and the case gets solved. At the filming site in Kyoto, a bombing occurs to kill Reiichi Sakuraba, the main cast of the film. Later, the heroine Momoka commits suicide by hanging herself. However, Shinichi realizes a suspicious point and speculates that it’s a murder case. Shinichi tries to solve the murder case and along with Heiji they find the culprit of the bombing.

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2011

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Detective Conan - Live Action Series

名探偵コナン 工藤新一への挑戦状

The anticipated first TV drama series following its 15th anniversary of the TV anime series!! The drama series takes place before the high-school detective, Shin-ichi Kudo, is poisoned by the Black Organization which causes his body to shrink and became known as the elementary-school student Conan. Set in the mid-night city where many dangerous games wriggling around, Shin-ichi, Ran, and Kogoro wakes up trapped in a white cubical cell (the ‘white room’) with no recollection of how they arrived there. A letter reveals an admirer of Shin-ichi’s detective work placed him there to test his deduction abilities. Each white room contains a panel device which when a keyword connected to the case is entered, grants them further access of the room. First challenge, the panel device with the date, June 24, 2010, suggests Shin-ichi should recall an investigation that occurred on that day, when a photographer murders his lover....
*Based on the original graphic novel “Meitantei Conan” by Gosho Aoyama published by Shogakukan Inc.

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2011

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Detective Conan Drama Special 3, The Mystery of the Legendary Monster Bird

工藤新一への挑戦! 怪鳥伝説の謎

Celebrating its 15th anniversary of the TV anime series! This special is set in a secluded village ruled over by a legend of a mysterious monster-bird. The high-school detective, Shinichi Kudo, is invited to the village by a billionaire, and that’s when the tragic events start! The drama takes place 100 days before Shinichi Kudo is poisoned by the Black Organization which causes his body to shrink. The setting is the “15 Night Village”, with a culture seemingly passed down from the ancient Mayans. Shinichi will challenge solving the mystery of the serial-murders and the village wrapped up in the mysterious legend of the monster-bird!

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2009

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Reset

リセット

“I wish I could reset my entire life” is a thought that crosses everyone’s mind at some point in life. The theme is brought into focus in Reset, an engaging drama based on the popular comic of the same name published by Kodansha Company, Limited. Of course, even if you could reset your life and start again, there is no guarantee that this ‘reset’ life would be perfect. What if your new life were to start going downhill again? Should you reset your new life to go back to your first one? Or should you deal with the mounting difficulties and continue your new life? What would you do? The pivotal element of this drama is that the character in each episode is given a chance to reset their life twice. With the presence of a ‘divine arbiter’ Henri, who presents the characters with this fateful choice, every episode offers viewers the experience of making this challenging decision.

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2009

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Sakura Road, YTV 50th Anniversary SP Drama

さくら道 -読売テレビ開局50年記念ドラマスペシャル-

Cherry blossoms (‘sakura’ in Japanese) are the most familiar and the most popular flower for Japanese people. Yet there is a remarkable and true story about the flowers that is not well known. The 1960s was a period of unprecedented economic growth in Japan. In the midst of this excitement, there was a man who focused his entire life on planting cherry trees. His dream was to plant 300,000 cherry trees, making a “Milky Way” of cherry blossoms on the ground connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. Everyone around him, including his family, failed to understand his dream. Why on earth did he keep planting cherry trees? He was looking for the meaning of life in the cherry blossoms that show both their strength and grace as time passes. As people living in the 21st century, we can learn from him. An environmental warning - everyday we are reminded of global warming and other environmental problems in newspapers and on television. For 40 years he worried about the environment, and his actions reflect this. We hope everyone will watch this drama about the global environment, and its impact on the 21st century.

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2008

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Reset (2-hour special)

リセット SP

This two-hour special drama consists of three episodes in omnibus form.

#1. My World 1 episode (114 min)
On the day of the announcement of the winners at the Grand Manga Awards, Fukuda and Tokui, a pair of comic-book artists, are looking forward to the results, convinced they will win. However, in a turn of events, the Grand Prize goes to their rival, Yoshida. Firmly believing in his own talent, Tokui launches a barrage of criticism at Fukuda, blaming him for the failure. Fukuda soon finds out that Yoshida had initially hoped to pair up with him and he regrets choosing Tokui as a partner. Then arbiter Henri appears and resets Fukuda’s life to the moment just before Fukuda decides to pair up with Tokui…

#2. Love’s Fate 1 episode (114 min)
While there is nothing to complain about in her present life with her husband, the life of homemaker Kaori has been nothing but dull. One day, after watching a movie directed by her old boyfriend Nobuo, she is overwhelmed by a mix of emotions because she realizes that the movie was dedicated to her. Then arbiter Henri appears and resets her life to three years previous, when she was in love with Nobuo…

#3. A Tearful Choice 1 episode (114 min)
When told by a doctor that her mother, Masako, has Alzheimer’s disease, Yura is referred to a special care facility for her mother. Unable to leave her own mother, Yura decides to take care of her at home. Her mother’s illness gets worse everyday, eventually jeopardizing Yura’s whole life. Yura mournfully regrets her decision to look after her mother, and privately wishes, “I should have put her in a care facility when I had the chance.” This is when arbiter Henri appears and resets her life…