Drama

 Trailer
62 Titles

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Romance

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Romance

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.​

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

Usotoki Rhetoric

嘘解きレトリック

The tag team of an impoverished, debt-ridden detective with a sharp, analytical eye and a girl with the strange ability to “hear lies” crack cases in this retro-modern back-alley sleuthing drama.

In 1926, Kanoko Urabe, a girl growing up in the countryside, has had the ability to hear when people are lying for as long as she can remember. However, the villagers shun her because of her power. Kanoko’s mother, Fumi Urabe, tries to protect her, but Kanoko leaves the village, not wanting to trouble her mother any longer. She winds up in Tsukumoyacho, a town awash in lies. In search of work, Kanoko goes to a cafe called “Rose,” which had a help wanted ad posted looking for waitresses urgently, but the waitress there, Lily , turns her down, saying that the position has just been filled. With nowhere to go, Kanoko collapses from hunger, and the head of the Iwai Detective Office, Soma Iwai, who was coincidentally passing by, stops to help her. Eventually, Kanoko becomes Soma’s assistant, and together they solve many difficult cases as she looks for a place where she can belong..

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation

OKURA-Cold Case Investigation

オクラ~迷宮入り事件捜査

The mismatched pair of a compassionate retro-style police inspector and his cool modern-style partner take on unsolved cases that are about to go cold in this humanist mystery series.

With the removal of statutes of limitations, criminals now have to keep on running forever. This reform in the law, which means that anyone who is caught will definitely be prosecuted, is ideal for the families of the victims...or it should have been. However, reality isn’t so simple. In the past, cases that were getting close to the statute of limitations were often taken up by the media, which could lead to new information suddenly coming to light. Now, without that excitement, almost all such cases go cold. When the statute of limitation for murder was 15 years, many members of the victims’ families would use that as a turning point to move on, but now they have to carry that incident with them for the rest of their lives, and some find that exhausting.
There is a department, OKURA, which handles cases which have remained shelved as a result of abolishing the statute of limitations. Two investigators there, Senju Hidaka, a retro-style investigator with a deep sense of compassion, who believes in the importance of hitting the pavement, and Toshiki Fuwa, a cool modern-style detective who focuses on saving time and being efficient, solve cases on the verge of going cold. The pair investigate using the handful of clues that were left by investigations performed at the time of the incident, along with new tips that have come in after a long time. Sometimes working with their minds, sometimes with their bodies, their investigations will help time to start moving forward once again for those who have been affected by the incidents...

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation

AARO -All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office-

全領域異常解決室

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office solves both familiar modern incident and bizarre and incomprehensible cases that can’t be explained even with cutting-edge science in this orthodox mystery drama that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

One day, Koyume Amano, a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Band Color Guard, is suddenly ordered to go to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO for short. When she arrives at their headquarters, which resembles the office of a shrine from the outside, the deputy director, Miyabi Okitama is there. According to Okitama, the AARO is the oldest investigative agency in the world, dating back to the time of the Yamato Imperial Court. They report directly to the Cabinet Office, and investigate “unsolvable cases” such as paranormal phenomena. Koyume is surprised to learn that such an organization exists, and also wonders why she would have been assigned to it.
At this point, Okitama tells Koyume about the Spiriting Away Incidents that he is currently investigating. The first incident happened about half a year ago. The only things left at the scene were the victim’s clothing, their possessions, and copious amounts of blood. No body was found, as though it vanished on its own. Online, there was someone who claimed responsibility, saying, “This was a spiriting away,” and, “I am the god Hiruko.” The incident was followed by others like it, and Hiruko put out a statement each time. Gradually, people came to believe in, fear, and some even worship Hiruko.
Under the orders of AARO director Tamio Ukino, Okitama and Koyume go to the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police to take part in a joint investigation. There, they learn about a key figure named Rui Matsumiya. He was originally a member of an underground male idol group, but started making money by dating his fans after the group broke up. Out of eight disappearances that have happened so far, Matsumiya was the first to discover the scene in the three most recent, and the victims in all three cases were passionate fans who had repeatedly gone on dates with him. However, at the times of the crimes, Matsumiya was working in a shared office, and the security camera footage backs up his alibi. After the first incident, Matsumiya began to talk about being able to see Hiruko, which caused a stir online. Is this case really the work of the god Hiruko? Or is it someone else in the shadows? What answer will the Okitama and the others find?!

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

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!

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

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...

  • NEW
  • Comedy
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Comedy
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

Deka Kurokawa Suzuki

デカ黒川鈴木

The trio with the worst teamwork! A case is reported to the Criminal Affairs Division of a police precinct in a quiet, rural town. Kurokawa Suzuki, a detective with exceptional powers of deduction, and his subordinates Shiraishi Kosaku and Akagi Tadashi rush to the crime scene. The case has occurred in the mountains, at a farm for high-grade wasabi and the murder victim is the farm’s owner, Sonoyama Shigeo. His eldest daughter, Sonoko, was the first person to discover his body. The wasabi that Shigeo cultivates is of the highest grade. All of it has been stolen. So Shiraishi deduces that it was the work of a group of thieves from a neighbouring town. The glass of the greenhouse in which Shigeo grew orchids was also broken, but oddly enough, the orchids were not stolen. Kurokawa doubts Shiraishi’s theory about the group of thieves. If they were the culprits, they did not need to kill Shigeo. He speculates that it was someone who would be in trouble if his or her face was seen. Kurokawa narrows his suspects down to three people: Sonoko, the eldest son Tatsuo, and second son Maruo.

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

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.

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

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.

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

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!

  • NEW
  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Romance
  • Sci-Fi

NEW

  • NEW
  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Romance
  • Sci-Fi

LOVE GAME

ラブゲーム

The game starts with one million yen being suddenly transferred to someone’s bank account. The dealer is a mysterious yet beautiful woman dressed all in black. Participation in the game is left solely up to the person who receives the money. One-hundred million yen will be paid if the person succeeds in the given game. The 100 million yen challenges include:

・ Getting a person’s wife to approve the divorce within eight hours!!
・ Stealing your best friend’s boyfriend within three days!!
・ Being told of a girlfriend’s secret past, but still going out with her!!

To know “real love”. To know “true love” ? this is the object of the game. Fate can be knocked off balance when love is measured by desire and money.

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi

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.

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi

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…

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

Detective Conan Drama Special 2, Confrontation With the Men in Black

工藤新一の復活! 黒の組織との対決

Live-action Conan is back! Conan as you’ve never seen him before! While the first live-action drama focused on Shinichi Kudo, the high school student before he was transformed into Conan, this new drama starts with the first ever glimpse of young Conan in live-action form. After eating a piece of cake, Conan finds himself reverting back to his normal age. He has a limited amount of time before he changes back to Conan. With time running out, can he solve the murder mystery and avoid the Men in Black?

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

Detective Conan Drama Special 1, The Letter of Challenge (2006)

工藤新一への挑戦状 さよならまでの序章

Conan as you’ve never seen him before! To mark the 10th anniversary of the anime series Detective Conan in 2006, the popular program was adapted into a special live-action drama. The plot revolves around two characters, Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri, and takes place when Shinichi was still a regular high-school student, before being poisoned by a strange man who turned him into the diminutive Conan. Shinichi has become a popular student at school because of his detective skills and is even receiving a lot of media coverage. The night before a trip, Shinichi receives a strange letter: “This is a letter of challenge to the high-school detective. During the school trip, one of your classmates will be kidnapped. If you are able to prevent it, you win. But if you fail, I win. You will then have to give up your title of high-school detective.”

  • NEW
  • Comedy
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

NEW

  • NEW
  • Comedy
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

THE DETECTIVE IS WAY AHEAD

探偵が早すぎる

Kosuke Kindaichi, Kogoro Akechi, Columbo, and Sherlock Holmes... All great detectives and capable investigators that track down suspects by making conclusions based on evidence and deposition. However, Detective Hikaru Chikumagawa... I won’t let anyone die! I won’t let the crime happen! He solves tricks planted by the culprits and derails their plans. History’s fastest detective, who is always way ahead, is back! Beginning where the previous series left off, Detective Chikumagawa continues to protect the young woman with a 5 trillion-yen inheritance. This time, his opponent is a world-famous magician! Will he be able to figure out the profound, death-defying tricks that have been set? A thrilling comedy-mystery starring an unprecedented detective

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Crime & Investigation

GEEKS ~Weirdo’s on the case~

ギークス~警察署の変人たち~

Geeky women working at the police station who have sharp-minds and problematic social skills lend a huge helping hand in cracking cases while chatting on the weekends in this novel form of “chit-chat puzzle-solving entertainment.”

In this drama, three geeky women who work at the police station, each with a no overtime policy, use their skills, curiosity, and a little thirst for justice to solve crimes before leaving work on time.
The protagonist, Yui Saijo, is gifted with a photographic memory, and a considerable ability to analyze evidence; Masumi Kira, an occupational physician, is a pro at psychological analysis and profiling; and Iori Motoyama, who works in the traffic division, knows her geography so well that people say she has every fact about the area stored inside her head.
These women get together at the same tavern every Friday, bonding over their complain about the workplace and their personal relationships. And as they’re chatting, cases that have been stumping the investigators come up...
Even as they use their knowledge and skills to quietly solve difficult cases, the three geeks personal and professional lives are full of problems. The curtain is about to rise of a fresh new series that will depict the tumultuous life of three troublesome women in a cute and comical way, while also providing the thrill of solving crimes!

  • Comedy
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Comedy
  • Crime & Investigation

yips

イップス

The undynamic duo of mystery author who can no longer write and an elite police detective who can no longer solve crack the case with witty dialogue and banter in this mystery comedy!
The protagonists of this series are mystery writer Miko Kuroba and police detective Tohru Morino of the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Miko has written best seller after best seller ever since her debut, finding her place among popular authors, but she currently finds herself with writer’s block. Now she spends as much time working on her side job as a commentator on variety programs as she does writing. As for Morino, his arrest rate has fallen off ever since a certain event, and he can no longer solve crimes. They both have a case of the yips, where things that they could do effortlessly before have suddenly become impossible for them because of pressure. The two of them meet by chance at a sauna facility which they visit to get away from work. Once they encounter a murder, the two buddy up in no time. Miko is fascinated by the case, thinking about how it will give her material for her next novel, and how she’s never seen a dead body before. In contrast, Morino is less enthusiastic, but he displays sharp powers of observation as a police detective, and together the two get closer to the truth. Their investigation gives them a lead on the culprit, but as they try to close in on their suspect, Morino’s yips strike... They’re a mystery author who can’t write, and an elite police detective who can’t solve. This undynamic duo with the yips help each other as they struggle to get a fresh start in this painfully funny mystery comedy!

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

The Promise: The Truth from 16 Years Ago

約束~16年目の真実~

There’s someone sinister living in this town... A female detective, who has once lost everything in her life to the string of murders, comes back to her hometown. She sets about uncovering “the truth from the past,” which triggers the killer to reappear! The serial killer who stole everything from her is hiding among her former classmates and best friends...What’s the truth and what’s the lie? Who’s righteous and who’s sinister? Based on an entirely original script, this unpredictable human suspense TV drama will have you guessing from start to finish!

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Thriller

The Last Man: The Blind Profiler

ラストマン―全盲の捜査官―

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 highly mismatched pair, but there’s more to their partnership than meets the eye. A police conspiracy? A link to a mysterious past? Strap in for a suspenseful adventure by this odd pair of detectives.


미국에서 교환학생으로 일본으로 오게 된 FBI 특별 수사관 미나미.
과거 한 사고로 인해 시력을 잃었지만 날카로운 분석력, 후각, 촉각으로 사건을 반드시 끝내버리는 최후의 히든카드라는 의미로 FBI에서는 “라스트 맨”으로 불리고 있다.
그런 미나미의 보좌를 맡게 된 것은 악을 절대로 용서할 수 없다는 “남다른 정의감”을 가진 경찰청 인재교류기획실 실장, 고도.
낙천적이고 타인을 신뢰하며 스스럼없이 주위에 도움을 청하는 미나미, 타인을 의심하며 오로지 자신만을 믿고 혼자서 살아온 고도라는 정반대의 불균형 콤비가 한 팀을 이루어 어려운 사건에 도전해간다.


皆實是個以交換留學生身份從美國來到日本的FBI特別搜查官。
雖因事故而導致雙眼失明,但敏銳的分析力、嗅覺、觸覺總是能讓事件邁向終點,在FBI被稱作「Last Man」,亦即「最後的王牌」。
而皆實的導覽人,則是容不下些許邪惡、擁有強烈正義感,警察廳人才交流企劃室室長.護道。
毫不猶豫向周圍尋求協助,相信他人的皆實,以及完全不相信他人,只信任自己並獨自前進的護道,這對個性完全相反的搭檔,將聯手解決各式各樣困難的事件!

  • Crime & Investigation
  • School Drama
  • Crime & Investigation
  • School Drama

Kazama Kimichika : Kyojo Zero

風間公親 -教場0-

How did that most fearsome instructor come to being?

The popular SP series “Kyojo” starring Takuya Kimura has been adapted into a drama series on the renowned Monday Night 9 p.m. Broadcast Slot.

In the last scene of “Kyojo 2” it was revealed that the artificial right eye was due to a wound that Kazama sustained during an attack while investigating as a detective. The identity of his attacker and the reasons for his intense resentment he has toward the police organization were never revealed…

In this series, the mystery of how Kazama became so ruthless and unmatched will be revealed. The story depicts the time before he was assigned to the police academy, when he was working as an instructor in charge of training new detectives…

  • Crime & Investigation

  • Crime & Investigation

Ichikei's Crow SP

イチケイのカラス スペシャル

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 trials at the Kumamoto District Court 2nd Branch, a case of grievous bodily harm arises, revolving around a young man named Haruto Suwa who intervened in a gang fight and is in critical condition. The suspect, Wataru Uchida, pleads guilty to the charges, and on the surface, it appears to be a cut and dry case that will result in a suspended sentence. However, as the investigation proceeds, it becomes clear that Wataru initially denied the charges during his police interrogation. Sensing there is more to the story and doubting the suspects’ guilt, Michio activates his authority and begins his own investigation.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Yoshio Komazawa (Fumiyo Kohinata), the head judge of “Ichikei”, is deliberating over a personal injury case between employees of the large company "Hoshizumi Holdings." The employees belonged to factions of the next company president candidates, and the case resembles a war by proxy. The parties involved, Shigeyuki Oyabu (Kazuki Kitamura) and Natsuko Shimazu (Anne Nakamura) only care about ending the trial as quickly as possible, which makes Komazawa even more irritated.

From these two completely unrelated cases, an unexpected connection arises. When things finally come to trial, what dreadful heartbreak and deep darkness is hidden at the center of these cases?

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi

Octo: Mind Investigator Akari Shinno

オクトー感情捜査官 心野朱梨

Octo is a detective drama that fits the current times where crimes with ambiguous motives are increasing. Unlike existing detective stories focusing on finding criminals and working out tricks, Octo spotlights finding motives, the emotions that triggered the crimes.

An eccentric female detective who can see the color of emotions tags along with a failed-elite male detective to identify the criminals. It’s a detective story with completely a new concept.

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Crime & Investigation

GUARDIAN OF THE MARKET

競争の番人

Tsutomu Koshobu, a genius, and a character who is always based around the idea of logic, and Kaede Shirokuma, an honest and emotionally driven former detective are the main characters. As members of the Fair Trade Commission’s sixth examination division (aka. ‘Dairoku’), they crack down on violations of the Anti-Monopoly Law and keep a watchful eye on economic activities to protect a free and fair competition in the market. They expose the hidden facts about companies that engage in bid-rigging, cartels, and other forms of corruption…

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • School Drama
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • School Drama

Friends Game

トモダチゲームR4

Which is more important, friendship or money?

Yuichi Katagiri, a high school student, is abducted with four of his friends and forced to participate in a "Friends Game" to pay off a debt he was suddenly saddled with.
The game is supposed to be easy to beat as long as you have friendship, but for some reason Yuichi and his friends are unable to beat the game. They suspect the existence of a traitor, and their friendship gradually begins to crumble.
The ultimate mind game show is about to begin!

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Thriller

INVISIBLE

インビジブル

A mystery figure dubbed “Invisible” conspires with criminals as an underworld “crime coordinator.”
Once thought of as just an urban legend, Invisible hijacks the airwaves and warns of a bombing.
Nobody imagined it would be a woman by the name “Kiriko.”
“I’ll give you my information,” she says, “but I want Detective Takafumi back in the First Crime Division.” But why him? One by one, the mysteries peel away in this rollercoaster drama will hold you in captive suspense.


범죄자나 어두운 사회의 사람들과의 거래에 협력하여
「범죄 코디네이터」라 불리는 수수께끼의 인물, 속칭 인비저블.
도시 전설이라 불리던 인물이 갑자기 전파를 점령하여 폭파 예고를 한다.
그의 모습은 누구도 상상하지 못했던 키리코라고 밝히는 아름다운 여성이었다…!!
그녀는「소중한 정보를 주는 조건으로 수사 1과에서 좌천된 형사 타가후미를 담당하게 하라」고 요청한다!
일면식도 없는 두 사람… 왜?

끊임없이 이어지는 의문의 인간드라마 & 한번 보기 시작하면 멈출 수 없다.
중독성 강한 제트코스터 서스펜스.

協助犯罪者和黑社會組織的交易,
被稱為「犯罪協調員」的謎樣人物,通稱Invisible。
這個風聞像是都市傳說般的人物,突然攔截電波,預告將有爆破行動。
而其真面目是誰也未曾料想過,自稱KIRIKO的絕世美女……!!
她更提出「我可以提供手上重要的資訊,但條件是要讓原本在搜查一課被降職的刑警・貴文負責這案子」的要求!
從未謀面的兩人…究竟是為了什麼?
連鎖謎題環環相扣的人物描寫&一看就無法自拔的
“中毒”系心驚膽跳懸疑劇。

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Mystery

My Ex-Boyfriend's Last Will

元彼の遺言状

The protagonist of this series is Reiko Kenmochi, who works at a major law firm in Japan. As a lady with an immaculate physical appearance, she’s also a talented lawyer who wears fancy suits and clicks her heels as she winds her way through the city.
Reiko has saved her clients from many difficult situations by using her overwhelming knowledge of the law and her ability to bluff her way through any opponent. She insists on "winning" for her clients, no matter how risky it may be. As a brilliant lawyer, she is so obsessed with winning and so as expected, has many enemies both inside and outside of the firm. However, she doesn’t care one bit about how she is being perceived by those around. Reiko always says boldly that she is just being honest with herself, and that the desirable emotion that everyone has about money, is simply just stronger than others. If one is to describe her, it would be that she's a rusher, brave, and a “power-kegged jack-knife.” Such a free-willed lawyer suddenly gets involved in an unimaginable incident by chance…

  • Family
  • Crime & Investigation

  • Family
  • Crime & Investigation

Close Tail -Detective Academy-

クロステイル ~探偵教室~

Tailing, bugging, stakeouts...this riveting human drama realistically portrays the work of private detectives, charting the growth of a group of trainee detectives.

University student Tasuku graduates from university without a career path planned.
Returning home, he finds his father Jinpei has abandoned him, leaving behind a letter reading: “Congratulations on your graduation! I’m graduating from being your father!”

Once a best-selling mystery author, Jinpei blew his entire fortune, leaving behind only mountains of debt. With no evidence of foul play, the police refuse to investigate his father’s disappearance, and Tasuku eventually ends up at “Joker Detective Agency” after finding their business card in one of Jinpei’s novels.
Unfortunately, the cost of investigating the disappearance is far beyond Tasuku’s means.

Troubled, Tasuku’s eye’s fall on a poster looking for new students at a school for detectives. He makes the decision to become a professional detective and search for his father himself.

One day, whilst practicing tailing a suspect, he gets sidetracked saving an old woman and loses his mark. He’s later reprimanded by his teacher who tells him “90% of a private detective’s job is to investigate affairs, uncover people’s secrets and weaknesses. Being resented by people is par for the course! If you want to be a good person, this job isn’t for you.”

Compared to the heroic detectives in his father’s book, the reality of the job comes as a sharp shock to Tasuku. On top of this, the classmates he has to work with are an overwhelmingly eclectic mix of people from different ages and backgrounds, leading them into unforeseen trouble on almost every case. At this rate, will Tasuku ever become a full-fledged detective?

尾行、盗聴、張り込み…リアルな探偵描写と
“探偵の卵”たちの成長をスリリングに描いたヒューマンドラマ!

大学生の匡(たすく)は就職先が見つからないまま卒業式の日を迎えていた。家に帰ると父の迅平(じんぺい)が『大学卒業おめでとう。父さんも、お前から卒業します』という手紙を残して失踪していた!迅平はかつて売れっ子の推理小説家だったが、実は財産を食いつぶし、莫大な借金を残していた。事件性のない失踪のため警察は捜査をしてくれず、匡は迅平の小説に挟んであった名刺を頼りに「ジョーカー探偵社」にたどり着く。しかし、失踪調査には莫大な費用がかかる。困った匡は探偵学校の生徒募集のポスターを見つけ、自身がプロの探偵になって失踪した父を見つけ出すことを決意する。
ある日、街中で尾行の実習をしていた匡は、急病の老婆を助けているうちに尾行の対象者を見失ってしまう。教師に「現実の探偵の仕事は9割が浮気調査、人の弱みや秘密を暴くのが仕事なんだ。人から恨まれることは当たり前。善人になりたいなら探偵など辞めろ!」と叱られる。父の小説に描かれていたヒーローのような探偵とは全く違う現実に打ちのめされる匡。さらに探偵学校のクラスメイトは年齢も経歴もバラバラ、変わり者ばかりで、毎回予想もしないトラブルに巻き込まれることに…果たして匡は一人前の探偵になれるのか?


  • Crime & Investigation

  • Crime & Investigation

Kei x Yaku - Dangerous Buddy

ケイ × ヤクーあぶない相棒ー

Three years ago, a video of a female public security investigator being kidnapped and assaulted was uploaded to the internet. Her name was Rion Nakaba, and the video caused a huge uproar- but it was instantly deleted. This incident was called the “Joker Case” within the Public Safety Bureau, and for some reason, the investigation was quickly terminated and Rion was deemed to have been killed in the line of duty.
Ichiro Kunishita, a junior public safety investigator who looked up to Rion, was not satisfied with this decision, and continues to advocate for the “Joker Case” to be reinvestigated. However, his boss Chief Taguchi orders him to take on a completely different case. Ichiro is requested to conduct a private investigation on Shiro Hanabusa, the young leader of the Minegami Clan crime syndicate. It seems that Shiro had quickly risen through the ranks of the Minegami Clan and has become the lover of several politicians. For the investigation, Ichiro approaches Shiro at a hotel bar. Shiro is wary of Ichiro's presence and the situation is touch-and-go, but it seems Shiro thinks of Rion as a sister. In order to find Rion, Shiro says he became the leader of an organized crime syndicate, and confirms that he has been prostituting himself to politicians in order to obtain information.
Ichiro proposes they team up for Rion’s sake. They pretend to obey Chief Taguchi's orders and begin living together, posing as lovers. Using the diary left behind by Rion as a clue, they discover that before she disappeared, Rion was investigating the terrorist bombing incident that occurred 20 years prior, which also took the lives of Ichiro's parents. They discover that Taguchi was also involved in that investigation. Is Taguchi an ally, or a foe? When Ichiro questions Taguchi if he is hiding information about Rion's disappearance, Taguchi invites him to his apartment. What awaits him there is a reunion with Rion. They pretend to obey Chief Taguchi's orders and begin living together, posing as lovers.
Rion's life had been threatened throughout the investigation, and it was Chief Taguchi's ploy to claim that she had been killed in action, when in reality she had been in hiding. Though Ichiro was elated with their reunion, it was short-lived. As suspected, Rion was further investigating the terrorist incident, and she said that her life was under threat because she had uncovered the truth behind the bombing. Ichiro and Shiro join up with Rion and Taguchi to investigate the bombing. Ichiro is strongly motivated to avenge his parents. As Shiro finds out more about Ichiro's loneliness, he begins to develop a strong emotional bond with him. However, it is confirmed that that the perpetrator of the bombing is also Shiro's benefactor, and this causes him to become intensely conflicted.
To keep the incident a secret, the people suspected of being involved in it are being erased one by one. It turns out that the prime minister and other big-shot politicians are heavily involved behind the scenes, and Ichiro and Shiro find themselves in grave danger in the thick of a massive conspiracy.

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Thriller

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Thriller

Anonymous

アノニマス~警視庁”指殺人”対策室~

Here’s the story of a new section at the Metropolitan Police Department.
Their mission is to find the anonymous abusers on social net working site.
Wataru is a police inspector working for the new section. He’s been demoted because of a “certain” investigation which will be a key throughout the drama. Seem like his new section is full of people who’s been demoted.
One day, a young model commits suicide. Her parents are sure that it’s suicidal death caused by cyberbullying. Wataru investigates only to find that this isn’t a simple case. He faces an atrocious crime.
Today’s technology has advanced at such a rapid pace that it has, in a sense, created a new type of human behavior. Wataru and his team are here to combat the anonymous evils.

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Crime & Investigation

Ichikei’s Crow – The Criminal Court Judges

イチケイのカラス

The protagonist of this story is Michio Iruma, an unorthodox criminal court judge who takes it upon himself to verify crime scenes, to uncover the truth of incidences, in order to ensure that there are absolutely no false accusations. With a beard and casual clothes, there’s this sense of a laid back atmosphere about him, often speaking out in a slow manner. He is far from the image of an uptight judge, but a unique one feared by both lawyers and prosecutors for his free observation and an inquisitive mind, that is free from any ties, prejudices, or preconceptions. On the other hand, for criminal court judges usually in charge of around 250 cases at any given time, one of their major missions is to handle cases quickly and efficiently. So, the members around him are always puzzled by Michio, who digs deeper into cases at his own pace, almost as if none of this affects him. In fact, Michio has a unique background as a former lawyer.

  • Crime & Investigation
  • Thriller
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Thriller

Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange

天国と地獄~サイコな2人~

This drama about what happens when fate and love collide is non-stop entertainment!
Ayako is a gung-ho young detective in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s violent crimes unit who’s eager to make her name. One day she gets her big break: the chance to arrest a murder suspect single-handed. But before she can slap on the cuffs their souls are switched! She finds herself in the body of Haruto, a brilliant and successful young entrepreneur with his own startup who’s secretly a psychopathic serial killer—and he in hers. This bizarre exchange of souls sets the stage for a thrilling story that turns everything you thought you knew about men and women and good and evil on its head. As Ayako and Haruto are drawn closer together, these two natural enemies stumble onto an unexpected truth.


모치즈키 아야코는 경시청에서 살인과 강도 등 흉악범죄를 담당하는 수사 1과 형사.
어느 날 살인사건의 용의자인 남자를 자신의 손으로 체포할 큰 기회를 눈앞에 두고 불운하게도 그 용의자와 영혼이 뒤바뀌어 버린다.
아야코와 영혼이 뒤바뀐 살인범 히다카 하루토는 겉으로는 벤처기업의 젊은 경영자이지만 진짜 모습은 유례없는 두뇌와 지식을 구사한 사이코패스 살인마였다.
「형사와 살인마」라는 상반된 두 사람의 영혼이 바뀌는 것을 시작으로「선과 악」「여자와 남자」가 복잡하게 교차하는 스토리는 흥미롭게 전개된다.
그리고 영혼이 뒤바뀐 두 사람에게는 예상치 못한 진실과“궁극의 사랑”이 기다리고 있었다.


望月彩子是搜查一科的一名警探,負責警察局中謀殺和搶劫等暴力犯罪案件。
正當彩子有了一個可以親手逮捕一名涉嫌謀殺案的嫌疑犯男子的機會時,不幸的是和那個男人互換了靈魂。
與彩子互換靈魂的殺人犯日高陽鬥,表面上是一家新創企業的年輕老闆,但其實是一個擁有超高智商和卓越知識的精神變態殺人狂魔。
當“警探與殺人狂”這完全相反的二人互換了靈魂之後,“善與惡”、“女人與男人”這個複雜交錯的故事就開始朝向一個令人緊張興奮的方向發展了下去。
而在兩個靈魂互換的前方,等待著他們的是誰也無法預測的真相與“終極的愛”。
這是一部關於命運與愛相互交錯的終極靈魂互換娛樂大片!!

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Thriller

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Thriller

Danger-Less Detectives

不危险刑侦

Solve a brutal crime… Never! And avoid risk at all costs. Why? Because it's not worth the time and effort.
Introducing a detective drama for the new Reiwa era featuring two hot detectives who are the most passive you'll ever see in a detective series. They never solve any crimes, yet they're super COOL. It's a police story with absolutely no sense of danger!
Showa-era detectives were passionate.
Heisei-era detectives at least worked hard for the public good.
But... Reiwa-era detectives have little interest in their jobs.
They fight only for their own future and peace.
Millennials with 100-year life expectancies don't take risks.
One won't investigate cases, instead studying for promotion exams and kissing up to his bosses.
One uses his charm to get through life with ease as he searches for another career path.
They play it safe and make no waves.
Yet these two keep getting embroiled in criminal cases…?!
In a cool and stylish manner, this police story portrays the slack-off lives of these two harmless detectives!

恶性案件的破案…很难!一般不轻入虎穴,太不划算了!
连续剧史上最不合适的两位帅哥饰演的令和刑侦连续剧诞生了!
虽然案件不破案,但是非常酷的两人,饰演了完全不危险的警察故事!
昭和时代的警察非常火热。
平成时代的警察虽然走下坡路但也努力拯救世人。
可是…令和的警察已经只关注前途!
为了自己的未来和和平战斗
人类寿命已过百年的时代年轻人不再轻入虎穴犯危险了
维护自己的生活习惯是他们追求的正义
一个忙于升职考试和署内工作,也不搜查的成功刑警和一个人见人爱打算经常换工作的市侩刑警
无论什么事情都是安全第一,既华丽又悄无生息的生存。
但是两人为什么卷入了各个案件中…!?
不入虎穴刑警两人的偷懒生活、描写耍酷和时尚的警察故事!

  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation

K2: Dodgy Badge Brothers

キワドい2人ーK2ー 池袋署刑事課神崎・黒木

Ryuichi Kanzaki is a serious, career detective with a touch of humanism who is mortified when he is assigned a new partner in Kenji Kuroki, an ultra hard-nosed, rough-and-tumble cop. With their diametrically-opposed personalities and views on life, they form an odd pair battling crime in highly-satisfying police drama style. Kanzaki is seeking to follow in the path of his policeman father whom he greatly admires. Kuroki boasts the highest arrest rate on the force through his strong gut feelings and perceptive mind. But the two men share one secret that mustn’t get out: they are half-brothers. They may think and act very differently, but therein lies their biggest crime-fighting weapons.


人情派の生真面目キャリア刑事・神崎隆一が、超破天荒なキレ者刑事・黒木賢司とタッグを組み、凶悪事件に挑む痛快刑事ドラマ。
2人は性格も価値観も捜査方針も正反対の“凸凹バディ”。
警察官だった父に憧れ、刑事となった神崎と、直観力と洞察力がピカイチで、検挙率No.1の黒木には、誰にも知られてはいけない「異母兄弟」という秘密がある。
2人は正反対の性格だからこその着眼点と、行動力を武器に事件を解決に導いていく!


인정파에 고지식한 커리어 형사 간자키 류이치와 전대미문의 능력을 가진 형사 구로키 켄지가 한조가 되어 흉악사건에 도전하는 통쾌한 형사드라마.
두 사람은 성격, 가치관, 수사 방침도 전혀 다른 한 팀인데…
경찰관이었던 아버지를 동경하여 형사가 된 간자키와 직관력과 통찰력이 남다른 검거율 1위의 구로키에게는 누구에게도 알려져서는 안 될「이복형제」라는 비밀이 있다. 두 사람은 정반대의 성격이라는 착안점과 행동력을 무기로 사건을 해결로 이끌어간다!


神崎隆一是一位充滿人情味、做事一絲不苟的走在精英路線上的刑警,他與脾氣火爆的怪人刑警黑木賢司組成了一組。這部刑警電視劇講述了二人挑戰一個又一個兇殘事件,最終大快人心的故事。
這對搭檔不論是性格、價值觀還是搜查方針都是截然相反。
因為崇拜當員警的父親而成為刑警的神崎,與直覺力、洞察力都無與倫比,並且破獲率一直處於首位的黑木之間,竟然有一個誰都不知曉的天大秘密---他們竟然是一對“同父異母”的兄弟。
正因為二人完全相反的性格,所以對於事件有著不同的著眼點,加上他們的行動力,他們以此為武器解決了一個又一個事件。

  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation

  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation

Diver-Special Investigation Unit-

DIVER-特殊潜入班-

The spread of criminal organisations around the city is out of control - Kyoto police are forced to take action. A special task force has been set up and elite undercover operatives known as DIVER are sent to infiltrate the underworld and conduct dangerous undercover investigations.
Inspector Kurosawa, a man with 100 faces and a talent for martial arts, is the most respected and feared agent on the team. But with his own hidden, brutal code of justice, Kurosawa may be just as bad as the criminals he hunts.
When a new gang of scammers starts to make waves, exploiting large sums from city residents, team DIVER springs into action. Setting out to expose the deep criminal connections at play: the threads they follow lead deeper into the darkness than anyone expected in this fast moving and intense action drama.

  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation
  • Action
  • Crime & Investigation

Detective Novice

未満警察 ミッドナイトランナー

What happens when a nerd and a jock become buddy cops at a police academy? An action-packed crime suspense that shatters all expectations!


Totally inexperienced, all they have to fall back on are their youth, passion, and the lessons they're learning in class--and yet the two are already getting dragged into a string of complex cases. But thanks to the help of classmates and full-fledged detectives, they begin to solve one crime after another.

Polar opposites end up complementing each other's shortcomings as they combine action with deductive reasoning in this comical yet serious police drama so fast-paced, it'll leave you breathless.