Program List
- Family
- Art
バカ塗りの娘
Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. Miyako Aoki, who lives with her father, has not found anything she wants to do after graduating from a local high school. She is working at a supermarket to help her family make ends meet. Helping her father, a Tsugaru lacquerware craftsman, is the only thing she can devote herself to. However, her father, who succeeded her grandfather, a highly respected Tsugaru-nuri craftsman, loses the will to continue the business as the industry goes into decline, and the family finds itself scattered. The mother left the family because of the poor life and the selfishness of the father, and the elder brother, a hairdresser, chose to live freely instead of taking over the family business. Miyako is unable to openly declare her desire to pursue a career in Tsugaru-nuri, but as she confronts her family and the art of lacquering, she takes on a great challenge.
- Mystery
宮部みゆき「ソロモンの偽証」
On the morning of Christmas, Ryoko found a dead body of her classmate Takuya in the snowy high school yard. While the police and the teachers conclude the death was a suicide, Ryoko receives an anonymous letter informing that it was a murder by Shunji and others. Whether the death was a suicide or murder becomes the object of a great deal of media and social network attention.
While the school principal Masao tries to resolve the situation, another accident occurs. Being unconvinced by adult’s handling of mysterious incidents which occur one after another, Ryoko rises with an idea, “Why don’t we hold a trial by ourselves?”. An unprecedented in-school trial by the students begins…
知らなくていいコト
The ultimate scoop turned out to be about me!
People go to weekly tabloid "East" for the latest scoop on corrupt politicians and celebrity scandals. Things are going quite well for reporter Kate Makabe on the career and romance fronts. She chases scoops every day and toughs it out in her cutthroat workplace, but the charm and friendliness she got from her mother allow her to have a great love life.
One day, the mother that raised Kate all on her own suddenly dies. In her final moments, she reveals who Kate's father is for the first time. He turns out to be a Hollywood star the whole world knows! Kate is reluctant to believe it, but the evidence seems to prove it.
Digging into the mysteries and secrets surrounding her own birth, Kate stumbles upon the biggest thing she wants to keep off the record! The words, "Your father is actually _____" that her mother uttered before dying brings major turmoil into her life!
What happens when a tabloid reporter who has unveiled many truths about society ends up discovering her own truth?
ハゲタカ
After the collapse of the bubble, in 1997, a foreign capital fund suddenly appeared in Japan still struggling in the middle of the “lost decade”. Masahiko Washizu, the president of the fund, is fiercely criticized, but promotes and wins takeovers on major banks and elite corporations suffering from bad loans. As the “Specialist of takeovers,” he probes deeper into a company than anyone else and challenges it. Called “the most eager corporate buyer”, Washizu scares Japanese companies, but carries out revolutions within corrupt corporations and Japanese business community by taking drastic and piquant measures that no one has dared to take.
Original: Jin Mayama
- Mystery
楽園
Miyuki Miyabe is a popular best-selling author in a number of genres that include mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction.
A picture drawn by a small boy begins to unravel the mystery behind a single hidden truth.
Amidst anguish and conflict a family searches for its own paradise in this must see human mystery drama.
宮部みゆきのミリオンセラー「楽園」を、主演に仲間由紀恵を迎えて初の映像化。社会の暗部を精緻なタッチで描き出したヒューマンドラマの最高峰。
- Family
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- Family
- Food/Cooking
深夜食堂
It’s midnight and the lights of the eatery called the “Midnight Diner” are just flickering on.
As most of the city sleeps, a few unique characters seek out this eatery for good food and good conversation. The menu only lists a pork, rice and soup set but on request, the chef will make almost anything. Despite his stern appearance, the eccentric chef is a friendly listener who draws out interesting stories from the variety of patrons who show up at his shop. At this late hour, his customers include characters from all walks of life including office workers, washed-up singers, failed actors, strippers and gangsters.
身心疲惫的客人带着故事今晚也会在店主的料理中得到满足。
霓虹灯闪闪发光的大都会繁华街道的小巷里藏着一家“小饭店”。因为营业时间从深夜0点开始到早上7点，所以人们都叫它“深夜食堂”。在只有长柜台可以吃饭的小店里，虽然菜单只显示了酒和猪肉酱汤，如果材料齐全的的话店里什么菜系都可以做。这位善良的店主推出的菜系都是曾经熟悉的味道，充满了温情，有感于这种朴实无华的舒心感觉，无论春夏秋冬，今晚又有各种客人光顾。
- Comedy
コタツがない家
Even in her younger years, she gave her all in romance and work, and she got everything she wanted. Or at least that was the plan...
Protagonist Marie Fukabori is a 44-year-old wedding planner.
Absorbed in her work, she hadn’t realized that her husband, an unsuccessful manga artist, was on the verge of going out of business.
Her son, who dreamed of becoming an idol, failed an audition and lost his trust in people.
What was supposed to be her father’s golden years became solitary years after he was slapped with divorce papers.
“Amazing how you can cause trouble every day!” Marie utters as she goes through her chaotic life with three useless men.
At times, however, she is almost moved to tears by their warmth.
Follow her as she figures out how to create a new form of family in this sitcom that is sure to make you laugh and cry.
Woman -My Life for My Children-
A heart-gripping story of a mother’s unconditional love for her children and her economic plight in a harsh reality. The story serves as an anthem for all people who have ever had or have ever been a child.
Koharu is widowed by her beloved husband, Shin, in an accident one day. Left with her two young children, Koharu is suddenly faced with a reality as a single mother. Determined to provide for her children, Koharu works day and night on multiple jobs, but it does not take long for her income and savings to fall into a downward spiral that leads the family into poverty. As a measure of last resort, Koharu pleadingly applies for public welfare, but there, she is notified that her own mother, who had deserted her family for another man twenty years ago, has agreed to offer financial support. Thus, she is told by the bureau that her application for welfare could not be accepted. To Koharu's knowledge, her mother was a heartless woman who never showed or had any maternal love for Koharu to the extent of being able to abandon her. Confused and skeptic that such a woman would even want to help her, the exhausted Koharu decides to confront her estranged mother to refuse any financial aid--as her mother was the last person on earth she wanted to seek help from--but upon doing so, Koharu learns an unforgivable truth about her husband's death...