Program List
- Comedy
- Romance
この素晴らしき世界
A completely original drama series about a housewife who usually works part-time at a supermarket and has a cold relationship with her husband at home, is impersonated one day as a famous actress!
It tells the story of Taeko Hamaoka, a 52 years old ordinary housewife who lives with her older husband and their son. She doesn’t have any particular hobbies and has just been living her life while juggling child-rearing and part-time work.
Despite working hard as a housewife and a part-time worker, she finds herself being looked down upon by her family, who tell her “You know nothing about society.” However, amidst this, she begins to feel as though someone is following her or watching her with strange, suspicious glances both at her workplace and in her daily life… The beginning of a startling change in her life…
- Comedy
ハケン占い師アタル
A bright and positive comedy featuring Atall（Ataru）, a female temp-staff working for an event organizing company with psychic power to see through people’s minds!
She always works with a pleasant smile while many of the full-time employees around her are suffering from various worries and anxieties. In fact, Atall (Ataru) has a special ability that shows her the inmost mental imagery and troubles of those around her. And she (Ataru) becomes their soul savior as she solves their problems using her psychic power. Through her positive fortune telling, the lives of the colleagues around her make a positive turn.
Worries, troubles and conflicts that are abundant in any office situation are focused on here and the way to a happier hopeful future is suggested through Atall (Atari). A refreshing and energizing office comedy drama!
- Romance
結婚相手は抽選で
What will you do, if the government of your country chose your marriage partner!!?
This is a drama which asks the viewers the question, “What getting marriage is all about?”
Considering the continuous drop of the birthrate, the Japanese government has decided to enact the “Marriage Lottery Act.”
Under this law, people aged 25 to 39 who are single and have no children have to get married to the people whom the government selects.
Tatsuhiko, is a single 26 year old man, who is subject to this law. He has always been finding a difficulty getting a girlfriend due to his inability to trust people around him and also because he is a clean freak.
On the other hand, a woman who comes from a good and wealthy family called Nana, is also subject to the law, because she broke up with her boyfriend right before the law was enacted. The two of them, who would’ve never met if the law didn’t exist, eventually take part in a marriage interview. What kind of relationship will the two destined characters move into, amidst a society which has changed so suddenly!?
This is an “if” situation drama, yet makes the viewers think it can possibly happen in the real world.
沈まぬ太陽
WOWOW brings acclaimed author Toyoko Yamasaki's 1999 literary tour de force to life on the small screen for the very first time. Audiences have already received television adaptations of Yamasaki's other works – The Ivory Tower (白い巨塔), The Grand Family (華麗なる一族), The Waste Land (不毛地帯), A Son of the Good Earth (大地の子), and My Destiny (運命の人) – and can now add The Unbroken (沈まぬ太陽) to that list with this long-awaited production.
Features a star-studded cast and additional filming on location in Africa and the Middle East.
山崎豊子の最高傑作を初のテレビドラマ化。未曽有の航空機墜落事故という悲劇の裏で信念を貫き巨大組織で生きる者たちを、ＷＯＷＯＷ史上最大のスケールで描く全２０話。