Program List
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!
Destiny
Kanade Nishimura, a prosecutor at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office, moved to her mother's hometown in Nagano Prefecture when she was in junior high school after losing her father, who was also a prosecutor, and she went on to study law at the local university. There, she met four friends and together shared the hardships of preparing for the bar exam and she enjoyed her first taste of "youth" and deepening their bonds. However, one day, just before the entrance exam for law school, an unexpected incident occurs. The death of a certain individual. This event greatly disrupts their destinies.
Twelve years later, Kanade unexpectedly comes face to face with the incident that occurred from her university days once again, which is connected to the mystery of her father's death 20 years ago.
Target
Teen-age, Male 20~, Female 20~
ばらかもん
A heartful “island” comedy set in the Goto Islands comes out!
“Barakamon” means “energetic person” in the dialect of Goto Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture.
This heartful “island” comedy series is set in the Goto Islands, which is said to have the most beautiful sea in Japan. A solitary young calligrapher from the city, who has only relied on calligraphy, grows as a calligrapher as well as a person through the interaction with the people of the islands.
He is often confused by the unique lives and customs of the islands, and gets tangled up in various troubles, but with the islanders’ supports and encouragements, he grows up gradually and breaks new ground in calligraphy.
あなたがしてくれなくても
Michi Yoshino works in the sales department of a construction company and leads an ordinary life. She and her husband, Yoichi Yoshino, have been married for five years and still get along well, but there is only one thing lacking: sex.
They sleep in the same bed every night, but he never tries to approach her. With the advice of her junior colleague, she makes an effort to buy flashy underwear and takes care of her skin whilst feeling, “maybe I’m not attractive enough for him?” The results are always disappointing. She spends days and months without feeling her husband’s love. The couple’s relationship gradually becomes strained, as they are left with a vague anxiety…
Meanwhile, Makoto Niina, a boss of Michi at her company is an excellent worker with a good personality, and has many fans at the workplace because of his handsomeness. He is even a good husband who does housework on behalf of his busy wife. Two couples that should have been doing well…
One day, Michi, who had been stood up by her husband for another night out, is drinking a can of beer alone in the night breeze. Makoto happens to pass by and the two end up drinking together. Michi gets drunk and confesses to him about their private life…
M 愛すべき人がいて
A story of how a top diva in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki, was born, her meeting and partings. This is the first dramatization of the much-talked-about original book with adaptations specific to the drama.
In Japan, in the 1990s, Ayumi Hamasaki was called Ayu and had become a superstar known throughout Japan.
The story unfolds against the background of Velfarre in Roppongi, opened in 1994 as the “biggest disco in Asia”, the neon flooded scramble crossing in Shibuya and the dance music that dominated the music scene in Japan and the new music that came after. We will see the glamorous mainstream of the music scene, the hidden undercurrents behind the scenes and the overall light and shadow of the turbulent music scene depicted in overwhelming scale. This is the tumultuous story of the encounter and parting of Masa, a producer of all time who changed Japanese music history and still keeps on creating legends, and Ayu, who had become a top diva of Japan.
絶対正義
Is anything permissible so long as it is in the name of justice? In this psychotic, suspense-filled horror show, the main character attempts to dish out her own brand of mad, evil justice upon her four friends.
Noriko always does the right thing 100% of the time. Because of an incident in her past, she refuses to allow any mistakes or offences which goes against the law.
One day, Noriko meets up with four old friends from high school.
Yumiko has been trying to juggle a part-time job whilst raising her child ever since her husband got laid off due to his company’s downsizing.
Riho runs an international school along with her non-Japanese husband and the two of them are trying for a baby.
Reika, a former child-star, has now graduated to a full-blown actor, and has been having an affair with a married man despite her being single herself.
And finally, Kazuki just recently left her job at a major publishing firm with an itching desire to become a non-fiction writer herself.
But as soon as these girls reunite with their old classmate Noriko, their lives start coming apart at the seams, plunging them deeper and deeper desperately towards a complete meltdown. What is the reason behind Noriko’s twisted take on justice…? And what will her friends do in response…?
自分の定める“正義”の範疇から外れた者をSNS等で徹底的に叩く、必要以上に“正しさ”“正義”を求める時代。
そんな時代のゆがみが生み出した、かつてない正義のヒロインは、救いの天使か・・・ すべてを壊す悪魔なのか・・
正義が絶対正義に変わった時、親友は地上でもっとも恐ろしい人になる。
「私、何か間違ったこと言ってる?」
「絶対正義」の持ち主、高規範子(山口紗弥加)は、ある過去の出来事から、間違ったこと、法を犯すものを許さない。
妊娠を機に専業主婦となった。
そんな範子と再会した高校時代の友人が4人。
西山由美子(美村里江)は、夫がリストラされアルバイトを掛け持ちしながら子育てに追われていた。
理穂・ウィリアムズ(片瀬那奈)は、外国人の夫とインターナショナルスクールを経営。子宝に恵まれることを望んでいた。
今村和樹(桜井ユキ)は、大手の出版社を退職したばかり。ノンフィクション作家として成功したいと、焦りを感じていた。
石森麗香(田中みな実)は、子役タレントから女優に。独身だが、妻子ある男性と不倫関係にあった。
範子の友人たちは、それぞれがそれぞれの人生を生きていた。
しかし、範子と再会したことによって、日常が綻び始める。その綻びは、静かに、やがて大きな音を立てて絶望的な破綻へと突き進んでいく。
範子が狂気じみた正義を貫く理由とは…。そんな彼女に対して、4人がとった行動とは…。正義とは何か。正義とは誰のためにあるのか。