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Cast : Mirai Shida
7 Titles

  • NEW
  • Family
  • History

NEW

  • NEW
  • Family
  • History

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.

  • Comedy
  • Comedy

Rebooting

ブラッシュアップライフ

A mundane woman about to redo her banal life.

Asami Kondo, age 33, is single, lives with her parents, and works at the local city hall. Suddenly, she has to start her life all over again. She finds herself lying on an Ob-Gyn bed. Next to her are her parents, both young. Asami’s second go at life has just begun. Brace yourselves for this time leap human comedy that depicts bizarre daily occurrences at a spectacular scale.

  • Mystery

  • Mystery

The Winning Script

勝利の法廷式

Ran Kagura (age 29) was once a talented child performer. She grew up and became an attorney, but she couldn’t save her best friend who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Ran has disappeared from the legal circles since then. A year later, an online legal column catches people’s attention. It is written by someone by the same name, Ran Kagura, who is now widely praised as an outstanding and undefeated attorney. Then the author of the column shows up before Ran. The mysterious man introduces himself as Jin Kurosawa (age 40) and the “genius scriptwriter.” Ran decides to go back to law and, with the help of Jin’s scriptwriting skill, prove her best friend’s innocence. There is the mystery surrounding the case of Ran’s best friend whom she once failed, and another mystery that Jin seems to hold. The two mysteries intertwine, their truths gradually come to light, and they eventually lead to one bigger case.
“Act out the invincible script and overturn everything in this world.”
The former child star turned never-give-up attorney and the brusque “genius” scriptwriter make an unlikely pair, and they work together to find the truths buried “between the lines.” What they save is the future of those seeking help!
This is a completely original theatrical legal mystery series!

  • Romance
  • Food/Cooking
  • Romance
  • Food/Cooking

Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi

美食探偵 明智五郎

If you were to die tomorrow, what would be your last meal? A handsome gourmet detective gets to the heart of a serial killer in this poisonously romantic suspense drama!


Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He treats Ichigo Kobayashi like his assistant and drags her into all sorts of cases, even though she's perfectly happy just running her food truck.

The thorn in Goro's flesh is the beautiful and self-proclaimed "Maria Magdalena," who upon meeting him transforms into a killer. Their relationship is at the same time "detective vs murderer" and "opposites attract."

Indulge your senses in savvy investigations, dangerous romance, and exquisite cuisine in this ultimate gourmet entertainment!

  • Comedy
  • Comedy

Temp Staff Psychic Ataru

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
  • Family

  • Romance
  • Family

The Dream of Nepenthes

ウツボカズラの夢

The life of women is very hard. They may not be rewarded even if they do their best. That’s why there are women like “Nepenthes” (carnivorous plant). They are not aggressive, but never miss any chance and take advantage of it.

Mifuyu is a pure girl who grew up in a country side. After her mother died, she loses her place because her father welcomes his lover to their house. Therefore, Mifuyu starts to stay at Naoko Kashimada, who is a cousin of the late mother. The Kashimada family is blessed with "the wealth" that Mifuyu can’t get even though how strong she desires.
“The world is unfair.” She begins to find her place in Kashimada family, and it is the beginning of her life as a “Nepenthes woman”.

There are lots of “Nepenthes women” who consumes “someone who has something” in this drama. For example, there is a celebrity wife whose husband escaped from her, a woman who treats a man like a wallet, a woman who gets the position of the wife by the pregnancy and so on.
Each woman demands her happiness and scramble for desire. And they just say, “I’m not wrong”…

It may be “horror” for men, but it is an exciting success story for women.
Who on earth will get the last laugh!?

  • Comedy
  • Comedy

Rent-a-Rescue

レンタル救世主

When you encounter the biggest crisis of your life, will you be able to ask your family and friends for help?
Do you tend to conceal your worries and pains, especially from those close to you?
Do the thoughts "I'd rather keep hiding it than be a burden" or "I wish I could overcome my dilemma just for this moment" cross your mind?

Worry not. Help is just one phone call away.
When you find yourself caught in a bind, Rent-a-Rescue will save you, guaranteed.

Your very own rescuer will come and tackle whatever problem you may have, starting at two days and one night at cost-plus pricing. From searching for a missing person to assisting you with simple tasks, Rent-a-Rescue will fulfill your every command, even those you dare not reveal to anyone else! They work for money, so there are no strings attached and there's absolutely no need to show any concern for them. Feel free to use them for all they're worth!

But don't be too quick to revere them as superheroes. They're not doing this because of their passion to help others. The main character of the story, Yugo, is a thoughtful and caring middle-aged man who is heavily in debt. For the sake of his beloved family, he risks his own life and helps others. It all begins when a mysterious man suddenly shows up and makes him work as a rescuer for rent, all for the purpose of making money!

Clients hire Yugo because, for various reasons, they can't ask anyone else for help. As he touches their lives, he begins to understand the weaknesses they keep hidden deep within and evolves from a mere rescuer for rent to his town's true hero.