Program List

 Trailer
Cast : Yoko Nogiwa (野際陽子)
6 Titles

  • Science
  • Science

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon

T his drama is about a doctor who tries to rebuild a spoiled hospital on his own to save the patients.
After being employed for 12 years at a university hospital, surgeon Kosuke Sagara accepts a job at Dougami General Hospital.
To his surprise, he finds that the doctors there are more concerned about themselves than their patients. Sagara believes that being an honest person comes before being a doctor. And so when he sees doctors driving around in expensive cars and caring more about their stocks and their careers rather than their patients, he decides to do whatever he can to cut away the cancer that infects the hospital.
Sometimes clever, other times callous, Sagara uses all kinds of methods in an attempt to reform the hospital.

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

MOTHER-IN-LAW VS. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW (the 4th series)

花嫁のれん(第4シリーズ)

The newcomer to Kaguraya in the fourth season.
The first season of this popular drama aired from Nov 2010, and was followed by season two in Oct 2011, and season three in Jan 2014.
In this fourth season of Behind the Curtain, Naoko has overcome a variety of handicaps to become the innkeeper of Kaguraya and strong enough to voice her opinions to Shino. One of these opinions is that you don't have to be ""the innkeeper's daughter"", that anyone can become an innkeeper if they have the drive and a true desire to be hospitable to guests. Shino opposes this point of view and begins a series of lectures on the ""Kanazawa innkeeper"". The positive and cheerful yet dull-witted and sloppy Machiko comes to apply for the apprentice position. Shino takes one look at the scrawled letters on her C. V. and dismisses her as ""hopeless"", but Naoko worries about Machiko and hires her as a trainee. However, Machiko's presence causes a new commotion at Kaguraya...
The latest season is also full of the ""Spirit of Good service, Good Hospitality"" and beautiful scenary in Kanazawa area, which is the hottest place now.


金沢の老舗旅館を舞台に、日本が世界に誇る「おもてなしの心」を描いてきた『花嫁のれん』が、帰ってきました。
2010年放送の第1シリーズ以来、姑であり大女将である志乃(野際陽子)と丁々発止を繰り返し、老舗旅館かぐらやの女将として、嫁として成長してきた奈緒子(羽田美智子)。
今回の第4シリーズでは、、奈緒子・志乃の二本柱に新メンバーが加わり、かぐらやに新風を巻き起こします!奈緒子が志乃の反対を押し切って開いた「金沢女将塾」。奈緒子は、能登の漁師町からやってきた真知子(矢田亜希子)に“おもてなし”の素質を見出し、女将候補として採用しますが、これが波乱の幕開けに…!?嫁姑を軸とした涙あり笑いありの心温まるホームドラマが、更にパワーアップ!
古き良き日本の伝統文化である着物、日本料理、そして、おもてなしで明るく華やかに飾ります。

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

MOTHER-IN-LAW VS. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW (the 3rd series)

花嫁のれん(第3シリーズ)

The biggest challenge for both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law since the first season.
This is the third season of the afternoon drama series that first aired in November 2010, with its second season from October 2012. It is set at a long-established inn called Kaguraya and depicts the ongoing battle between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law. After her husband Sosuke disappeared for the second time, Naoko’s mother-in-law, Shino, treated her like an outsider, yet she didn’t become discouraged and even ended up achieving her heart’s desire, successful going “behind the curtain” of the family inn. However, Naoko is again beset by various troubles, happenings, and incidents. For example, at the official ceremony to take on the title of innkeeper, she has to dance, even though she has no experience. And due to her husband’s repeated disappearances, the possibility of divorce looms large. However, with four years of experience under her belt now, Naoko doesn’t just endure when her life is in a shambles. She tackles her problems head on.


第1、第2シリーズとご好評を頂いた『花嫁のれん』が、更に進化して帰ってきました。二度にわたる夫・宗佑(津田寛治)の失踪にもめげず、姑・志乃からの厳しい指導にも耐え、ついに念願の「花嫁のれん」をくぐることができた奈緒子。ところが本シリーズでは様々な危機が訪れる。女将(おかみ)襲名披露で、経験のない踊りを披露することになったり…。夫・宗佑の度重なる失態に、離婚の可能性が浮上したり…。しかし今度の奈緒子は、これまでのように我慢するばかりではありません。女将修業をしてきた4年間の経験から、大女将の志乃にも堂々と意見を言えるように。これまで以上に、嫁姑、親子関係も波瀾(はらん)万丈な展開。あの手この手の嫁・姑バトル勃発!!嫁・姑そろって離婚の危機!! さてさてどうなりますことやら…。

  • Comedy
  • Comedy

Is There a Vet in the House?

獣医さん、事件ですよ

“Even if you're a pet, or if you're not blood related, as long as you live under the same roof, you're family!” So says Kentaro Shiba or Shibaken, the town vet in this family drama designed to brighten your day and put a smile on viewers’ faces. A busybody who can't leave someone alone when he sees them in trouble, Shibaken is easily emotional... and if truth be told, kind of a pain. As a vet he saves pets lives of course, but he also worries about their owners and the troubles they encounter, doing whatever he can to help them out.

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

MOTHER-IN-LAW VS. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW (the 2nd series)

花嫁のれん(第2シリーズ)

The showdown between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at a traditional Japanese inn continues in this series. But this time, “the spirit of good service” bypasses international boundaries as some of the main characters venture to Taiwan.
As wife to the oldest son of the family that owns a traditional inn in Kanazawa, former career woman Naoko trains to be the proprietress. However, her husband, Sousuke, disappears and mother-in-law, Shino, still refuses to accept Naoko as her son’s bride. When Sousuke is discovered to be in Taiwan, Shino orders Naoko to bring him back. While Naoko is in Taiwan, her strongest rival appears. It’s Shino’s niece, Yukiko, and she’s the same age as Naoko. When the two women get back to Japan, Shino has them compete with each other to see who will become manager of the inn. Complicating matters is the arrival of a new chef, who falls in love with Naoko.
There are plenty of both laughs and tears in this family drama set in both Kanazawa and Taiwan, and features battles between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and two women of the same generation.


創業100年を誇る老舗旅館『かぐらや』の長男の嫁として、白無垢姿で「花嫁のれん」をまさにくぐろうとしたとき、夫・宗佑が再びの失踪!!あれから一年…。旅館の人々や客からの信頼は日々厚くなっていくものの、姑・志乃(野際陽子)からは嫁として認めてもらえぬままに月日が経っていました。さらに、『かぐらや』で奈緒子を待ち受けているのは最強(最凶?)のライバル!相手は志乃の姪で同年代。似たもの同士の二人の間に本格的な女将対決が巻き起こります。そして新しい板前もやってきます。不器用で真面目、仕事一途なその男がこともあろうに奈緒子に恋をして…。次々と持ち上がる問題を、奈緒子はどうやって切り抜けていくのか!?志乃に認められて、奈緒子が「花嫁のれん」をくぐる日は、くぐらせてもらえる日は訪れるのか。

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Romance

MOTHER-IN-LAW VS. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW (the 1st series)

花嫁のれん(第1シリーズ)

This is a home drama about the clash between a former career woman and the madam of a distinguished Japanese inn.
Naoko, a career woman from Tokyo marries Sosuke, son of a distinguished Japanese inn located in Kanazawa. However, the inn's madam?Sosuke's mother?rejected her son's marriage to an ""outsider"". One day, Sosuke vanishes, leaving behind him a large debt. To make things worse, Naoko's company goes out of business. In effort to pay off Sosuke's debts, Naoko tells the madam that she wants to work at the inn.
Mother-in-law vs. Daughter-in-law is full of beautiful Japanese scenery and traditions. The story illustrates a real female character through her clash with her mother-in-law.


東京の旅行代理店でバリバリ働くアラフォーの奈緒子(羽田美智子)は3年前、金沢の老舗旅館『かぐらや』の長男の宗佑(津田寛治)と結婚。
しかし、宗佑の母親で『かぐらや』の大女将である志乃(野際陽子)は、加賀伝統の婚礼儀式「花嫁のれん」(花嫁が婚家の仏間にかけられた加賀友禅の暖簾をくぐるという金沢伝統の婚礼儀式)を経ていない“えんじょもの”(よそ者)の奈緒子を嫁として認めず、旅館を継がない宗佑に厳しく勘当を言い渡していた。ある日、仕事で多額の借金を作った宗佑が失踪する。さらに奈緒子が勤めていた会社が倒産。奈緒子は疎遠だった宗佑の実家・金沢へ向かい、志乃にある決意を語る。夫の借金を返すために『かぐらや』で仲居として働きながら、帰りを待ちたい…と。「今」という時代の女たちの奮闘記をホームドラマとして描きます。