"A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife." (-imdb.com)
In 1989, a girl was kidnapped and killed. That case is referred to as Rokuyon and has not been solved for 14 years. The statute of limitations for the case is soon to expire.
In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami is the detective in charge of the Rokuyon case, but he is transferred to the public relations offi...
Following the death of his family in an accident, loner Cha Hyun Soo moves to a new apartment. His quiet life is soon disturbed by strange incidents that start occurring in his apartment, and throughout Korea. As people start to turn into monsters, Hyun Soo and the other residents try to survive.
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Four college students find themselves the last virgins of the school. During the summer holidays, a girl they knew as children 11 years ago returns to live in the neighborhood. Despite their childhood attraction to her, they realize that she is only the shadow of the "prince" they thought they knew....
Fukami Hiroki's younger sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Toyama Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but through their meeting they struggle to find a brighter tomorrow.
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the...
Despite a reputation as a brusque and ill-mannered man, Tottori Kenichi, a.k.a. “Dolittle”, is also a brilliant veterinarian with the habit of asserting that “Veterinary practice is a business.” Outwardly, he is quick to excoriate pet owners for their utter lack of understanding and careless treatme...
It has been a year since the downfall of Hiruma Shigekatsu who had engaged in dirty hospital politics. Teito Medical University Hospital enters a new era with its first female hospital director. She touts “Patients first” and presses forward with big reforms to clean up the medical department. Howev...
Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He can't seem to please Captain Koda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a rela...
Toko Kisaragi is a new female detective who was transferred to 11 Section of the 1st Investigation Division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as she wishes. Her father was a former detective of the same police department.
On March 9, a murder case was reported and the victim's body was fo...
Unconventional banker Hanzawa Naoki, has been successful in exposing numerous irregularities at his bank, the Tokyo Chuo Banking Corporation. As a result, he is seconded to the Tokyo Central Securities (TCS) , to head their Corporate Development Department. Soon after, the TCS is involved with a...
The drama tells the story of a female college student who struggles having no luck in love and having failed the employment examination about 20 times. Hopeless, she returns to her hometown, Yamanashi, but that's not as comforting as she expected. She gets frustated by watching her dad being a burde...
Kisaragi Toko is a detective in Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Investigation 1. His elder, Detective Hideaki Takano, decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. The transfer of Hideaki Takano will take place in 1 week. Meanwhile, a murder is taking place. A rich man is found dead in...
Wada Yuu is 37-years-old. He has worked for a company the past 15 years, but the COVID-19 outbreak caused the company to go bankrupt. He now makes a living as a deliveryman. One day, while he is doing his job, he meets his grandfather Wada Kan and stepfather Wada Shuhei for the first time in ma...
In the Edo era during the reign of the third shogun, a mysterious smallpox epidemic affects males only, causing the number of males to plummet to one-fourth of the population. The roles of males and females are reversed. Women run businesses and politics. A young girl takes the seat as the heir of t...
An icy-cool pop idol, Sakuraba Yuuichiro, is actually a happy-go-lucky smiling idiot. After falling in love with Sakura, trouble ensues after agreeing to marry into Sakura's family, which consists of her 3 sisters. Of course, more trouble follows trying to hide his marriage from his adoring and rabi...
Takano has been transferred to the Public Security Department, which is considered to be an elite among the Japanese police. A murder of a ruling party tycoon occurred near the scene of a bombing that occurred. An organ was removed from the body, and a balance with a heart and wings was left in the...
Nakamura Rui is a divorced producer but very prosperous in publishing. She meets Suzuki Kou, an ambitious businessman, 17 years his younger, and surprises herself to be aggressively persecuted by him. They end up starting a torrid affair. Meanwhile, a young couple moved into the house next to Nakamu...
The story of the life of Ashikaga Takauji, the founder and the first Sei-I-Tai-Shogun of Shogunat Ashikaga. He was born at the end of the Kamakura period, during the period of discontent with the monopoly of the Hojo clan in the Shogunate administration. Emperor Go-Daigo seized this opportunity to r...
While the public relations office of D Prefectural Police is having a confrontation with the correspondents’ club, over the issue of the anonymity of perpetrators, it is decided that a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department director will inspect the home of the family of the victim in “64”, an importa...
Itomura Satoshi is back again, but in Kyoto and with a new team. He begins work at the 1st Investigation Division of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Station. The 1st investigation division with deals with the most difficult cases.
Nagatsu Ryoko, who belongs to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, is found dead in the mountain. One month ago, she discovered a Buddha statue at a mountain shrine. Her death seems accidental, caused by Ryoko slipping, but Itomura Satoshi determines that her death was not accidental.
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“Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan” is based on a novel of the same name by mystery writer Higashino Keigo.The story about Takeuchi Shinobu, a curious and energetic elementary school teacher who is never one to let herself be outdone by her students. Set at the fictitious Ooji Elementary School in Osaka, the...
Iga Kan works in a family restaurant. He is sincere, but rigid in his manners. He can't even simulate smiles for his clients. Kan does not have a good reputation with his colleagues or clients, but Kurosu Kanako recognizes something in him. Kanako is a mysterious woman. She told Kan that she would s...
Kamijo Ren is the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Liaison Division. His father is a former police officer. An incident in Ren’s childhood triggered his thirst for power and he has his sights set on heading the police force by becoming its Superintendent...
Iki Tadashi is a military leader who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of work in a hard prison camp in Siberia. After 11 years in prison, he was released. He returned to Japan and began to adapt to civilian life, refusing his...
NHK's 55th taiga drama series.
Sanada Yukimura was born to a lord who owned a small piece of land in Shinsu (present-day Nagano Prefecture). He survived using wisdom, courage and much effort during the Sengoku period and eventually, he grew into a much-respected samurai warrior. During The Siege of...
The ghost of Otsuyu, a beautiful lady who died pining for love, visits her beloved Hagiwara Shinzaburo every night. This is a scene from the well-known ghost story Botan Doro by Sanyuutei Enchou. The personalities and desires of Otsuyu’s father Iijima Heizaemon the loyal Kurokawa Kosuke who serves t...
Kojima Kaede heads a team as the chief medical officer of the emergency and critical care centre at Minato University Hospital. However, the staff members of the centre are all skilled but idiosyncratic people with the emergency doctor Honjo Masaharu, heading the list. It is a defective “team” whic...
A spin-off story of the "Heaven?: Gokuraku Restaurant " that is not shown on normal broadcast. See the other side of their strange daily life!
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Masako, a housewife working night shifts at a bento factory, is tired of her cold and conversationless family life. Her only pleasure is talking about trivial things with her colleagues from the factory, who are each shouldering their own burden, and a female detective, Noriko, whom she met due to a...
There is a young man who called himself the "Rokujouma no Piano Man" performed Piano Man, the masterpiece by Billy Joel and uploaded it onto a video sharing site. Four people with different stories happened to watch the performance and received encouragement without themselves realizing it.
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Han Eok Kwan is a gangster who, one day, discovers he has a hidden 10-year-old son named Jae Su. He meets Hae Lim and falls in love with her at first sight. Hae Lim is a widow with two kids, a 12-year-old girl named Soo Ah and 10-year old son named Kyung Ho. She just moved to Busan and opened a pian...
Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for. Despite words of warnings from her family, which includes her birth and step mothers...
The three girls start to live together. The two boys in the next room are interested in them. They are all 20 years old. What do love, sexuality and marriage mean to them? This drama shows what ordinary 20 years old people usually experience.
Exploring the perception and treatment of mentally-challenged youth and their similarities to juvenile delinquents in Japanese society, this drama series follows the trials and tribulations of a group of adolescents in a work/study program for mentally-challenged teenagers. Although the program's in...
Three single men, each 39 years old. Japanese society tends to judge such men, in the middle of their careers and still unmarried, as a bit strange. But is that fair? The three heroes in this drama each have some faults, but they are all lovable, interesting men. You'll learn about their hopes and d...
"It's not winning or losing, what's important is that justice is served." When ace lawyer Junpei Takaoka of Central Law Office says this does he really mean it? Perhaps not, but Kyoko Himeno, a young idealistic lawyer, takes both justice and Takaoka to heart. This suspenseful courtroom drama follows...
Niimi Takashi, an experienced political reporter for a Tokyo newspaper, is unexpectedly chosen by a parliamentary faction to run for a seat in the Japanese legislature. The compromises and sacrifices necessary to succeed in a political campaign are a shock to him, and more so to his recent bride, Ma...
Tomikawa Yosuke is married to Mizuki. They have a daughter, Shiori, and a son, Ko. Yosuke works as the general manager in the personnel department at a large company, while his wife works as a teacher at a private middle school. Their daughter works as a jewelry maker and their son is looking for a...
This is the second series following "Daddy is a Newscaster".
A playboy composer is faced with an abrupt change in lifestyle when his former wife takes off for overseas adventures, leaving him to care for their four children. The days of carefree living are over, and it becomes nearly impossible to...
The 55th NHK Asadora Drama is Futarikko. Born over a tofu shop in Osaka, twin sisters Reiko and Kyoko have very different characters. Reiko is diligent, and longs for a secure, middle class lifestyle. Kyoko is a free spirit, who seeks thrills and adventure. We follow them on a roller coaster story o...
When the Inoue family has just moved into their new home, they are shocked to see that everyone is so anxious to enrol their children in good schools. To avoid being left behind, they join the crowd and train their child hard to get good results at the primary school entrance exam. It is interesting...
A 29-year old model meets a photographer during a photo shoot in Los Angeles and the two get hitched on the spur of the moment. While he continues to work on various assignments, Ranko returns to Japan where she meets her new husband's children from a previous marriage. Long neglected by their absen...