One UFO sighting after another proves false. He has to beg for money to keep his space-exploration magazine afloat. There are no messages in the TV static. Nevertheless, Tang Zhijun continues to believe in alien life forms and heads to the mountainous southwest of China, to investigate after watchin...
An upcoming 3D Chinese-American action fantasy film based on the classic novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. The film will be directed by Zhang Jinlai and produced by Mark Johnson.
~~ A co-production with U.S.A.
Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru, a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko...
15-year-old Yoko, a young girl who is constantly tormented by her self-centered and devilish older sister Makiko, who works for a government office after having graduated from a famous university. But despite her ill nature, Makiko's actions tend to somehow make things better for those around her, c...
Adapted from the famous Chinese classic novel of the same title by Wu Cheng'en, a writer of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), "Voyage en Occident" in its television version is directed by director Yang Jie. In 1986, the series took the lead in television hearings. Based on the real pilgrimage of the mon...
Shinsuke Kuwano, a successful architect at 40, enjoys living by himself. He doesn't like people but somehow is able to design wonderful houses for them.
He has a routine of making himself a delicious dinner and then relaxing to classical music in his easy chair while pretending he is the conductor....
Journey to the West is a television series from Hong Kong produced by TVB in 1996, based on the classic Chinese novel of the same name.
The series was very popular during its original broadcast on TVB Jade, mainly due to Dicky Cheung's performance in the role of King Monkey Sun Wukong. In 1998, the...
Haruko Abe received her meteorologist license at the age of 11. She is a genius weatherwoman. Haruko now works as a meteorologist on a morning information program. Due to her incredibly blunt personality, a lot of people at her workplace dislikes her. Meanwhile, Haruko tries to solve cases with Dete...
In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan police's special team, known by the abbreviation SIT (Special Investigation Team). The SIT doesn't get into action after a case but heads to the site jus...
A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki (Nakama Yukie), and an ordinary housewife, Eriko (Dan Rei), who has a happy family, causes Eriko's serene daily life to fall apart. Eriko's husband, Shinji (Watabe Atsuro) becomes the target of Saki's advances and finds hi...
“A completely undetectable poison that kills 24 hours after consumed.” It is the rumour that has spread on the internet of a lethal drug that makes the perfect crime possible. It has even become a topic at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Crimes Unit which Sasamoto Naomi has been t...
Manami Kishi teaches at the police academy and is widely regarded as an expert in the field of profiling. With the recent abolishment of the statue of limitations for murder, Manami Kishi is asked by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police to help solve cases in which the statue of limitations previously appl...
Azusa the wife, Otaro the husband, and their only daughter Suzu. They live in a little public dwelling in Tokyo. They're a fairly ordinary family of three living a normal but happy life. That is, until they move into that house. Then all sorts of frightening experiences escalate and involve the enti...
This time Azumi and his team have to work together to solve various cases under the shadow of Tokyo Sky Tree in Oshiage, Tokyo. Azumi and his team are getting assigned to a branch office in said area of Tokyo, which sort of serves as a real police station and a local police box at the same time. The...
The new season opens with a series of deadly incidents involving firearms sent to various people by a person known as "Summer Claus". The weapons appear to be part of a batch of 27 stolen weapons, and so far 14 of them have been distributed. It is now Usagi and the rest of the SIT to recover the oth...
Sayama Michio is a young and callous beautician who will stop at nothing to fulfill his ambition(s). Coming from an impoverished background, he suddenly becomes the darling of the beauty world. He holds women who desire beauty captive and puts on several different faces when dealing with Murase Mina...
The drama takes place in the 28th year of the Meiji Era. After their victory in the First Sino-Japan war, the whole of Japan is celebrating. Against this backdrop, lives a girl named Kiyoko, who is the daughter of a samurai family. Although boasting samurai bloodlines, the Kudo family live modestly...
Shoraku, the deputy chief priest of Rakuji Temple, has been doing calligraphy classes to make money, but he failed. To get his money back, he decides to open a Fasting Dojo, offering a specific diet, in the menu.
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No ordinary chef, Ajisawa is an artist who creates culinary magic - a freelancer who charges a king's ransom for his services. He is a gifted man who lives on the edge.
Provided by Takara (currently Takara Tomy), a toymaker that had just been listed on the stock exchange, for the purpose of improving its corporate image.
Set in the toy industry, this drama depicts the growth of young people who experience love, work, and relay road races.
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A monkey born from a stone nourished by the Five Elements, who learns the art of the Tao, 72 polymorphic transformations, combat, and secrets of immortality, and through guile and force makes a name for himself as the Qítiān Dàshèng or “Great Sage Equal to Heaven”. His powers grow to match the force...
Formerly director of a large hotel, Seijis' has been entrusted with the reopening of a hotel in the high plains, closed for years.With a budget of 20 million y e n s, he starts hiring interesting characters to work... and rebuild the hotel. However, his attempts to recruit a great leader to attract...
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...
Yuko Amano who works at a food company while being a daughter of a rice shop, is not lucky. Meanwhile, the men team that Sachiko fell in love at first sight appeared one by one on a weekly basis, trying to build a lovey relationship.
Chiharu is a "normal young lady" who comes to prominence by unhappy accident but succeeds on the strength of her own intellect. Chiharu's father is the mayor of the city, but when he dies suddenly, she is persuaded by his backers to run for his vacant seat. She wins, but to the surprise and constern...
In Asakusa, there is a family of rickshaw runners that spans 5 generations. They are all known as Kurumaya Jinpachi. The current Jinpachi used to work in Osaka, but was called back to Asakusa by his grandfather, who is the 4th generation's runner.
One day, the secret of Kurumaya Jinpachi is shared b...
Aiko, the exemplary housewife, learns that her husband is cheating on her. After a moment of shock, the woman decides to change her life and start it from scratch. The first step towards that is to find a job and move out to Tokyo. Soon, Mika, a woman with whom Aiko starts renting a flat together,...
Kihara Jiro is a divorced employee who works at a food chain company in Tokyo's suburbs. On day, the company is sold to a foreign investment funder, and it was decided that there will be a large-scale restructuring plan. However, it turns out that the new boss at work, is none other than his ex-wife...
Mizuki Arisa and Gori reprise their roles as husband and wife. Season 2 shifts the setting to a public bathhouse, but the conflict between a domineering wife and a timid, but scheming husband remains true to the Season 1.
Ino Mamako is an English teacher at one of Japan's roughest schools, Ryuzan High School. After nine years of teaching, Ino decides to "reset" her life and meets with Ebisawa Yasuo, a charismatic "occupational change agent" who advises people on switching jobs. However, Ebisawa ends up hiring Ino as...