Sugawara Daikichi

The decor is in Yokohama. Hiroto Kanzaki works hard, day and night, for the survival of a small boat repair plant (heritage of his father) as well as for the survival of his mother and younger brother, who suffer from health problems. Living such a disadvantaged life, Hiroto forgot how to smile. Na...

Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first-round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an even bigger problem. He can't put himself in the right weight class, he runs out of energy because of hunger, and...

Kakei Shiro is a 45-year-old lawyer who works in a small law firm. He is a good cook and a meticulous and economical person who maintains the monthly food budget at 25,000 yen. Shiro's daily routine is to leave work on time and go to a nearby discount supermarket. His partner Yabuki Kenji is an affa...

Enomoto Kei is an employee of a large security company who solves the cases behind locked doors.He is described as having a calm and cold behavior but has an eccentric obsession for locks and keys.Rather than solving the cases, he is more interested in piercing the puzzle of the sealed parts.~~ Adap...

Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition of the fashion magazine, 'The Most' a worldwide publication. He is an unfriendly and cold rationalist transferred from New York to complete a mission. When young, he was overweight and often bullied. Now a handsome elite, he aims to...

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.

Momoko has just started a new job in a company that offers funeral services and cleans crime scenes when she discovers she has an amazing supernatural power. When it touches an object belonging to a recently deceased person, it travels over time and has a chance to save that person from his prematur...

Nakai will play the protagonist, Ataru, an autistic man who is also a scientist, with special abilities in specific fields. This mysterious drama will tell the story of Ataru, who solves business using his extraordinary memory and ability to deduce.

Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver aka "ama", and Aki thinks that is just so cool. Aki is a second-year high-school student, and she struggles to k...

Tanaka Tamako worked for a men-dominated catering company but she was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as a chef. In addition, she is taken to the police after an incident she provoked because her friend Fujimura Satsuki was sexually harassed. Tamako resigned from his unreasonable business an...

Aoi Midori has been working as a pharmacist at Yorozu General Hospital for 8 years. She believes that pharmacists need to know about the patient's daily life to ensure the proper medication is prescribed to them. She faces a lot of criticism, especially from the doctors, but she stays true to her be...

The story of five 20-year-olds trying to overcome their great failures in life. Haruto Takaiwa, Shunta Asabuki and Junpei Minowa are members of the unpopular comic trio Macbeth. They always meet in a family restaurant where Rihoko Nakahama works as a waitress. Tsumugi Nakahama is the young sister of...

Matsuda Anna is a dedicated journalist who doggedly pursues the truth about a government corruption scandal even as powerful enemies seek to neutralize her reporting. (Source: Netflix)

The NPS (National Police Safetyrescue) was formed to combat extreme crimes like terrorism, which is beyond the scope of the ordinary police force. Their purpose is to catch criminals alive. The elite members in the police organization formed NPS to strengthen the authority of SAT (Special Assault Te...

Set two years later. The story follows the growth and conflicts of Kounotori Sakura. He works as a doctor delivering babies and also performs as a concert pianist under the nickname of "Baby." (Source: TV Japan)

Momone Nagaura lives with her parents, grandfather and younger sister on an island in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. In the spring of 2014, Momone Nagaura graduates from high school and moves to the city of Tome. She fails to enter a university. While she tries to figure out what to do with her l...

Now sidelined due to injury and age, former pro-wrestling star Juichi Miyama was once groomed by his father, Jusaburo, an acclaimed Noh actor and “Living National Treasure,” to be his successor. But the young Juichi rebelled, left home, and cut off ties with his family. Now he’s just learned that hi...

This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and depicts the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm. For reasons not yet entirely clear, Daisuke seems to dislike his own son and when Teppei finds ou...

This drama follows the relationship between Tabito Higurashi and Yoko Yamakawa. Various mysteries such as the tragedy that struck Tabito Higurashi 20 years ago are revealed. Adapted from the novel "Tantei Higurashi Tabito no Sagashimono" by Kozaburo Yamaguchi.

Shoko Takanashi, a scandalous former attorney, takes control of a minor law firm and drives them to "V"ictory no matter how precarious the lawsuit. Amidst chaotic human drama, a legal tale of justice and tears emerges. (Source: WakuWaku Japan)

Kasumi Takeshi has just retired and quietly embarks on his second life. He never had the luxury of drinking a beer during the day on a weekday during his 35 years as a wage earner. But at this moment, Kasumi becomes familiar with the taste of this one drink and this one meal. This is the beginning o...

Naho is the assistant curator of the art gallery created by his grandfather, a passionate art collector. Naho's husband is the general manager of another art gallery in Ginza, which his family has been running for several generations. To avoid the fast pace of Tokyo, a pregnant Naho decides to move...

20 years ago, Seigi was a member of a heist group named "TAKE FIVE". His father was also in the group. Now, Seigi lives an ordinary and honest life, working as a college psychology professor. One day, he receives a picture of a Leonardo da Vinci painting from a mysterious homeless woman. The woman t...

"Last Hope" depicts a medical center where doctors implement the latest state-of-the-art medical treatments. Doctors come from a variety of backgrounds to work as a team and give hope to their patients. Meanwhile, the doctors' past is revealed.

Set in an old prestigious Ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young Itamae (cook for Japanese dishes) struggles his life, love and work while the long-lasted ryotei and the beloved old town face the change to survive the time. This heartwarming drama shows th...

Homonji Sharaku is the descendant of an esteemed, scholarly aristocratic family in Kita Kamakura where the line of eldest sons have had high IQ of 246 passed down from generation to generation. The present 89th head of the Homonji family, Homonji pursues nothing but knowledge. He is fond of saying,...

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After Jun married her husband, she quit her job. She is now a housewife and has been happily married to Takeyori for the past 8 years. They haven't had sex for 5 years and they don't have a child. She tells her husband that she wants to have a child, but he doesn’t even want to talk about having chi...

11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories. For every episode, there will be a different lead actor and story, it's themes varying from mystery to comedy to horror to human drama. Nakai Kiichi...

Shotaro Taguchi is a newly recruited lawyer. As part of a new "school lawyer system", he is sent to a college. He meets with an angry student's tutor, who complains about the corporal punishment of her daughter. The tutor threatens to sue the school but Taguchi chases the person from the school. A f...

Asagi Serina is a housewife who loves her husband, Takefumi, to the extent that she would not mind being his shadow. However, his response to her excessive devotion is to attempt to avoid her "burdensome", "gross" expression of love. With a wife's naivety, she refuses to suspect her husband of infi...

The Board of Audit's Special Investigations Division punishes civil servants who cheat and waste the taxes paid by the hard-working people. The heroine, Shinko, is a daring character who doesn't get impressed by power and influence but mercilessly pursues the scoundrels. She who used to be a swindle...

This series is back in its 25th year with the seventh season. What concerns and problems with this new class will Kimpachi Sakamoto confront? Yet again, through the days and months of the year, we will learn lessons that money can't buy. In the sixth series, Sakamoto was in heated disagreement with...

Haga Ineko stopped being a school teacher for she was about to get married. When she is suddenly dumped by her to-be husband, she loses her way, and starts drinking. One day, an old friend approaches with a job offer. She would be a substitute teacher in a class on which several teachers gave up wit...

NHK's 56th taiga drama series. During the Sengoku period, the Ii family governs the Totomi region. Due to many past wars, there are no more male successors left to become a lord. Naotora Ii, the only daughter of the lord, is next in line. Although she will face a difficult period, the constant love...

Sakaki Mariko uses forensic science to catch sophisticated criminals.

The Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It's positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with his partner, Kaoru Kameyama, this team is Japan’s version of The Odd Couple, solving clueless cases...

The task force is not considered as important as it might seem. It is positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with its partner, played by Terawaki Yasufumi, this team is the Japanese version of The Odd Couple, solving interestless...

The Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It's positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with his partner, Kaoru Kameyama, this team is Japan’s version of The Odd Couple, solving clueless cases...

Kodera Masao, the president of Japan’s largest newspaper has finally reached a decision. He has assessed that the sale of his newspaper, which is a symbol of Japan, to a foreign investor is inevitable after a sharp decline in circulation and faltering advertising revenue. The buyer is Aoi Sota, the...

The thematic question of whether the "necessary evil" is really necessary is explored through Heita. Each character brings with him his own dilemma of morilla. Tomishima Heita has been working for a medium-sized construction company for 4 years. He is sincere and likes to work on construction projec...

Asawa Naoki visits Ishikawa Michiko, and while they are having breakfast, he receives a phone call from Kano Rintaro, the head of the First Investigative Division’s Ninth Sub-division, about a murder case that has occurred. The president of Godai Bank was found dead and it seems that he had been str...

The case starts with the abduction of a young child. It is believed to be a kidnap for ransom, but the kidnapper does not demand one and instead says, “If you want to pay money, you decide on the amount.” Not knowing the kidnapper’s objective, the police are at his mercy. Furthermore, to make a mock...

Satake Junko has been arrested as the main suspect in the serial killing of 5 men. The news is making sensational headlines in variety and talk shows too. Tanabe Junko is a journalist who starts investigating into the murders, with the hope of getting a scoop out of it. She contacted Shinoda Junko,...

A man inadvertently kills his uncle. A woman witnesses this act. These two people fall in love and flee to Tokyo. A detective investigates their past.

Called the “graveyard of detectives”, the Twelfth Section is ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Amagi Yu’s (Higashiyama Noriyuki) transfer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s mobile investigation unit; Katagiri Masatoshi’s (Yoshida Ko...

Continuation from season 1. Saionji Hajime serves the wealthy Ijuuin family. He graduated at the top of the London school for butlers. As the perfect butler, housekeeping skills and management of the mansion go without saying. He mastered martial arts and also has knowledge of all sorts of genres in...

Summer 2019, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department forms a special investigation team to solve violent cases and unsolved cases. The special investigation team consists of detectives including Yu Amagi (Noriyuki Higashiyama), Yoshiki Ebisawa (Seiichi Tanabe), Tamaki Mizuta (Kana Kurashina), Takum...

A murder occurs inside a new MRI model in connection with the establishment of an Autopsy Imaging Centre at Tojo University Hospital which will help to determine the cause of death through the use of MRIs and CTs on any dead body. While investigating the truth, the pair of Taguchi Kohei and Shirator...

Kuroki was once an ace detective, but after being traumatized from a case, he became unable to work and was transferred to another division, where he idles his time away. One day, a particular case pulls him out of his rut and gives him a chance to return as a detective. Two staff members of the pop...

A former psychologist, who has the ability to recognizes lies through behaviour and mimic, now works as a detective. He uses his ability for solving difficult cases.

Hiroko Tsukuura, the owner of a popular bakery shop, is found dead on a trail near her home. Her head was bludgeoned by a metal bat. People believe her killer was someone that held a grudge against her. Tsunehiko Watase wonders why her killer kept hitting her on the back of her head. 3 years ago, Hi...

In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective Omura already is at the scene of the crime. During their investigation,they get closer to finding out the identi...

In Akabane, Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. The elderly person was strangled to death. Detectives from the Akabane Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto (Hiro...

Nakaido Gota is a detective at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Station. Majima Shuhei is a prosecutor in the Yokohama District Prosecutors' Office in Kanagawa Prefecture. Gota is the kind of detective who tries to catch criminals as hard as he can and he wants to be thanked by the victims. Shuhei b...

At the Metropolitan Police Department First Investigation Scientific Criminal Unit lead investigator Satoshi Itomura leaves no stones unturned at crime scenes to apprehend the perpetrators. Rookie investigator Miyuki Oda doesn't seem cut out to be a detective, but possesses a keen sense to gather in...

The governor of Tokyo is aggravated by an article in an English language magazine which regards it as a problem that there are few female top officials in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police especially its star, the Criminal Investigations Department. In order to erase this negative image overseas, a vete...

Minami Yuka is a university student. She has the ability to see other people’s deaths. One day, her friend suddenly dies. There are 10,000 yen bills littered around her friend’s dead body. There's also black stains on the 10,000 yen bills. Since then, more people around Yuka die mysteriously. Yuka a...

In 1909, a long-awaited baby boy was born to a family which has run a dry goods store for generations in Fukushima Prefecture. He would later become the talented composer Koyama Yuichi who wrote many famous songs. Although Yuichi was brought up as the heir of the business, he was rather dreamy and c...

In high school, Itoi Miyuki was a not so pretty girl, one day she suddenly turns attractive. She then starts plays with men, however, the men around her start to die. (Source: My DramaList)

After an ownership change, a local newspaper changes names to the Kyoto Times and its policy also undergoes a change to focus on increasing readership. Kurogane Shinobu is a roving reporter for the Local News Section of the Kyoto Times. In the past, she wrote several in-depth investigative articles...

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...

Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later traveled to Paris and learned about banking...

Sato Tomoko leads an ordinary life as a 40-year-old wife and mother with a part-time hourly job to supplement the household income. One day, she defies an unfair rule at her customer service job because she wants to help the customer, and is fired on the same day her husband loses his job. Tomoko is...

Murasaki Wakako, a 26-year-old OL loves nothing more than delicious food and drink. Wakako's favorite thing to do for relaxation is to go off by herself after work and go to various places to eat and drink, even if she's never been there before. The moment Wakako is able to taste the pairing between...

Tokiko’s mother died 20 years ago and her father Tetsuya is now in his 70's. Her father has a free spirit and is cute. Tokiko is in her mid 40's and still single. She has a strong personality. In their past, Tokiko and Tetsuya did not have a good relationship. It got so bad that they almost ended th...

The story will focus on a love triangle between the three leads. Eikura plays the role of Morimoto Naoko, a girl from the countryside whose first love is her uncle, Ikezawa Masato. She follows after him to Tokyo by getting admitted into an elite medical university, but there she runs into Masato's g...

A sake brewery of long standing in Kanazawa is deep in the red. The owner’s only son Sagara Shuichi, an elite banker, resigns from the bank because of something that came up, and decides to stake his life on making sake. Grasping at straws, he clings to the legendary master brewer, Washio Yusaku. Ho...

Three years after Ozora Bank was nationalised, there are still no signs of a turnaround. Nozaki Shuhei, who previously exposed the bank’s illegal dealings as an auditor, becomes its president in an unconventional promotion. During this time, he had been involved in many corporate restructuring effor...

Ichinose Ryo works as a salesperson for a subsidiary of Hashiba Electronics, a mid-sized electronics manufacturer which prides itself on its long history. One day, he is ordered to transfer to the company’s headquarters. Why him when he has no strong points? The new company president Matsumoto, who...

Nozaki Shuhei is a branch manager at Oozora Bank. People like him because of his sense of justice and humanity, but he doesn't have a successful career at work. One day, the branch where he works closes. Nozaki Shuhei receives a promotion and works as an auditor. Working as auditor, he sees corrup...

31-year-old Iwasaki Urara became a lawyer and did a disservice to client because of her own mistake in her first court case. This traumatised her and she gave up being a lawyer. Fretting that she isn’t cut out to be a lawyer, Urara ekes out a living by working part time. She is saddled with a debt o...

Tatsuya Ikegami works for a real estate company, on an urban development project that costs billions of yen. The city of Sachio is currently proposed as the site of the project. To buy the necessary land, Tatsuya has to find out who the owners are. So he hides his identity and joins the Sachio volun...

Harashima Hiromi had worked at the headquarters of Yotsuba Bank since she joined the metropolitan bank straight out of college. However, she has a very strong sense of justice and caused an incident three years ago. This resulted in her secondment to an affiliate company. This time, Hiromi is select...

Soichi Kurei is a magazine editor. He is currently working on popular manga series Million Joe. The writer of the manga series is Tsuneo Magata, but he suddenly dies. Soichi Kurei is devastated because he feels Million Joe should be finished. Soichi Kurei then makes a suggestion to Tsuneo Magata's c...

Miyawaki Sakura plays the role of a normal highschooler. After her mother died prematurely, she has been living together with her father Ouroboros Youhei, who runs a tofu restaurant and a prowrestling dojo. Youhei was once a prowrestler who reached the title of champion, after he retired he had been...

Tomishima Heita has been working at a construction company for 3 years. He has worked at construction sites but was recently transferred to the sales team. Tomishima then becomes involved in the illegal activity of bid-rigging for the company. Tomishima also finds out that his father's death was con...

Third season of Pokkapoka. Adapted from Jun Fukami manga with the same title. It tells the story of an ordinary salaryman and his family.

Drama focuses on a pregnancy, prenatal care, and gynecological clinic, that tries to help its patients. In the episodes, divided into 8 separate stories, we learn not only about the dilemmas of future mothers and their families, but also the facility itself. ~Adapted from novel "Tenshi no Dairinin...

Daisuke Manpyo is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyo is in for difficult...

Second season of Pokkapoka. Adapted from Jun Fukami manga with the same title. It tells the story of an ordinary salaryman and his family.

First season of the serie. Adapted from Jun Fukami manga with the same title. It tells the story of an ordinary salaryman and his family.

Tamaoka Naoto works for a media company and he goes around the streets with a camera searching for people who are willing to be followed home so he can get their story. Every episode he finds new people and new stories. (Source: RandomUsagi at MyDramaList)

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