Asian Drama

Since he was in his 20's, Natsume Shunpei was a world famous maestro and lived abroad, while working with renown orchestras. He was always passionate about music and his passion inspired other musicians. But, Natsume Shunpei has zero abilities outside of music. He is unable to do simple things like housework. His life has been focused on himself and his music. Something happened that changed Natsume Shunpei's life. Due to that incident, his family, including his daughter Natsume Hibiki, left him and he left the music field.

5 years later, Natsume Shunpei returns to Japan for the first time in decades to conduct an orchestra in a province. He meets his daughter Hibiki that he hasn't seen in 5 years and they begin to live together. Unlike her father, Natsume Hibiki hates music and lives her life without it. Her father's genius ability in music clouds his view outside of music and he is unaware of his daughter's feelings. Natsume Shunpei faces Hibiki as her father and her life, that stopped 5 years ago, slowly begins to move again.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Sunday

Sakuragi Shun is a salesman who works for a Sunbath Home Housing, a house manufacturing company. He enjoys a happy life at home with his wife and daughter. Due to a sudden personnel change, he was assigned to transfer to Kagoshima, a city he was familiar with from his junior high school days. There, for the first time in 17 years, he is reunited with his first love Takeda Hana. She works as a junior high school teacher, while her husband who works as first mate, spends most of the year at sea, so she usually lives alone. While reminiscing the bittersweet memories of their high school days together, a hidden Pandora's box begins to open...

Furthermore, sparks also fly with Katoyama Naoya, Shun's friend and former love rival from their junior high school days, who now works for another company in the same industry. Although Shun has a beloved wife, the flames of jealousy quietly flare up. Meanwhile, Sakuragi Shun's wife is trying to suppress her anxiety. Based on their phone calls and emails, she becomes suspicious that her husband is cheating on her, and in order to eliminate her fears, she takes a trip to visit him in Kagoshima. As the slight lies begin to pile up, the truth becomes complicated, and when the lies are exposed, how will the relationship between the four of them change?

(Source: Dramaotaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Tanshin Hanabi" (単身花日) by Iwashige Takashi (いわしげ孝).

Episodes: 10

After accidentally killing a man with their pumpkin carriage en route to a ball, Red and Cinderella decide on concealing the body. Once safely arrived at their destination, Cinderella falls head over heals for the Prince – but now is no time for romance, as the two find themselves in a bit of a pinch when the ball is interrupted by the discovery of the corpse!

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the novel "Akazukin, Tabi no Tochu de Shitai to Deau." (赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う。) by Aoyagi Aito (青柳碧人).

"See Hear Love" is the story of Izumimoto Shinji – a manga artist gradually losing his vision at the height of his series’ popularity – and Aida Hibiki, a fan who was born deaf.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the webtoon "Bojido Moshago Deudjido Moshaedo Saranghae" (보지도 못하고 듣지도 못해도 사랑해) by Nasty Cat.

Miyabe Arata, owner of the Roppongi Nidaime Miyabe bar, fights against those who have absolute power. His goal is to take revenge on Nagaya Holdings, a giant in the Japanese food industry. The owner of the holding companies, as well as his son, had a destructive influence on Miyabe Arata's life in the past.

Adapted from the webtoon "Itaewon Class" (이태원 클라쓰) by Jo Gwang Jin (광진).

Takami has a painful past. She has worked as a reporter for 2 years at a broadcasting station. She works on the news program "Afternoon Japan," but the program is on the brink of being cancelled. She is proud of her work as a reporter. One day, a female high school student is kidnapped. Takami and her senior reporter Taichi chase after a scoop on the case in hopes of reviving their news program. Following a police officer, Takami sees the victim's body, who was brutally murdered. ~~ Based on novel "Sirens no Zange" by Shichiri Nakayama.

Shogo Kai is a partner at a law firm in Marunouchi, Tokyo. He brings back Daiki Suzuki to his law firm from Boston. Shogo Kai then assigns Daiki Suzuki to a case. The case involves a large publishing company as they are sued by a former contract worker. The former contract worker insists her idea for a novel was stolen by the publishing company.

(Source: Asianwiki)

Remake of the American TV series "Suits" [2011].

Episodes: 15

A remake of the American tv show, Suits.

Shogo Kai is an arrogant lawyer at one of the biggest law firms in Japan. He is excellent at his job, and only cares about winning his cases. He is close to becoming a senior partner at his firm, but his bosses are concerned with his sole focus on winning. As a condition for him becoming a senior partner, his boss requests that he hires a young lawyer as an associate. Shogo Kai interviews a variety of prospects but none really capture his attention until he meets Daiki Suzuki...

Daiki Suzuki has had a rough childhood, having lost his parents at a young age and then being raised by his grandma. Despite his hardships, he is an extremely intelligent young man with a remarkable memory. He works a variety of part time jobs in order to financially support his grandmother, and also doing odd jobs here and there like taking the University Entrance exam for others. Once this is discovered, he is kicked out of school and barred from ever taking the bar exam. Once he moves to Tokyo, he continues doing petty crimes. However, when his grandmother's health takes a turn for the worse, he need to start making real money in order to pay her hospital bills. That's when he meets Shogo Kai...

The story that bridges the 3rd Season and the movie-

This is something that the people who are about to watch the movie, or the people who have already watched the movie will enjoy!

During the 3rd season that was broadcasted last July 2017, when Kousaku Aizawa (Tomohisa Yamashita), Megumi Shiraishi (Yui Aragaki), Mihoko Hiyama (Erika Toda), Haruka Saejima (Manami Higa), and Kazuo Fujikawa (Yosuke Asari) have guided the young new addition of life-saving emergency interns, Soma Natori (Daiki Arioka), Shunpei Haitani (Ryo Narita), Akari Yokomine (Yuko Araki), and the flight nurse Futaba Yukimura (Fumika Baba) and have shown growth, they again desperately face lifesaving in a realistic scene of medical treatment and had been drawn into favorable reputation.

This special reveals another hidden story which was not told in the 3rd season.

"Can Haitani ride the Doctor Heli now?"

The crash of Doctor Heli has left a huge scar. Dr Haitani, who whenever rides the Doctor Heli and talks in the radio, gets flashback memories of the crash, and needless to say, shakes and trembles when talking. Mio Oshima, who was on her way to her wedding, was engulfed in an accident and lost her bridegroom. The two of them were inflicted with a major wound in their hearts.

In order to overcome PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Haitani began receiving counsel from the psychiatrist, Shiori Ninomiya (Rika Izumi).

However, the site where lifesaving is needed cannot wait. There are successive calls requesting for the Doctor Heli. And the collapsing of the subway tunnel happened. Haitani, who cannot go to the scene, had no choice but to make desperate efforts in the hospital.

Can Haitani make a new step and overcome his PTSD?!

If you watch this, you will be able to review the 3rd season!

The 'helicopter doctor' team is back with perfect hair, perfect skin and perfect body and ready to take on expected and unexpected disasters and accidents at Japan's Narita airport and points near and far. They work together through these professional emergencies and deal with personal calamities in and out of their blue uniforms too.

Wakaba is a 2nd-grade high school student in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. When Saki was little, she admired the cheerleading club "JETS” from Fukui Chuo High School in Fukui Prefecture. She dreamed of joining the "JETS,” but she thought it was impossible for her to join and enrolled at another high school. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo talks to her and proposes cheer dance together. Together with their friends, they setout to become a top cheer team.

Kuki Fumihiro is a son from a wealthy zaibatsu (conglomerate) family. His father raises him to become pure evil. Kuki kills his father to protect his adopted sister Kaori.

Afterward, Kuki disappears. He undergoes plastic surgery and takes the identity of Koichi Shintani. He watches Kaori and faces the great evil that exists within the Kuki family.

Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power.

A mysterious woman appears in front of Dojima Otaro. The mysterious woman has a pale face with red lips. She kisses him and he dies, but the next moment he regains consciousness. He realizes he is now 7 days in the past. The mysterious woman alsofollows him. Due to her kiss, Dojima Otaro dies and goes back to the past over and over again.

What would happen if Otaro wouldn't be able to go back in time with a kiss and be revived?

A real world like parallel timeline about what happens after Otaro's deaths.

Kousaku Aizawa, Megumi Shiraishi, Mihoko Hiyama, Kazuo Fuikawa and Haruka Saejima have worked and pursued careers down different paths.

Kousaku Aizawa left the hospital emergency room. He now works as a brain surgeon. Megumi Shiraishi works hard as a staff leader for flight doctors at a hospital emergency room. Mihoko Hiyama wanted to become a flight doctor in th past, but she left the hospital emergency room and now works as an ob-gyn. Kazuo Fuikawa works as a emergency physician specializing in orthopedics and works with Megumi Shiraishi. Haruka Saejima still works as a nurse for flight doctors.

They each live fiercely and face new situations.

Michima Shin is a 30-years-old lonely and unpopular novelist who lives alone in a big house. Shin's father is a convicted murderer, awaiting capital punishment, who killed 3 people, including his wife, Shin's mother.

One day, five mysterious women showed up at Shin's house saying that they received an invitation to live with him in exchange of paying 1 million yen a month in rent. They set up rules for Shin such as no asking questions and no entering the women's rooms.

Six months later, Shin is used to the presence of those women, however, one day, an incident occurs that changed everything.

On a day in the apartment where Shinohara Satsuki, Udagawa Yuzukom and others live, a palm-sized alien comes down with a broken spacecraft. The alien has amazing scientific power but has to stay in the apartment until the repair of his spacecraft is over.

~~ Based on the Japanese manga "Love Love Alien" by Okamura Hoshi.

On a day in the apartment where Shinohara Satsuki, Udagawa Yuzukom and others live, a palm-sized alien comes down with a broken spacecraft. The alien has amazing scientific power but has to stay in the apartment until the repair of his spacecraft is over.

~~ Based on the Japanese manga "Love Love Alien" by Okamura Hoshi.

With four years left before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, housing sales are fiercely competitive. At this time, an excellent real estate agent appears. Her name is Machi Sangenya (Keiko Kitagawa). She is single and 30-years-old with an attractive appearance. With any of her clients. Machi Sangenya must get a purchase. Machi has her own unique way to get her customers to buy the homes. Her unique method include getting involved in the problems of her clients and their families. She then solves their problems. With her ingenious ways, all of Machi Sangenya's customers purchase homes from her.

Five male students enrolls at a school that has all female students. The boarding school was formerly an all-girls high school until the new school year. The student council then places the five male students in a place known as the prison on charges that they were peeping on the girls in the showers. The 5 male students struggle to escape from the prison.

(Source: IMDb)

Adapted from the manga series "Prison School" (監獄学園) by Hiramoto Akira (平本アキラ).

Episodes: 9

Manami is the leader of her high school’s broadcasting club. While considering which a club member should read during the upcoming pre-graduation campus festival, Manami sees a girl named Chiyuki by the pool and subsequently becomes completely preoccupied with her, secretly peeping on her whenever possible. One day, Manami is taken by surprise when Chiyuki suddenly joins the broadcasting club, leading to a surge of strange new feelings.

Middle school teacher Moriguchi Yoko's life comes crashing down after the murder of her 4-year-old daughter. Eventually, Yoko suspects some of her own students to have been responsible for her daughter's death. She comes up with an elaborate plan for revenge against the students who killed her innocent daughter

Middle school teacher Moriguchi Yoko's life comes crashing down after the murder of her 4-year-old daughter. Eventually, Yoko suspects some of her own students to have been responsible for her daughter's death. She comes up with an elaborate plan for revenge against the students who killed her innocent daughter.