Asian Drama

Nejiki Mia is a supermarket clerk who has very low self-esteem. She believes she has nothing to offer because she was raised by a toxic parent. She suffered physical abuse at the hands of her father, and even after his death, she lived with her mother who has a strong suppressive personality. She affirms herself for the first time when she falls in love and has an affair with the store manager where she works, who is someone that treats her kindly. However, he decides to leave her after his wife’s illness worsens, and Nejiki Mia falls into despair. In order to cheer up her beloved store manager, she begins to take extraordinary actions in order to cure his wife’s illness. Her feelings gradually become parasitic, as she progressively gets close to not only the manager’s wife, but also his son.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Nukarumi no Shokutaku" (泥濘の食卓) by Inako (伊奈子).

Episodes: 10

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Yoko is a woman blessed with a husband, a child, and a smooth sailing life as a doctor. The morning after she and her husband return from a business trip in Sapporo, lipstick falls out of his pocket. Though she pays no attention to it, she later finds a long brown hair on her husband's scarf that doesn't belong to her. She wants to believe in the husband that she loves but she can't shake the feeling of distrust. Soon, her world feels like it's crumbling around her. What is the one thing you don't want to give up in a divorce? A heroine's fierce revenge begins.

Remake of the British TV series "Doctor Foster".

Kurasawa Itsuki was once an elementary school teacher, but she now works as a detective. When Kurasawa Itsuki was a teacher, her daughter was brutally murdered by her 12-year-old student Ruoto. The horrific case shocked the entire nation at that time. Afterwards, Kurasawa Itsuki decided to become a detective to save people in desperate situations like she was in.

12 years after the murder case, Kurasawa Itsuki is busy solving cases as a detective. She knows that Ruoto is going to be discharged from a medical juvenile training school and she hears that Ruoto is now completely rehabilitated. As a family member of the victim, Kurasawa Itsuki can’t help having suspicions about his true nature. One day, Kurasawa Itsuki receives a message that says "I'll take your precious thing once more."

Adapted from the manga "Life 2 Giver Taker" (ライフ2 ギバーテイカー) by Suenobu Keiko (すえのぶけいこ).

Set in Kumamoto, one year after Iruma Michio was transferred out of “Ichikei”. Whilst Michio is busy vigorously conducting trials at the Kumamoto District Court 2nd Branch, a case of grievous bodily harm arises, revolving around a young man named Suwa Haruto who intervened in a gang fight and is in critical condition. The suspect, Uchida Wataru, pleads guilty to the charges, and on the surface, it appears to be a cut and dry case that will result in a suspended sentence. However, as the investigation proceeds, it becomes clear that Wataru initially denied the charges during his police interrogation. Sensing there is more to the story and doubting the suspects’ guilt, Michio activates his authority and begins his own investigation.

Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Komazawa Yoshio, the head judge of “Ichikei”, is deliberating over a personal injury case between employees of the large company "Hoshizumi Holdings." The employees belonged to factions of the next company president candidates, and the case resembles a war by proxy. The parties involved, Oyabu Shigeyuki and Shimazu Natsuko only care about ending the trial as quickly as possible, which makes Komazawa even more irritated.

From these two completely unrelated cases, an unexpected connection arises. When things finally come to trial, what dreadful heartbreak and deep darkness is hidden at the center of these cases?

(Source: Japan Program Catalog)

Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu" (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都).

Episodes: 1

Nagisa Miyoshi and Saho Miyoshi are sisters and very close to each other. Younger sister Nagisa Miyoshi leaves her hometown of Hiroshima and begins to live with her older sister Saho Miyoshi, who has already moved to Tokyo. Saho Miyoshi works as a wardrobe stylist. Nagisa Miyoshi gets a job at company which her sister Saho introduced her to. There, Nagisa Miyoshi meets Yosuke Asakura, who is her first love from her high school days. Her feelings for him are rekindled, but she learns that Yosuke Asakura is engaged to her older sister.

Adapted from the manga series “Sister” (シスター) written by Ayapan (あやぱん) and illustrated by Shijimi Tsubasa (蜆ツバサ).

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Eight years ago-a boy who got lost in a festival surrounded by the suspicious light of blue lanterns. Everyone wears a mask and continues to dance silently. It was a festival that no one should ever enter-the boy meets his grandfather, who should have died there. "Naoya, you couldn't come to such a place ..." Naoya Fukamachi, who became a college student, lived with loneliness. Naoya has been able to understand people's lies since the day of the Blue Lantern Festival. When a person tells a lie, his voice is distorted and sounds strange. Parents who noticed Naoya's ability kept Naoya away, and Naoya also lived without making a close human being. Meanwhile, Naoya is interested in Akiyoshi Takatsuki, a handsome associate professor of "Folk Studies II" who somehow attended. Takatsuki's words had no "lie" at all, and his voice reached his ears comfortably. Takatsuki has a complete memory ability that can instantly memorize everything he sees, and is only interested in strange phenomena in the world. For some reason, Naoya is attracted to Takatsuki. One day, a mysterious incident occurs over "Kokuri" at an elementary school where Marika Hirahara and Kazuo Manabe work. "I'm taken to Mr. Kokuri ---" Naoya is surprised by the words of a child he happens to meet. The voice was not distorted at all. In other words, a real mystery is happening?! "Wonderful!" Takatsuki, who gets excited about an unexpected mysterious phenomenon, and Ruiko Ikukata, a graduate student in the Takatsuki laboratory who watches over Takatsuki like a guardian, pursue a mystery together as an assistant for some reason. Naoya who will be different. Is there a real mystery? A human mystery sent by an associate professor with perfect memory and a lonely college student who understands lies. Opening dignifiedly!

Ruri, who is a beautiful woman and can also work, is thought to have a lot of love experience by the people around her, but in reality she is a beginner in love for 15 years without a boyfriend. Because of such a lapis lazuli, he decided to give a love affair to his junior Ryo, who is "perfect in appearance and content" but continues to be shaken.

Naoto Hatano (Hisashi Yoshizawa) works as a hairdresser at his shop "Hatano" located in a shopping district in Wakayama. He enjoys music and coffee. His wife Kyoko (Sou Hirosawa) teaches a calligraphy class in the same building as her husband's beauty salon. Saki Seto (Riko Masuda) is a 7-year-old girl who attends Kyoko’s calligraphy class. She is a troubled child, but Kyoko, who doesn't have a child, cares about Saki like a real daughter. Years later, a phone call is answered at "Hatano." The person calling is Saki Seto. Naoto Hatano has not seen her in 10 years due to an incident. Also, his wife passed away 5 years ago. Saki Seto is now all grown up, but she has lost her eyesight completely. What happened to Saki over the past 10 years?

A doctor informs Mineko Kaneko that she has a tumor in her brain and she doesn't have much time left to live. Koji Amane lives as a freeter (jobless person). He doesn't have any dreams or goals in his life. Due to a cat, Mineko Kaneko and Koji Amane happen to meet and they get married.

Hanaoka Nao’s mother Yuriko is a single parent and a live-in confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese confectionery shop of long standing. That is how Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the 6-year-old son of the owner of Kogetsuan, and they become each other’s first loves. However, Tsubaki’s father is stabbed to death by someone. Nao’s mother is arrested as the suspect based on Tsubaki’s statement. Nao is kicked out while her mother passes away while under interrogation. Now daughter of a murder suspect and son of the victim, Nao and Tsubaki separate with ill feelings for each other. More than 15 years later, Nao and Tsubaki are reunited at a competition on Japanese confectionery. Tsubaki takes an interest in Nao’s creations and asks her to marry him at their first meeting without realising that she is his childhood friend. Nao hides her true identity and decides to get into Kogetsuan through her marriage to Tsubaki in order to prove her mother’s innocence. Little does she know that all sorts of adverse circumstances lie in wait. Despite being made sport of by cruel fate, Nao and Tsubaki are drawn to each other. What is the truth of the case 15 years ago?

Adapted from the manga series "Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru" by Natsumi Ando.

Kosaka Kei works as a programmer for IT company Spiral. The Tokyo Central Stock Exchange is about to overhaul their financial security system for the first time since their company was founded. The stock exchange will take bids for the work. Spiral is one of the companies taking part in the competition for the winning contract.

Hamamura Hitomi is a new employee at Tokyo Central Stock Exchange. She receives training in the information system department. She meets Kosaka Kei and they take interest in each other.

Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Asai Kei is a high school student and is able to remember everything. Haruki Misora is also a high school student and she has the power to reset the world by 3 days. If they use both of their powers together, they can go back in time by 3 days and retain their memory. They are watched by the administrative bureau.

A mysterious virus suddenly spreads throughout Japan causing widespread panic. People infected with the virus are called ZQN. The ZQN attack people with superhuman strength and their victims also become ZQN. Hideo Suzuki happens to meet a female high school student, Hiromi Hayakari. They run away from the city together, but Hiromi has been already bitten by a baby ZQN. The baby ZQN that bit her did not have teeth and Hiromi is in half state of ZQN. They then meet Nurse Yabu at a shelter. Yabu hopes she can draw an antibody from Hiromi.

Based on the manga series "I Am a Hero" by Hanazawa Kengo.

Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.

DRAMA

Wakakozake brings you Murasaki Wakako, a 26-year-old that 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 the food she wants to eat and the perfect accompanying drink, the happy sound of "Pshuuu" leaves her lips. Now, then. Where shall we drink tonight?

Junichi is a scout recruiting girls for work in night clubs; but in contrast to what he does, he is actually a sentimental person at heart. Nanami, who is a music teacher at a junior high school, wishes that something would happen to change the course of her ordinary life. Being from a high-class family and having committed to an arranged marriage with a government official, she and the street smart Junichi are from two different worlds. Their initial meetings always ended in disdain for the other, but when Junichi helps her find some sheets of music precious to her, she begins to think that he could change her life. Although it goes against everything that her upbringing has taught her, Nanami decides to give him a chance.

Nakano Yumi, a single career woman who works at a small advertising agency, and Tamura Yumi, a housewife weary of married life, are complete strangers and yet they see each other’s lives with unsettling clarity in their dreams each night. Before long, their destinies start to become intertwined. One day, Nakano Yumi meets Tamura Yumi’s friend Arinuma Ikuko in real life. Furthermore, Ikuko introduces her to Tamura Yumi’s husband Yohei as a potential date. She had only seen the two of them in her dreams, and finds herself feeling disoriented. She begins to wonder if what she has been seeing are precognitive dreams. And yet it somehow seems different. The situation grows more bizarre for her when Yohei, whom she knows is married to Tamura Yumi, asks her out to dinner. Meanwhile, Tamura Yumi, who is troubled that her husband may be cheating on her, sees Nakano Yumi hear a traumatic truth from Ikuko in her dream … … She died two years ago! Worrying that this might portend the future, she goes in search of the advertising agency which appeared in the dream. Although she does not know Nakano Yumi’s whereabouts, she confirms the existence of the advertising agency and Nakano Yumi’s boss. Then she tries to send a message through to Nakano Yumi with the request to find out when and how she died … … Startling situations occur in quick succession, and the two Yumis are seized with a fear beyond words.

Matsukata Hiroko is a super busy magazine editor. Just like any other 28-year-old woman, she enjoys going on dates with her boyfriend, fashion and her private life. But once she turns her switch into working mode, she sacrifices all that and dedicates her life to her job. That's when her colleagues refer to her as the Hataraki Man (working man). Her success at work however doesn't give her total satisfaction.

Maki’s mother commits assault and Maki is temporarily placed in the children’s orphanage, Kogamo no Ie. Post is a young girl who reigns as the leader at Kogamo no Ie. While she has lost her parents, she is remarkably strong, resilient and positive. There is also Piami and Bonbi who respect Post. These girls, who each have different backgrounds, do not appear sad and seem quite indifferent. When asked for the reason for the queer nicknames they call each other, Post replies that they have cast away everything they received from their parents including their pasts as well as their names. Even if they constantly think about their parents, there will be no happiness. She advises Maki to leave the past behind. Bravado is the only weapon to protect themselves in this harsh, cold world. However, Maki believes that her mother will come to get her.

16-year-old Haruka (Ai Hashimoto) lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still dreams of becoming a pianist. She takes part in an upcoming competition. Inauspicious incidents then occur around her. Musical student Yosuke (Shinya Kiyozuka), who teaches piano to Haruka, tries to solve the case.

The story features a team of four sleuthing sisters.

"Ace", an all time favorite comic book that sold 15 million copies is finally dramatized! A positive success story of an ordinary high school girl who gradually discovers her hidden talent of tennis through severe trainings designed by her strict coach. Can she every become an "Ace" tennis player?

Hiromi Oka decides to join the high school tennis club from the moment she saw the star player Reika's (Matsumoto) excellent and smashing play. However, once the tennis lesson began, Hiromi finds herself bored in the succession of simple practice swings. One day, Munakata becomes appointed as the new head coach of the tennis team. His special training was nothing but original, extreme, and severe. In addition, he suddenly chose Hiromi, a tennis beginner, to be the member of the up coming tennis tournament Not only Hiromi, but also her teammates become confused and take the odd situation unfair. Jealousy of her friends and teammates mounted, and they started to talk behind her back. Finally, Hiromi decides to leave the team and run away from the uncomfortable reality, but the coach strongly refused. Instead, he gave her an even more severe and personalized training.

Nobuko Shimura is on duty for the first time at Gyoda Hospital. The duty doctor is Yosuke Naoe. After 9pm, Jiro Toda, a childhood friend of Nobuko's, is brought in with a cut to his forehead from a fight. But Naoe has gone out for a drink, and can't be found. Both Toda and the ambulance crew become angry and demand to know where the doctor is. Naoe returns and seeing the commotion, he orders Toda be locked in a toilet until he calms down. Nobuko is horrified by Naoe' s attitude but is later impressed with his ability as a surgeon when treating Toda's injury. This is their first fateful meeting.

Naoko finds her life at cross-roads, as her career unravels after an unsuccessful project results in her demotion from marketing to data management, and her lover-cum-boss, Yanagiba Toshiro has left her to move to New York. When her life feels like it is at its lowest point, she meets Uchimura, a bus driver whose carefree yet caring approach makes her rethink her life's direction. When Toshiro unexpectedly returns to Tokyo, she finds herself caught between the two totally different men in her life.

A drama commemorating TBS's 60th anniversary, the story is about 11 members who were sent to the South Pole for the first time in February 1957 in a national project to explore Antartica. They were accompanied by a dogsled of 19 Sakhalin huskies. When they left for Japan a year later, they were forced to leave the dogs behind due to the bad weather. In January 1959, Kuramochi Takeshi and some others joined a third expedition to ascertain the fate of the dogs.