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Mysterious incidents occur around geiko in Fukagawa, and there is always the presence of a black cat at the scene of the tragedy. The woman, unaware of her presence, is pulled away by the banya, but a ronin, pretending to be a bouncer of the geisha district, appears and saves her, finally unraveling the fate of the woman.
Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishinomaru' (or the south-east enclosure) have been at odds behind the scenes over the marriage of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, heir to the Shogunate. Kyoshiro, who has come back in Edo after 3 years is involved in it against his will. It's because he gets to know Lady Mihoyo who is a spy for Sakai and looks exactly like his late mother. As she couldn't complete her mission she has nowhere to go. Kyoshiro shelters her from both parties that seek her life. The original story is from "Nemuri Kyoshiro Burai Hikae" written by Shibata Renzaburo. Not only is one of Japan's greatest legends kept alive, but some secrets of Kyoshiro's past are finally revealed for the first time.
Ueda, Naoko, Yabe Kenzo and his partner Akiba are back in a new Trick special. Ueda Jiro is summoned to investigate serial killings that are likely to happen again during a festival to take place in a small village in Okayama. The victims are persons who took an oath under a local tradition but were dumped by their partners afterwards. The festival is marked by the return to the village of a strange woman by the name of Higashizaki Ayano, who had left 20 years ago after the death of her husband and son. The Saionji family, which is the most influential in the city, dislikes the fact
A big deal that shakes up the Saga domain of 350,000 koku. A plot for power, the end of the desires of men and women, and a daughter's pet cat, which meets a tragic end, turns into a monster cat and takes out the grudge of its master.
An ex-cop suffering from dementia is marked by detectives pursuing a murder case. It is a case that he does not remember at all, but he has a strong motive for committing the crime... Is he really the murderer?
Jae-Hun (Son Hyun-Joo) is separated from his wife and two daughters. He struggles to make ends meet, while working as a grocery deliveryman. Seung-Hyeon (Yu Geon) works with Jae-Hun delivering groceries. Although he is only in his 20's, he also struggles to make ends meet. One day, while Jae-Hun and Seung-Hyeon make a delivery, they notice a famous baseball pitcher (Kim Kwang-Hyun) at the apartment of a young woman. The famous pitcher is married to a woman several years older than him. A few days later, Seung-Hyeon comes up with a plan that could make him and Jae-Hun a lot of money.
To the people of Paiwan, one of Taiwan's indigenous tribes, Shamanism is an important part of their culture. However, a decline in the number of shamans has raised concerns that this old tradition is dying. Two childhood friends of the Paiwan tribe return to where they grew up and start a shamanism school, hoping to pass on the rituals to a new generation. But in order to train new shamans, they will have to convince the old ones first.
"Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."
***Replay A man sees his dead girlfriend through his digital camcorder. ***Inochibi (Life Force) A nurse is able to save dying patients with her 'life force'. ***Ame no Houmonsha (The Visitor in the Rain) A woman visits her sister on a rainy night to celebrate her birthday, but finds a stranger in her house who may be a murderer at large... ***Okusanya-san (The Wife Seller) A man stumbles upon a shop selling perfect wives. ***Imakiyo-san (Mr. Imakiyo) A student finds a spirit called Imakiyo in his apartment, and he has to obey three rules or suffer the consequences...
A TV movie by Kon Ichikawa, remaking of Ten Dark Women (1961)
A high school teacher, struggling to keep up with today's youth and estranged from his only son, receives the news about a terrible accident that left his son in a coma. Wanting to know more about his son's life, he finds out that he's been working as a producer for a new underground idol group who are now left without a guiding hand.
A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE
Based on the original mystery novel by Seicho Matsumoto. Novelist Ryuji Sugimoto is publishing his serial in a local newspaper when a woman from Tokyo subscribes, saying she’s interested in his work—only to abruptly cancel weeks later. Suspicious, he realizes her true interest may not be the fiction at all, but a real double suicide reported in the same paper.
Right in the afternoon after the graduation ceremony, the boys' plan to celebrate was disturbed by a sudden rain. Xiao-hai rushed to the park and it was already past the time he and Xiao-pan were supposed to meet. The rain had stopped; everything looked brand-new. Summer is on its way, but a sudden death has made everything somewhat different.
Post-war Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Adults who are swayed by the US military stationed in the country and swayed by US intentions cannot afford to care about children who should be protected. The war orphans, who had no choice but to survive on their own, were used to shining shoes for American soldiers, picking up cigarettes, and sometimes committing crimes. However, at some point, they came across a "cleaning" job. They work hard instead of committing crimes and earn money by being appreciated by people. The orphans begin to regain their smiles through experiences that make them feel like they should be alive. The children started to have a modest dream of "renting a house and living" with their own earnings, but they were attacked by an even harsher reality...
Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank robberies. Because he is a flight risk, Detective Kayama (Ogata Ken) is assigned to transport Mizusawa to Shizuoka for questioning. On the way, Kayama receives word that the hotel where his wife and daughter are attending a party has been rigged with a time bomb. Being a "by-the-book" kind of cop, Kayama refuses to abandon his job and return to help his family. Meanwhile, the hotel is swarming with police and the bomb squad who are searching for the bomb and the culprit. Time is almost up. Mizusawa claims that he is the only who who can deactivate the bomb.
Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ruthless conspirators will threaten the foundations of shogunate rule over Japan. Only the relentless slashing sword of Momotaro may save the nation from the Ran clan's army of killers.
Bomi is 12 years old. She wants her own room so badly. Her sister, Eonju, whom she shares the room with keeps sneaking a look at her diary. She studied really hard to get first place as her mom promised to get her own room if she did but her mom keeps denying the promise. So Bomi decides to marry her sister off! She finds out that the manager of a construction company like her sister and does her best to help him. The manager ends up winning her heart and proposes to Eonju. But she refuses his proposal. Bomi gets curious and tries to find out why she doesn't want to get married.
In Joseon-era Korea, three childhood friends face forbidden feelings as Yoon Ho falls for someone he can't confess to—testing love, loyalty, and tradition.
Buddhist statues are disappearing from temples in Kyoto. Maki pays a visit to Professor Fujimori, an archaeological authority, and encounters his assistant Miyako. At night in a disco hall, Miyako hands out flyers with the words “Please sell me Kyoto”. Made for "Operation: Mystery".
Isono Sae is an office lady in Showa 63 (1988), who has difficulty living during the economic bubble when everything became expensive. Somehow, Sae wanders into the parallel world of “Reiwa” and decides to use Showa songs which she dislikes, as a weapon to change the world where human relationships are weak.
A one hour made for TV special. Set in modern Japan, a journalist goes to Innsmouth to investigate people with deformation.
10-year-old Szu Ting just had a baby brother. She assumes her parents only love the baby. When she notices a lump in her chest, she suspects she has breast cancer. Facing her fears alone, Szu Ting tries reaching out to her parents for help, but fails to get their attention. How will Szu Ting make it through the last 30 days of her life?
Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a live-in housekeeper. Then her eldest daughter Setsuko announced that Chiyo has had an offer of marriage. It is from the widower Kurosaki who had been a friend to Chiyo's deceased husband. Kurosaki runs a small company and has no children but has enough life savings. However, second daughter Tomoe, and youngest child, Yoko, are opposed to it. The siblings begin to argue. Meanwhile, Kurosaki tells his sister Namiko that he has decided to remarry. She is furious because he refuses to tell her anything about Chiyo. Thus, she takes it upon herself to find out about Chiyo and soon has a confrontation with her. Around that time, Kurosaki’s company is about to go bankrupt...
The Vietnamese orchestra was founded in 1959 to join people through music, unstopped by war and borders, but it had been facing difficulty surviving. Then in 1992, to rebuild the orchestra, fueled by the belief that "first-class countries have first-class orchestras," the orchestra leader invites Japanese conductor Sakura Kazuo to Vietnam to be their conductor. Together with interpreter Morioka Yuko, Kazuo works to overcome cultural barriers and aims to build a first-class orchestra while interacting with the unique Vietnamese members.
Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.
Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper Saki Tsubaki. Isako Sawada doesn't like that arrangement, but she hides her contempt because she has a plan. Her plan is to become a widow in 3 years and inherit one billion yen from her husband. Isako Sawada schemes to have Nobuhiro die in an apparent natural manner and she is having a relationship with another man.
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo, leaving few clues as to their leader's identity.
The family was destroyed by the Tokugawa clan before the founding of Edo, and when Ietsuna destroyed the shrine, it began to be haunted. The ghost of a woman haunts Yajima-no-Kyoku and tries to kill her and her son, but the heart of a man overcomes the ghost.
In the final days of the Edo shogunate, a government commander enters Edo Castle to inspect the Ōoku. Ignoring warnings, he steps into a forbidden room where, 200 years before, Lady Oyuki, a favored concubine, was forced to commit suicide by Tokugawa Tsunayoshi over a suspected affair. Consumed by vengeance, her spirit continues to haunt all those involved in the tragedy.
“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not to return to Japan after the war. I found several of them who had remained in Thailand. Two years later, I invited one of them to make his first return visit to Japan and documented it in Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home. During the filming, my subject Fujita asked me to buy him a cleaver so that he could kill his ‘vicious brother.’ I was shocked, and asked him to wait a day so that I could plan how to film the scene. By the next morning, to my relief, Fujita had calmed down and changed his mind about killing his brother. But I couldn’t have had a sharper insight into the ethical questions provoked by this kind of documentary filmmaking.” —Shôhei Imamura
On the first day of opening, a small Italian restaurant is set on fire, killing three customers, and the unidentified survivor, who was injured and taken to hospital, somehow escapes. Detective Tono and his team, who are renowned for their interrogation skills, realise from evidence left at the scene that there are still survivors who have fled the scene. After obtaining information about the customers from the owner-chef, who was slightly injured, Tono visits the suspects, but they all seem to be acting strangely and are hiding something. The hidden relationship between the suspects, who seemed unrelated, is then revealed.
The second TV series by Kiyoshi Kurosawa made just after the pop of the economic bubble in Japan. His comical (and melodic...) analysis of Japanese society corresponds to Godard's films about French society in the 60s.
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2004 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Koroshiya desu no yo (It's a Hitman, You Know) - starring Mizuki Alisa. 2. Jibun-counsellor (Self-counsellor) - starring Inohara Yoshihiko. 3. Be Silent - starring Watabe Atsuro. 4. Sasoimizu (Pump-priming) - starring Harada Taizo. 5. Saigo no Hitotoki (The Last Moment) - starring Nagasaku Hiromi.
A beginning editor, Odamachi, slips back in time to the year 1973 and meets Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka, then, is out of luck. He has failed in animation business. His company has gone bankrupt. He has declined in popularity. Tezuka in front of Odamachi is in the miserable situation. Still Tezuka never loses his energy for creation. He cuts out sleeping and continues drawing manga. Odamachi is gradually involved in such Tezuka’s energy and encounters various people who support Tezuka, including Kabemura, an editor who trusts and waits for Tezuka till he finally receives manuscripts. Fun and excitement of creation are surely in Tezuka’s atelier. Focusing on how “Black Jack”, the watershed work for Tezuka, is created, and how Tezuka challenges to make animations again. The drama depicts Tezuka’s way of life. ~~ Based on manga series "Black Jack Sousaku Hiwa - Tezuka Osamu no Shigotoba kara" by Yoshimoto Koji and Miyazaki Masaru.
Ayu is a high school student who wakes up one day and finds herself leading a life which feels familiar but somehow strange to her. After running into a series of bewildering incidents, she comes to the conclusion that just like ALICE IN WONDERLAND she lands in a fantasy world where only an old and lonely businessman would talk to her. The man takes Ayu home to keep her warm and looks after her with love and care. Yet Ayu begins to behave bizarrely –she can’t recall anything she has done and falsely accuses the maid of stealing. The old man tolerates all these erratic behaviors, but as he has no one to share his burden, he is getting ever more desperate. Ayu feels the distant memories are hidden in her and she tries hard to retrieve them. However, she doesn’t realize her search for the lost memories has inflicted pain on people close to her. As the old man’s care and company gradually bring Ayu to her past, she finally understands that it is she herself that she has lost…
Chang Mei-Lan is an elementary schoolgirl who doesn't like her parents and prefers to believe she is adopted. She makes a deal with her best friend, Ah-Jie, to find their real parents in the city across the river. Will they succeed?
A human drama that rethinks what it means to be a family through the images of a couple, parent and child whose paths have crossed.
a good partner of Interpol, was not only killed in an operation, but also charged with dereliction of duty. In order to return the innocence of his friend, Xu Le resolutely went from Singapore to Hong Kong alone and worked as an undercover agent in the counterfeit banknote group
The struggles and bravery of modern women balancing family, love, and self-worth, encouraging them to stop crying for others, embrace self-love, and celebrate every meaningful moment in life.