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*The Case Files of the Hot Spring Waitress Detective* is a television drama series that aired on TV Tokyo’s *Women, Love and Mystery* from 2002 to 2003. It consisted of two episodes. The lead role was played by Shigeru Muroi.

*The Adventures of Prosecutor Akakabu* is a television drama series that aired on the TBS network from 2009 to 2017. It starred Umejaku Nakamura.

Hanaori Amemiya works as a corporate employee and is a popular influencer. She knows everything about the confectionery stores in the city. By chance, Amemiya happens to be in charge of a chocolate boutique. The story begins to unravel the history and culture of chocolate in Kanazawa. A special project for the 70th anniversary of MRO.

Ganbare!! Robocon was a Japanese television program created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It ran for 118 episodes from October 4, 1974 to March 25, 1977 on NET TV. The series is rebooted in the 1999 series Moero!! Robocon till it was replaced by Kamen Rider Kuuga. The story followed Robocon, a student of Gantz' Robot Academy who lives amongst humans and aids them as part of his studies. Though Robocon is a screw up, he make efforts to establish a good image for robots in the eyes of humans they cross paths with.

A luxury tour is organised with the selling point that popular travel journalist Nagiko Eki (Yoko Shimada) will be accompanying the group as a guide, but Eki herself cancels at the last minute. On the condition that Eki herself joins the group on the final day of the tour, her assistant, Etsuko Hijikata (Chikako Kaku), steps in to act as the tour guide. However, Etsuko and the tour escort, Ryohei Kadota (Eiichiro Funakoshi), find themselves at their wits’ end dealing with the endless whims of the seven celebrity middle-aged women on the tour. Amidst this constant turmoil, a series of deaths among the tour participants occurs, first in the South of France and then in Granada, Spain.

A television drama adaptation, starring Miyazaki Yoshiko, of the tumultuous autobiographical novel by Chiyo Uno, a female writer who lived through the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras. Having turned 18 that spring, Chiyo took up a post as a supply teacher in her hometown of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Her wayward father had died a year earlier, and the family’s livelihood now depended on Chiyo’s income. Once a plain-looking girl, Chiyo began wearing make-up and started to attract the attention of men. She grows in confidence and matures into a woman who lives freely.

Taiga drama is the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music director, and actors for the series. The 45-minute show airs on the NHK General network every Sunday at 20:00, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 13:05. Satellite, HDTV digital satellite, and NHK World Premium broadcasts are also available.

A fake documentary in which Ayaka Umeda plays as herself and falls in love with a succession of men appearing before her. The interactions are completely scripted. However, the actors play as themselves.

Ōoka Echizen was a long-running prime-time television jidaigeki in Japan. From March 16, 1970 to March 15, 1999, 402 episodes were broadcast. Also, a two-hour special aired on March 20, 2006, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the National Gekijō, which occupies the Monday evening 8:00–8:54 time slot on the TBS network, sponsored by Matsushita. It alternated, seasonally, with Mito Kōmon and Edo o Kiru. The title character is Ōoka Tadasuke, a historical person who was a magistrate in the city of Edo during the time of Tokugawa Yoshimune in the eighteenth century. The magistrate acted as chief of police, judge and jury. The show was a detective-courtroom program. Actor Gō Katō created the title character and played him throughout the life of the series. Among the characters were many who appeared in several years. For two decades, Muga Takewaki played Sakakibara Iori, a doctor at the Koishikawa Yōjōsho. Chiezō Kataoka acted as Tadasuke's father until his death in 1983. Tadasuke's wife was initially portrayed by Masayo Utsunomiya; after the 1983 season Wakako Sakai replaced her and continued until 1985. Later that year, Yoshie Taira took on the role, and continued for the remainder of the series. Shiho, the apprentice doctor, appeared from 1983 to 1996. Actress Ritsuko Nemoto portrayed her, and returned for the 2006 special, as did Takewaki and Taira. Takashi Yamaguchi appeared occasionally as Yoshimune. He, Gentarō Takahashi as the beat cop Tatsuzō, and Katō in the title role were the only three who appeared in series from beginning to end, as well as in the 2006 special. Sanae Tsuchida was in the cast from 1970 to 1975.

Three-part romance drama visual novel focusing on a,,,,. In the "Introductory Chapter," third-year student Haruki Kitahara recruits school idol Setsuna Ogiso and pianist Kazusa Touma for a festival band, forming a deep bond that collapses into a intense, messy love triangle after a shared, traumatic confession. The story spans years, following the fallout in the "Closing Chapter" and "Coda" as they navigate lingering love, adult responsibilities, and emotional devastation.

Mito Kōmon is a Japanese jidaigeki or period drama that has been on prime-time television since 1969. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-shogun and retired second daimyo of the Mito Domain. In the guise of Mitsuemon, a retired crêpe merchant from Echigo, he roams the realm with two samurai retainers, fun-loving Sasaki Sukesaburō and studious Atsumi Kakunoshin. Episodes typically conclude with a brawl in which the unarmed, disguised protagonists better a crowd of samurai and gangsters, culminating with the presentation of the inrō that reveals the hero's identity.

Risako Yamazaki lives with her 3-year-old daughter and husband. She is informed that is selected as an alternate lay judge in a criminal case. The defendant in the case is Mizuho Ando, who is also a housewife and about the same age as Risako. She is on trial for drowning her 8-month-old daughter in a bathtub. Risako feels hatred to Mizuho, but after the trial begins, Mizuho's situation reminds Risako of her own past memories. Watch it on Montageplay.com streaming platform

Shirakawa Keita works as a building inspector. He is a single father, who has raised his 14 year-old-daughter Hitomi alone since his divorce with ex-wife Sendai Yukiko. Yukiko works as a corporate lawyer for a large construction company. After his ex-wife left, Keita placed his daughter as a priority, making him the ideal father. One day, Keita receives a phone call. The caller informs him that "I have your daughter. If you want to save her life, go to your ex-wife." While looking for his daughter, Keita uncovers secrets about his daughter and ex-wife.

One day, on their way home from school, the topic of cooking onigiri comes up. Anne comes up with an idea to make the ideal onigiri with a lot of okoge (scorched rice).

Izu no odoriko is a drama that first aired on TV Tokyo in two parts on June 14, 1993 and June 21, 1993.

Jiro Ota (played by Kazuyuki Furuya), a teacher who had undergone stomach surgery and was convalescing at a hot-spring inn along the Hida River, found himself caught up in a strange incident.

Kadota, a veteran tour escort working for the travel agency that organised a ‘25-day all-female tour of Europe’, sets off from Japan alongside Hijikata, who has been handpicked as the tour guide following a forceful recommendation from Egi, a travel journalist popular with wealthy ladies. Amidst a tangled web of rivalry and jealousy amongst the participants, and with the future of the tour looking uncertain, the group encounters a series of strange incidents—including a theft—at their refuelling stop in Anchorage and their first sightseeing destination, Copenhagen.

This year's bruising serial drama depicts three sisters with different personalities, each struggling with their own form of love. Natsuki (played by Yuzuko Higuchi), the eldest of the three sisters, is 28 years old, single, and without a boyfriend. Through a certain experience, she has developed a habit of identifying bruises in women. Is it a subtlety aimed at attracting men, is it a subtlety that attracts women, is it naturalistic, or is it staged? I analyzed various types of mockery and had a negative impression of "mockery. The reason for this is... It had something to do with her boyfriend, with whom she had developed a relationship from friendship to love...

This series revolves around a salon called "Celebrity," whose mission is to grant women their once-in-a-lifetime wish of becoming super beautiful.

The hopes, frustrations and ambitions of young people in the campus student film club.

Cyanotype Daydream –The Girl Who Dreamed the World– is an emotional, sci-fi visual novel developed by Laplacian. It features three standalone romantic dramas that eventually converge into a single, cohesive narrative exploring themes of grief, memory, and star-crossed love.

Adventure Family: Here is Planet 0 is a 1977 family tokusatsu produced by Toei.

Truth or false accusation? A woman with four previous convictions stands accused of murder. Can the power of the pen uncover the truth? One rainy night, a car sped into the harbour and, without slowing down, vanished into the sea. A short while later, a woman surfaced. Her name was Kumako Shirakawa (Ayumi Ishida). Her maiden name was Onizuka. She was the second wife of Fukutaro Shirakawa (Jun’ichi Orimoto), a wealthy man from Toyama, and had only recently married him. Swimming desperately, Kumako managed to reach the quay. As if savouring the feeling of being alive, she let out a blood-curdling scream.

A man working for a publishing company becomes unable to force himself to go to work anymore. His wife is about to get fed up with him, when he happens to meet a black stray cat in a park. It's thanks to the cat that his life is slowly starting to change for the better.

‘The Case Files of Zako Prosecutor Tadashi Ushio’ (Zako Kenji: Tadashi Ushio no Jikenbo) is a television drama series that aired on TBS’s ‘Monday Mystery Theatre’ from 2002 to 2005. It consisted of three episodes. The series starred Kazushige Nagashima.

episode 1: The doll hairdresser, Kaori, is a demonic woman who has continued to live for 900 years. She has been waiting for her husband, who went missing shortly after their wedding, and has maintained her youth by sucking the blood of young men. However, her true identity is revealed to her husband and another person in the city of Kinosaki, and Kaori transforms into a terrifying figure. episode 2: In the northern part of Kyoto during midsummer, the frozen body of a young trainee monk was discovered. Detective Hayakawa questions the cause of death and consults his nephew Saburo, a researcher at the Low Temperature Science Institute, for insights. Shortly after, Saburo's father also dies under similar circumstances. Saburo suspects his father's lover, Saori, who is revealed to be an ice woman who has lived for 400 years.

Aikotoba wa Yūki is a Japanese television drama that ran on Fuji Television every Thursday at 10:00 to 10:54 PM from July 6 to September 14, 2000. Its opening theme is "Pomp and Circumstance Marches No. 1", performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The complete DVD boxset was released on April 20, 2010.

A popular series in which lawyer Ayuko Takabayashi (played by Azusa Mano), together with her legal assistant Shinpei Takemori (played by Isao Hashizume), unravels the intricate mysteries behind each case to uncover the truth.

A debt-themed comedy drama brought to you by the dynamic duo of Miyoko Asada and Masami Hisamoto. The protagonist, burdened by her husband’s debts, becomes a ‘female debt collector’ and ventures into the complex world of finance…

Otōto is a Japanese television drama that was shown on TBS. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 30, 1990.

It depicts a dropout flight attendant working for Japan Airlines, who makes mistakes but strives to become the best flight attendant she can be. The story revolves around the free-spirited youth of the stewardesses and the struggles of the protagonist (Yamada Kuniko), who is at their mercy, as well as the marriage competition between the protagonist and her younger sister (Imori Miyuki), who is anxious to get married after escaping from her role as heir to the family business (a ryokan inn in Dogo Onsen).

An unexpected connection between a consumer advice officer and a dodgy female business owner! Consumer advice officers lend their expertise to resolve problems faced by consumers who have fallen victim to unscrupulous traders… Haruna Hidaka (Keiko Takeshita), who has been in this role for seven years, received a consultation from Hiroe Saijo, a 32-year-old housewife (Azusa Watanabe). Hiroe lives with her husband, Osamu Saijo—a perfectly ordinary office worker—and their two children, making a family of four. Hiroe had paid over 1 million yen for a contract to distribute catalogues for a brand of luxury lingerie. As she had already worn the lingerie once, and there were no flaws in the agency contract, there was absolutely no chance of getting her money back.

The story follows Hisashi Kawamoto (Yugo Kochi), a young man working at a publishing company in Tokyo, who decides to take a solo trip to Kamakura. During his stay, he encounters various people, including individuals he meets at a guesthouse and along the seaside. Through these experiences, he gradually reflects on himself. The narrative depicts a one-night, two-day trip and explores themes of personal change and growth.

Romeo and Juliet is a Japanese television movie which was shown on NTV on 7 April 2007. It tells the story of a female college student and an injured young man she meets on the street. They fall in love, not knowing that the girl's police detective father is in the midst of a manhunt to find the young man's physician father, who is wanted for murder. this television drama special was part of the Shakespeare Drama Special.