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"Makura Kotoba" is a Japanese short drama series produced by CBC Television. Airing over eight consecutive nights from March 20 to March 27, 2023, each 15-minute episode explores intimate "pillow talk" scenarios between two characters in various relational contexts. The series delves into the nuances of human relationships through conversations and internal monologues, offering a mix of comedic, suspenseful, and heartfelt narratives.
we follow forensic scientist Higa Mika as she struggles to step out of Professor Asakawa Toru's shadow and become an independent scientist. For some reason, it seems that she's stuck being his assistant and can't progress any further, when a female junior high school student gets strangled in the jurisdiction of the Nishihara Police Station.
K-POP boy groups compete in this reality survival program to debut in Japan.
Long-form adaptation of previous year's movie; due to a sudden tectonic shift, the country of Japan starts sinking.
From 1974's Akai Meiro (『赤い迷路』) to 1980's Akai Shisen (『赤い死線』), the Akai ("Red") series had 10 parts. Shown as the Akai Series 2005 last year, the remakes Akai Giwaku in June starring Ishihara Satomi and Akai Unmei in the fall season starring Ayase Haruka have received much acclaim. Hence this spring, Akai Kiseki will be broadcast as the 11th part in the series. Akai Kiseki revolves around the basic plot of a star in the female figure-skating world who falls in love with a youth who had killed someone in the past and portrays various trials and tribulations these star-crossed lovers have to go through to pursue their forbidden love. With the theme that "it is possible to illuminate one's life based on one's efforts," we launch this fresh modern installment of the Akai series. Fukada Kyoko is trying out figure-skating for the first time in this show, and be sure not to miss scenes where she appears in the skating costumes and gorgeous clothes.
Based on a hit manga, this adaptation depicts the life of a married man Nanase Kohei after he returned to his former job as a male host. He woos the clients with his gentle and caring nature, and soon retrieves his former credit as the ace of the club. However, the transition back for this middle-aged man is not without its challenges. Afraid that his wife will find out about this job, Nanase is also garnering jealousy and displeasure from the younger hosts. Throughout the course of his employment, he demonstrates to others that hosting should not be the vulgar occupation it has become where the entire goal is to make the women frivolously spend money, rather, it is about a human connection that is so often overlooked.
Tells the story of the prince of the land of monsters. As part of his training to succeed the throne, he visits the human world, where he has various adventures with other monsters.
Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills. Watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on workers from abroad in various parts of Japan.
Full-time homemaker, Serina, is madly in love with her elite securities manager husband, Takefumi. But ever since they got married two years ago as two incurably infatuated lovers, her husband has changed. He has begun to find her unmitigated affection towards him to be “over the top” and “irksome.” As a result, he has begun to avoid her. Then one evening returning from a dinner party, Serina finds herself caught up in a little incident where she encounters a private detective named Haruki. She ends up taking a job working at his office. Though somewhat clumsy and wielding no particular talent to speak of, Serina gradually realizes that she was made for detective work. And in the process of striving for the affection of the husband she loves, she too finds herself changing and growing into a beautifully strong and independent woman.
The story takes place in a department store, where Shizu-chan plays an elevator girl and Komoto plays the manager of a cake shop. The screenplay will be handled by Osamu Suzuki, who has previously written for the variety show "SMAP x SMAP. Tokyograph Source: Wiki
Ryuu, also known as Crying Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays mahjong with gang members. He only wins by "ron" - a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent's tile to complete the win.
After four years in the countryside, his company transfers Kagetora and his family back to Tokyo. In their seven years they have gotten used to the peaceful atmosphere and amiable nature of those in the country. However, they soon discover that the hustle and bustle of Tokyo will take some readjustment. With a militaristic landlady, a middle-aged manager with a wife half his age, a charming foot masseuse, and a younger brother enjoying the youth culture of Tokyo, there are plenty of interesting characters to keep them on their toes. --TBS
Fubuki is a young female teacher in a girl's college. Being quite new, she's inexperienced in many ways, eg. advising students on love problems. However, she gets to know three male teachers from a nearby boy's college one day, and these three people are playing as crazily as their students. They go after girls, ... and behave very differently from what a teacher should behave. Though as such, they're in fact good teachers, who always stand by their students, and help them out in every way they can. This gradually changes Fubuki's poor impression of them and touches her heart.
Three friends time-travel back seven years to the height of a serial murder spree to uncover the truth behind a "guilty" woman's execution.
Ayumu Ichinose (Yuto Nakajima) began to play Go from an early age. He focused only on Go and dreamed of becoming a professional Go player, but he repeatedly failed tests to turn pro. He is now 22-years-old. This is now his last chance to turn pro, because of the age limit of under 23-years-old. The day before his test, his mother collapses from overwork and is hospitalized. Ayumu fails again.
Joe Yabukihara starts working as a masseur with the encouragement of Madam Eco, the owner of a massage shop whom he happened to become acquainted with about a year ago. Recognising that he is gifted in massage, Eco makes Joe go to the homes of all kinds of customers, although it agonizes him because he dislikes people and has anxiety around strangers. One day, the wealthy husband of Joe's customer is murdered and Joe finds himself suspected by police detectives. At the suggestion of fellow masseur Aguri, Joe uses his massage techniques and powers of observation to solve the mystery and clear his name. This becomes the turning point in his life. After that, he keeps getting involved in strange murder cases at customers' homes and demonstrates his unexpected talent each time.
Interior designer Mako is unable to forget her first love from childhood, who helped her when she was bullied back in elementary school days. One day, a letter arrives from someone named Kosuke—the same name as the boy Mako can't forget. It says, "Do you remember me? Please contact me, because I want to see you after all this time." It's been 22 years since she last saw her friend, but Mako is excited to see him again. But the "Kosuke" who shows up to meet her is far from the man she imagined.
Based on the popular Japanese collectable Pinky:st figure toys.
As emcees of a fictitious variety programme, Matsuoka Mayu and Ito Sairi interview people with fixations in everyday life to find out what is difficult for others to understand, but makes the person happy.
A "movie" that is a mirror of the times. At the forefront of the movie, there are "important things" to know now ... Kento Nakajima learns about such "movie now" through interviews and on-site interviews.
A heartwarming romantic drama set in Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture. The story revolves around Yukari, a city hall employee who hosts a matchmaking-party held on a train running along the beautiful Sanriku Coastal Area. One day, she happens to live with her brother-in-law who resolves to cook an original ramen noodle.
This drama is based on a story that ran for 14 years in the Kodansha published weekly manga Morning. Yoshinori Yanagisawa is an economics professor at International Cultural University. He keeps to the right of the sidewalk when he walks, and doesn't cross the street any place other than a crosswalk. He loves low-cost, great tasting dried fish, and will walk to the end of the earth to get one. No matter what has happened to him during his day, he always goes to bed at 9 p.m. Today, Yoshinori's day began with an argument with his daughter Setsuko about whether to cross the street at a crosswalk or not.
Mizuki Arisa and Gori star as husband and wife in this TV adaptation of a popular Internet blog. Oniyome Nikki is a true account of the life of a husband who is abused daily by his wife. The drama will depict the exchanges between the couple - the misery and the (unintentionally) comic moments.
A female student at a prestigious high school goes missing. She had everything including looks, smarts and boyfriend. Her disappearance affects 4 other female students that knew her.
Five Female high school friends reunite as the secret crime-fighting organization known as Sailor Victory. Commanding 3 giant Ninja Robots, Gion, Momoyama and Sagano, they fight evil in the virtual-future city of Mikado. When a disgraced and disgruntled city official turns to the dark side, he joins forces with the evil and sinister Margarita. While he merely wants to humiliate the Sailor Victory crew, Margarita’s objective is the complete and total annihilation of Mikado City. Only the sweet and innocent Sailor Victory can protect the city from this wicked power.
Kubota Nagisa, a spoiled brash executive, is the chief of Food Import Section in a first-rate trading company. Nagisa is transferred to an affiliate company in the countryside until the mishap she created in her company blows over.
Sada Seiya, works as as the ace of the second sales division known informally as the “Ikemen Department” in the Intermedia Communications Department at a general trading company. Due to Sada’s natural tendency to always try and look cool, he stuck to the facade of having “a long-term girlfriend” and ended up in a situation where he was “0.5D,” or half a virgin. However, after ten years, Sada falls in love again. He decides to seek love advice from Uno Daiki, a junior both from his university and his company, who has had eight girlfriends in the past…
Kasumi Aiko is a high school girl who is the star player in the basketball club. Aiko has a short, blonde hair and looks masculine. One day, she works part time at her brother's maid cafe and wears a long-hair wig. She then caught the eyes of Amano Reo, who is the handsome ace of the basketball club and Aiko's rival. Aiko was flustered and called herself "Mai". Reo on the other hand, fell in love with "Mai" and confessed.
The results of a survey on the recognition of various people and things in the world for each generation are presented in this quiz program.
A diligent college student struggling with job hunting is tasked with reviving a struggling snack bar in Susukino, where she uses her marketing skills to overcome challenges, help the community, and find new purpose.
Hinata is an introverted high school girl and Mikage is the "gal" who sits next to her in class. Hinata realizes Mikage is her friend from elementary school, and she wants to strike up the friendship again.
Yuka Minami is a university student who 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 and Detective Takeshi Wakamoto chase the mysterious deaths together.
Kurumi Nanba is a student majoring in math at prestigious university. She's viewed as a weirdo due to her poor communication skills, but having a genius level intellect. Meanwhile, Tatsuhiko Handa is a young detective. Kurumi Nanba and Tatsuhiko Handa work together to solve difficult cases including a series of bomb explosions, a locked-room murder and corporate blackmail.
Yuriko Busujima (Atsuko Maeda) does not trust men due to her father's betrayal when she was a child. She has a dating rule, which she has two boyfriends at the same time. This is in case one of her boyfriends betrays her, she will still have the other boyfriend who still love her. She works as a reporter.
A historical drama about the days of youth of the famous yakuza boss, the protector of ordinary people Chuji Kunisada. The film was made to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Kinya Kitaoji's acting career.
Follow the popular J-Pop group Snow Man as they journey north from Okinawa to Hokkaido, showcasing the members’ adventures as they meet locals, savor regional cuisine, and explore the sights together. Joining them on this adventure is Tabi, an AI-style robot who acts as the group's 10th member – capturing their candid moments throughout the show.
Generally, it is believed that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) wrote two books about Alice. However there is another Alice book, Endless Alice. Somehow, the pages of the books were taken apart and they are lying in girls' minds.Kirihara Aruto likes Alice books very much, and he likes to imagine his own Alice. One day, he happens to meet a girl flying in the air, and she looks exactly like his Alice. Her name is Arisugawa Arisu. She is one of Alice. The Alice have fragments of the Alice book in their minds, and they fights against each other to collect these fragments. If one can collect the whole fragments to complete the book, it will grant any wish.
"I want everyone else but you to forget about me" is the main topic of the series. Set within a high school known for its liberal policies. 10 love stories are told with each story revolving around love letters.
Haunted by guilt over a woman’s accidental death, Yume Nakata forms an unexpected and fragile bond with Mio Osako, the woman’s grieving daughter, as they navigate loss, remorse, and the beginnings of an unusual friendship.
Hayako Tatsuki is a single 34-years-old woman. She works as an elementary school teacher and she is generous to kids. Hayako likes to eat and drink. Her hobby is working out. She thinks she wants to marry someday, but she doesn't do anything to meet a man for marriage. Hayako is happy because she has a good relationship with her parents and she is surrounded by cute children at her school. Nevertheless, Hayako feels lonely at times.
Three teens navigate hidden feelings and quiet tension—until an old film reel reveals a mysterious girl who stirs obsession, concern, and curiosity.