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Hanabishi, an extremely violent but chivalrous delinquent, gets into fights with yakuza, other punks and sometimes the police, gaining a feared reputation that attracts a couple of admirers and antagonizes his gang-infested school`s bosses. Based on a manga by Konari Takaki, serialised in Young Jump.
"Ryoko!!" is a four-episode competitive series created by Toshihide, a leading director in the modern Japanese film industry, starring actress Shigeru Muroi. Ryoko, who has absolute values within herself and is always nihilistic, yet compassionate and tearful, is played by Shigeru Muroi, who can now be said to be a charismatic actress of today. Tsuyoshi Toshige is the original story and director of the first episode, and Junji Sakamoto is the director of the second episode. The first unique film produced by the most unique individuals in the Japanese film industry
Momoe lives a life of luxury until one day, she loses everything... her money, her father and her lover. She must now find a way to support herself. With no experience whatsoever, she nonchalently applies for a position at at French restaurant where she once enjoyed a consomme soup many years earlier. Momoe was attracted to the French restaurant, La Petit Lapin, because of the wonderful owner, Kansuke and the delicious soup that was invented by the chef, Orita Keiji. Keiji, a first-rate chef, was trained in Paris at the two-star restaurant, Grand Bleu, and is as a result, a little spoiled and snobby. Find out what happens next when Momoe is taken on as an apprentice and must prove herself to Keiji.
The protagonist, Ryuhei Oyamada, is a successful manager at a housing company. After a major project, he is unexpectedly transferred to lead the "Ceremonial Services Department," a role he initially sees as a demotion. He struggles to adapt to his new duties, which involve organizing weddings and funerals for company employees. Through various conflicts and challenges, he gradually begins to appreciate the profound human connections and emotional depth of his work. The drama follows his journey as he learns to accept his unconventional job and recognizes its true value.
What happens after five or six years of marriage, when the fires of passion die down? Yoshihiko, a veterinarian, makes love to his wife out of a sense of duty, while his wife Shoko, a promising lighting designer, pretends to take pleasure in his advances. Meanwhile, Kenji puts on that he's just too busy with work to respond to his wife's need for physical affection, eventually causing trouble for his wife and daughter when he has an affair with Shoko. Through these two contrasting couples, this drama portrays an unsettling challenge to modern marriages.
Motoko (Yuko Asano) handed in her resignation from the bank where she had worked for many years. Whilst her male colleagues from the same intake were being promoted, her boss, Murai (Kenjiro Ishimaru), and the branch manager—who had long regarded the veteran Motoko as a hindrance—were delighted to be rid of her. Two months later, it emerged that Motoko had embezzled 170 million yen from the bank’s accounts. When Murai pressed her to repay the money, Motoko showed him a notebook listing the bank’s fictitious accounts and the real names of their clients, and threatened to make the information public.
Kohei (Nakamura Masatoshi), a trading company employee, receives an order from the company president to be seconded to Sakurai, an inn in Izu, to turn the business around. Accompanying him are two other employees: Kirino (Tanabe Seiichi), a young and cocky employee, and Yoshida (Kobayashi Katsuya), a veteran who is nearing retirement age. The three arrive at Sakurai with mixed feelings, but are met with resistance from the head waitress (Sugai Kin) and other waitresses. Despite the landlady's (Shino Hiroko) attempts to mediate, the rift only deepens... This comedic story depicts the struggles of these three unattractive men.
The drama depicts the love-hate and conflict between two men and a woman who meet after a fall at a train station.
A variety show that covers movies, TV, travel, books, food, shopping and celebrity news.
In 1999, a detective named Kisaku Hakko and his daughter Chihiro fight against a mysterious organization called the "Moon Spiral", which is secretly working to bring about the end of the world prophesized in Nostradamus' poetry collection "Les Prophéties".
‘Detective Catherine’ (Meitantei Catherine) is a television drama series based on Misa Yamamura’s ‘Catherine Series’ of detective novels. TBS Rino Katase version: A series broadcast on the TBS network from 1996 to 2006. It ran for a total of 15 episodes. The lead role was played by Rino Katase. The series was broadcast in the following time slots: ‘Monday Drama Special’ (Episodes 1–9), ‘Monday Mystery Theatre’ (Episodes 10–14), and ‘Monday Golden’ (Episode 15). TV Asahi Charlotte Kate Fox version: A special drama broadcast on the TV Asahi network on Saturday 5 September 2015 from 21:00 to 23:06. Starring Charlotte Kate Fox. On Sunday 20 March 2016, from 21:00 to 23:10 (in the ‘Sunday Entertainment’ slot), the second installment of the series, ‘Detective Catherine: The Missing Heir’, was broadcast.
Detective Muneta (Koichi Sato) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division is deeply scarred after his wife and child are murdered. Burning with a desire for revenge and a fierce obsession with the case, he approaches the mystery of the murder.
Fujimaki Shun, a high school boy, dreams to win the Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. In hopes to make his dream come true, he trains hard in his high school's men's gymnastics club.
In a foiled attempt to kidnap an infant princess, the princess is rescued by a loyal ninja and is hidden in a village where she is raised as a common female ninja. Many years later, some promising young ninja students are about to be put through one final test, to see if they possess the skills required to be accepted as full ninja. They are known as Sakura, Matsuri, Yume, Pochi, and Hayashi, and their mission is to sneak inside the Byakuro Castle and steal a secret scroll. Little do they know that one of them is the surviving princess, nor are they aware that they are being following. We're sure our young ninja cadets can prove they have what it takes to be full ninja, the only question is whether they can do it before they kill each other!
P-Man is an original tokusatsu hero series with a basic format of 5 minutes per episode, co-produced by the independent film production group Eisokai and Genshijin.
Die Bambus-Bären-Bande is a German 52 part animated television series, broadcast from 25 March 1996 to 30 November 1996.
A succession of tales taken from the 1.3-million-selling children's books by Akiko Sueyoshi and Mako Taruishi, including Ram the Mummy, Obatan the Witch, The Childish Goblin, and Kitten Ghosts Goo, Soo and Pea.
The ‘Wide! Scramble’ series is a series of weekday information and current affairs programmes that is broadcast live on the TV Asahi network.