Japanese Drama
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2005
Japanese Drama Casts:
Asami Reina , Brother Tom , Hayami Mokomichi, Kimura Tae, Kyoko, Miho Jun
Description
Based on a novel by Akutagawa Prize-winning author, Yu Miri, 'Ame to Yume no Ato ni' is a story about the supernatural and the bonds between a father and daughter.
Sakurai Tomoharu is a single parent who has an extremely close relationship to his da...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2008
Japanese Drama Casts:
Fubuki Jun, Hosoda Yoshihiko, Kanjiya Shihori , Kunimura Jun, Omi Toshinori, Shirakawa Yumi, Yamada Meikyou
Description
Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a patissiere, finds herself jobless after the shop owner’s sudden death. She goes to Tokyo in search of another job at a confectionery but the recruiting period has just ended and there are no available position...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2005
Japanese Drama Casts:
Akanishi Jin, Shinohara Ryoko, Toda Naho, Tomosaka Rie
Description
Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called “anego” by her younger co-workers. What is “anego”? It means “older sister,” but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who ...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
Japanese Drama Casts:
Imai Yuki, Inoue Mao, Izumiya Shigeru, Koide Keisuke, Morisako Ei, Natsuki Mari, Shirakawa Yumi
Description
At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2006
Japanese Drama Casts:
Anzu Sayuri, Becky, Kashiwabara Shuji, Takizawa Saori
Description
Anna is everyone’s dream; beautiful, intelligent, kind and elegant. But in this drama, she is not the heroine... it is her best friend Lily. Lily is a girl who is overly confident of her own beauty and fantasizes that the whole world is in love wit...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2009
Japanese Drama Casts:
Jinnai Takanori, Kase Ryo, Nakama Yukie
Description
"Arifureta Kiseki" focuses on a woman (Nakama) living with her parents and grandmother, and a man (Kase) living with his father and grandfather. The story follows the ways that their ordinary lives and family ties begin to change after their encounte...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2008
Japanese Drama Casts:
Amami Yuki, Naohito Fujiki, Otsuka Nene
Description
39-year-old Ogata Satoko is a highly capable psychiatrist who is single. She's forthright, a caring older sister and reliable in her job and in private. Her interests are staying in luxurious Japanese inns and watching stand-up comedy videos.
Satoko...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2007
Japanese Drama Casts:
Kurokawa Tomoka, Nishida Toshiyuki
Description
National Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. In January 2007, the theatre begins its 51st year with “Asakusa Fukumaru Inn,” a new drama where every episode is self-inclusive, set in an old-line inn in Asakusa. Fukumaru Daikichi, the ...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2008
Japanese Drama Casts:
Kohinata Fumiyo, Matsuda Ryuhei
Description
Can a coward commit suicide?
Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend’s death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
1993
Japanese Drama Casts:
Ishida Hikari, Kaga Mariko, Kimura Takuya, Kurosawa Asuka, Nishijima Hidetoshi , Nishioka Tokuma , Sugiyama Ayako, Suzuki Anju, Tsutsui Michitaka
Description
Five youngsters enter the same university and become very good friends. As they're very close, they're afraid of 'hurting' one another, and this results in even more tragedies. Both Tamotsu and Osamu, who fall for Narumi, keep holding back their feel...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2004
Japanese Drama Casts:
Abe Hiroshi, Miyasako Hiroyuki, Nagai Masaru, Nakajima Tomoko, Shinohara Ryoko
Description
Kazuyuki Yamamura works at a major advertising agency, and is the breadwinner of his family, which consists of himself, wife Miki, and daughter Rie. He purchases a house, and is proud of being at the pinnacle of his career.
Kazuyuki's neighbor, Yusu...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2009
Japanese Drama Casts:
Horikita Maki, Kaname Jun, Mukai Osamu, Okada Yoshinori
Description
These days, the term "homeless" has taken on new meaning. There are youths referred to as "net cafe refugees," who have neither a job nor a place to live, but who find themselves hopping around internet cafes. One such refugee is a 20-year-old girl n...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2008
Japanese Drama Casts:
Higuchi Kanako , Miyazaki Aoi , Nagatsuka Kyozo, Okada Yoshinori
Description
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner pala...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2005
Japanese Drama Casts:
Kubota Maki, Ootomo Minami, Sakai Ayana, Takahashi Arisa As, Ueto Aya
Description
What does it take to become the ultimate volleyball player? The smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time!
A smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time! Kozue, a positive and cheerful high school ...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2006
Japanese Drama Casts:
Aibu Saki, Koizumi Koutaro , Maya Miki, Nishikido Ryo, Uehara Misa, Ueto Aya
Description
Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko (Ueto Aya) was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty. Ever since she was young, she enjoyed the company of boys over girls. She starts a band...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2007
Japanese Drama Casts:
Karina, Matsumoto Jun, Sato Ryuta, Uchida Yuki
Description
A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. After a year of working at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo (Matsumoto Jun), an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2008
Japanese Drama Casts:
Katori Shingo, Miura Tomokazu, Shaku Yumiko, Takeuchi Yuko
Description
Shiomi Eiji is forced to become a single father when his girlfriend passes away while giving birth to their daughter, Shizuku. Desolate after the loss of the woman he loved, Eiji has little time or desire to even consider remarrying, working part-tim...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2008
Japanese Drama Casts:
Matsukawa Naruki, Morimoto Shintaro
Description
A story about a teenage pitcher and catcher who develop a firm friendship through their battery. Harada Takumi, an aloof junior high school boy who has a great arm, meets Nagakura Go, who can catch Takumi's fastball. Together, they build up a trustin...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2000
Japanese Drama Casts:
Moro Morooka
Japan Casts:
Kimura Takuya, Tokiwa Takako
Description
Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontati...
Film Type:
Japanese Drama
Release Date:
2003
Japanese Drama Casts:
Fukuyama Masaharu, Matsushima Nanako, Watanabe Ikkei, Yashima Norito
Description
After graduating from the Tokyo University School of Law, Tamiya Makoto (Matsushima Nanako) goes on to Harvard University where she earns an MBA. She later works at one of the "big three" networks in the United States as a news reporter. While coveri...