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- CreatorKozueko MorimotoStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseKen UtsuiGokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.A must watch. Sometimes I laughed so hard, sometimes I cried without laughing. Sometimes it's extremely funny, sometimes it's deeply moving.
- DirectorTôya SatôStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseAya HirayamaA young teacher is given the toughest classroom in the school. Based on the TV series.TV Movie
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino Tsukushi is an ordinary student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged which is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families.Great plot, superb acting, catchy soundtrack
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriAfter a year of separation, Makino and Domyoji see whether their love can triumph over the many obstacles placed in their path. F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to their journey.Quite an amazing drama. What I found especially impressive was the clever way the director built up the tension leading up to the major scenes.
- DirectorYasuharu IshiiStarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino and Domyoji have decided to marry, but are they really ready to take that step? F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to helping them determine if they are ready to make a lifetime commitment to each other.TV Movie
- CreatorHisaya NakajôStarsMaki HorikitaShun OguriTôma IkutaMizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same all-boys high school her idol, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete that gave up on the sport, attends. In between the antics of their classmates, she'll try to get him to jump again.A crazy school that has a lot of crazy students, contests, and festivals. It's VERY absurd, unrealistic and at the same time funny.
- StarsTomoya NagaseYui AragakiYûya TegoshiThe series is mainly about a 27 year old man named Makio Sakaki. His purpose is to become a successor after his father. However, he must pass high school first in order to prove himself worthy in the family for if he fails, his younger brother will take over, instead of him. Through the school years, he faces many obstacles such as righteousness, friendship, and perhaps even love.Unbelievably well written drama. It has everything, comedy, action, emotion. The plot is extremely funny and silly that you can't help but laughing all the time!
- StarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaTwo musicians united in talent, divided by nature - the upper-class perfectionist Chiaki and the sloppy middle-classer Nodame - fall in love.THIS is a very close manga adaptation you will ever see among dramas. The story will not only entertain you but it will teach you about music, friendship and perseverance to fulfill your dreams.
- DirectorHideki TakeuchiStarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaThis 2 night special takes off during their graduation, where Chiaki-senpai & Nodame left for Europe. The first special centered on Chiaki's story, the story tells about Chiaki's dream to be a conductor. Nodame on the other hand attended the conservatory to attain her dream to one-day play the piano for Chiaki. After her hard work, Nodame was given a chance to have a mini recital. During the recital, Chiaki saw her worth and realized that he cannot go on with out herTV Movie
- DirectorHideki TakeuchiStarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaAspiring conductor Chiaki Shinichi and talented but undisciplined pianist Noda Megumi (nicknamed "Nodame") travel to Paris to pursue careers as classical musicians. Chiaki finds himself at the helm of an orchestra that has fallen on hard times while Nodame pursues her studies at a conservatory. The actors reprise their roles from the television series "Nodame Cantabile."TV Movie
- DirectorYasuhiro KawamuraHideki TakeuchiStarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaNodame (Juri Ueno) is still pining for the affections of Chiaki (Hiroshi Tamaki), but Chiaki wants them to concentrate on their musical careers and moves out. Chiaki then gets the opportunity to perform with Song Rui (Yu Yamada) and the Wiltord Orchestra of Vienna. Meanwhile, Nodame remains at the conservatory in Paris, but Professor AuClair refuses to let her compete in musical competitions that could kickstart her career. When Nodame goes to a concert with her friends, she hears Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major and decides that is the song that she will one day perform with Chiaki. Unknown to Nodame, Chiaki is about to perform the song in front of her with Rui ...TV Movie
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaMichiko KichiseTrusting, gullible Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game where the players are issued large sums of money which they then have to cheat each other out of. A few get rich, while the rest find themselves in debt for life. Nao's opponent is her former teacher. Relieved, she goes to him for advice, but is tricked into giving him all her money. With no idea of how to retrieve the money to avoid debt, Nao is desperate. When she gets a tip that a genius swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, is about to be released from prison, she turns to him for help. With some initial reluctance, Akiyama agrees to be her right-hand man in the game. As the two get pulled deeper into increasingly difficult levels of the game, it gradually becomes clear that their participation was far from coincidental.I enjoyed every second of it and after every episode I was surprised that I wanted to see another one. This is one of the great suspense dramas out there which teaches you a lesson and something to ponder about life, especially about TRUST.
- DirectorHiroaki MatsuyamaStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaKazuma SuzukiIt's time for the final challenge of the Liar Game. Only Akiyama and Fukunaga had earned tickets to participate, but when Yokoya decides to drop out, Nao gets invited to join. Unwilling at first, but when her worry over Akiyama soon overcomes her reluctance. In the final stage, nicknamed the Garden of Eden, a new voting game is set to take place. The game is set up so that all players can win money should they cooperate, but if they don't one player will win big while the others face bigger debts than ever before. It doesn't take long for the lies and backstabbing to begin, and the question remains whether Nao and Akiyama have any hope of winning and finally shut down the Liar Game for good.TV Movie
- DirectorHiroaki MatsuyamaStarsShôta MatsudaMikako TabeHirofumi AraiCollege graduate Yu Shinomiya is invited to the Liar Game, which has been restarted by funding from new investors. She turns to her psychology professor for help, who is none other than Shinichi Akiyama, former Liar Game champion. He advises her to ignore the invitation, but afraid of the penalty fee should she do so, she decides to participate. Soon, Akiyama is issued an invitation of his own by Fukunaga, who now works for the game. Playing on Akiyama's sympathy for the naive student, Fukunaga manages to get Akiyama to participate as well. The game this time is a diabolical version of Musical Chairs. Once again, Akiyama's cunning and ingenuity is put to the ultimate test.TV Movie
- StarsHiroshi AbeMasami NagasawaSaekoKenji Sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. He takes on the challenge of preparing a special class for a famous stupid school, Ryuuzan to enter the prestigious Toudai University.Heartwarming, funny, and educational. You will be laughing hard, boiling mad, weep like there's no tomorrow. It's incredibly motivating drama. They give various techniques to learn things the fun and interesting way that can be really useful in everyday life.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaA popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.This story was very heartwarming and I'm glad I've watched it.
- StarsTakashi SorimachiNanako MatsushimaYôsuke KubozukaOnizuka, a former delinquent finds himself in the role of a high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to. Using unusual methods, he manages to reach through to his students and help them with their problems.Fun, dramatic and inspiring. Overall, it was a funny and at the same time a serious drama to watch.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsTakashi SorimachiNorika FujiwaraRena TanakaA live action film version of the hit Japanese TV series staring Takashi Sorimachi as Eikichi Onizuka.TV Movie
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakashi UkajiShingo IppongiKohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor who possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.Very funny, quirky, enjoyable and wonderful drama. I've enjoyed every episodes of this drama. It kept me watching from the start to the end. Loved the way the director shot the scenes from random angles.
- DirectorKensaku SawadaStarsTakuya KimuraHiroshi AbeHaruka AyaseTV SP
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsTakuya KimuraTakako MatsuHiroshi AbeKohei Kuryu returns to Tokyo and reunites with his former colleagues. He will be up against one of the famous lawyers in Tokyo to solve a new case and team up with his best partner, Maiko Amemiya.TV Movie
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsTakuya KimuraKeiko KitagawaTakako MatsuKohei Kuryu is given the file of a murdered woman whose body is discovered next to a consular building. With a lack of cooperation and diplomatic immunity of the embassy staff, the team can't do the investigation in a conventional manner.TV Movie
- StarsSanma AkashiyaTakuya KimuraKô ShibasakiA cat and mouse game begins between a chef and a detective investigating a presumed suicide that turns out to be a murder.It’s dark, it’s thrilling, it’s keeping my eyes on the screen (I don't know how to describe my feelings!). Even the music was added at just the right times, it was enough to get into the mood. Never in a million years would I have imagined such an ending. It was all done very well.
- StarsTakuya KimuraShin'ichi TsutsumiKô ShibasakiHajime is a pilot on an international jetliner. He can't seem to please Captain Koda since an incident years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with a mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash.This drama is awesome. It is something that you may not get disappointed in watching it. The plot is not too heavy but each of the characters and episodes were interesting to watch.
- CreatorYayoi OgawaStarsKoyukiJun MatsumotoSatomi IshiharaSmart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dub shim Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?
- StarsTakuya KimuraKôichi SatôYûko TakeuchiHalu (Kimura Takuya) is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game. Aki (Takeuchi Yuko) is a typical OL (office lady), and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Aki's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Halu for the first time. After the game, Aki and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Aki, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Halu, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part. The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Aki and Halu, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party. Hyodo (Sato Koichi) has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Halu has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately, he can't stand Hyodo's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Hyodo criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Halu and Hyodo see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Halu's behavior during games. Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Aki visits Halu to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him. Aki is hurt, Halu is irritated, and his teammate Hotta (Sakaguchi Kenji) can't stand seeing Halu like this
- CreatorSatoru HiuraStarsHaruka AyaseNaohito FujikiYuka ItayaWhen she's not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wants to relax at home - until her landlord's son shows up, and it's none other than her fastidious boss.
- DirectorHiroshi YoshinoStarsHaruka AyaseNaohito FujikiYûya TegoshiHotaru Amemiya learns that her boss and now husband Seichi Takano has dreamed of vacationing in Rome like in the movie "Roman Holiday". Hotaru makes plans to go to Rome for their honeymoon.TV Movie
- StarsMaki HorikitaJun KanameYoshinori OkadaChisato is homeless and on the run from debt collectors, when a wealthy man offers to pay off her debt if she marries him for one month. However, Chisato discovers that there are clauses to the contract after he dies, which includes being the mother of his six sons.
- StarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiA never-lose lawyer, Kensuke Komikado, uses his way and understanding of the spirit of the law to win every case on the court of law.
- DirectorJun'ichi IshikawaStarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKin'ya KitaôjiA middle school student falls off from the school's rooftop. The school insists it was students playing around and did not involve bullying. The student's mother doesn't believe it and goes to see attorney Kensuke to take her case out.TV Movie
- DirectorJun'ichi IshikawaHidenori JôhôStarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiAttorneys Kensuke and Machiko receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kuzyo who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit.TV Movie
- CreatorKaoru TadaStarsHonoka MikiYûki FurukawaTomomi NishimuraKotoko Aihara, a high school girl who isn't that smart has to follow her father's decision after her father decides to live temporarily with his friend. She is surprised to learn that the boy who she falls in love with lives there as well.12.05.2021 - 29.08.2023
- StarsMasataka KubotaKento YamazakiMio YûkiLight Yagami, an ordinary university student, receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius.
- StarsYûki FurukawaTomoka KurotaniReo UchikawaAfter finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
- StarsTakako MatsuHikari MitsushimaIssei TakahashiMaki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu accidentally met in a karaoke one day while bringing instruments. They then decided to form a musical quartet and live together in Karuizawa during the winter.
- StarsKento YamazakiMackenyuMasaki SudaA man's past has made him detest love and human relationships. He has become single-mindedly materialistic and greedy for power. This jerk is faced with a woman who literally possesses a kiss of death that yanks him back to the past again and again. What will he do now?
- StarsKatsuhisa NamaseKei TanakaNanase NishinoNana and Shota who a newlywed couples with 15 years of age difference are both enjoy mystery. They then move to an apartment and become involved in murder cases that take place at the apartment. Now they are drawn to solve the mysteries.
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.