Japanese Dramas
A list of good Japanese dramas for people interested in learning Japanese.
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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.
- StarsCarrie KeranenJon AvnerSeizô KatôThe story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private school.
- StarsTsubasa HondaMasataka KubotaKen'ichi EndôThe serial follows the work of the specialists in the radiology department of a general hospital. Many patients are referred to them for diagnosis and begin by undergoing either X-Ray or CT/MRI scans before diagnoses including treatment options. One expert is not good at communication while another has to live up to the family's expectations and achievements.
- StarsIkusaburô YamazakiRin TakanashiMasaki NakaoAi No Kekkon agency caters to single men and women who are seeking a husband or wife. Their service, however, comes with one major difference. There is a 100% history of success backing the high fee paid. Then there is the eccentric dancing manager and the nun.
- StarsKyôko FukadaHiroshi FujiokaAkaji MaroDespite coming from a long line of career criminals, Hana pursues a quiet life as a librarian. Until she falls in love with a cop on a mission to bring the family down.
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaMichiko KichiseThe trusting and naive Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game in which players receive large sums of money and then have to deceive each other.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsAnne NakamuraYûki FurukawaRyôhei OhtaniSayaka Minami works as a designer for a company. She is 30 years old, single and has not had any love experience due to her 15-year unrequited love for Ryosuke Sagisawa. They have been friends since they were kids. One day, Sayaka wakes up and a strange man is in front of her. She panics and the man introduces herself as Shohei Machida. He works as a salesman at the same company as Sayaka. He tells her that they are in a relationship and live together. Sayaka lost her memory for 3 months.
- StarsMasaki OkadaAyame GôrikiKanata HongôArata Hoshino is a lazy college student, who doesn't believe in working for his future or putting in the effort. He then gets a "future diary" program on his cellphone. The future diary allows him to make predictions that will come true. He then becomes involved in a survival game revolving around the future diary...
- StarsMasaki SudaMei NaganoRyôta Katayose10 days away from graduation, homeroom teacher Hiiragi, stands in front of his students and tells them they have now become his hostages. He says that no one can leave unless someone can tell him the reason behind a past student's suicide.
- StarsAi HashimotoKengo KôraMasanobu KatsumuraKurumi 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 and Tatsuhiko work together to solve difficult cases including a series of bomb explosions, a locked-room murder and corporate blackmail.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiAya UetoShôta MatsudaTakenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto plays Risa, a young woman working in the sex trade in order to pay off her brother's debt, though her situation has led her to contemplate suicide. These two characters, both full of despair, meet each other and end up entering a contract marriage purely for its benefits. However, as they overcome various troubles, their relationship begins turning into true love.
- StarsRyûsei YokohamaErina ManoKyoko HasegawaTae, a kind and obedient girlfriend, rents a boyfriend to relieve pressure and maintain a pleasant relationship with her boyfriend, who needs money.
- StarsYûta KosekiShôma KaiMyû AzamaA second year high school student, Morino Hotaru (Karen Otomo) has spent the last few years crushing on her classmate, Otaka Ren (Kai Shouma). Unable to find the courage to confess her feelings, Hotaru has become something of an expert in unrequited love. One day, while on a school trip with Ren and her best friend, Yamamoto Shiori (Kita Noa), their bus gets into an accident. Blacking out for a bit, Hotaru wakes up to find a young man, dressed fully in black, standing over her. Shocked by his sudden appearance, Hotaru shoves him away but he refuses to leave. Introducing himself as Kuro (Yuta Koseki), he announces that he's a grim reaper and that Hotaru is dead. As if the news of her death wasn't shocking enough, Kuro goes on to explain that she has 49 days in which to resolve the three lingering attachments she has to her past life. If she fails to resolve these lingering regrets within the given time, she'll become a ghost, bound to this world, unable to rest in peace for all eternity. There's just one problem, Hotaru has been asleep for a month and now has only nineteen days in which to resolve her regrets. Difficult as it seems, Hotaru sets out to free herself from the last, lingering attachments to her mortal life. With time running out, she must hurry, but saying goodbye is hard and saying "I love you" feels nearly impossible. Based on the novel of the same name by Inu Jun, "When One Day I Will Sleep" is a 2019 high school fantasy romance drama directed by Ryo Miyawaki, Hidemitsu Miyamoto, and Masayuki Kokuryo.