The Best J-TV-Dramas 2023
My favorite Japanese TV dramas in 2023.
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- StarsMasato SakaiFumi NikaidôNandin-Erdene KhongorzulYusuke travels to Balka to recover a $90M overpayment but money has been spread to subcontractors. Betrayed by a taxi driver and stranded in the desert gets caught in a worldwide vortex and the adventure begins.
- StarsRiisa NakaSôta FukushiKôji YamamotoIt is a TV drama series that has been airing on NHK General's "Drama 10" slot since January 10, 2023. Based on Fumi Yoshinaga's manga "O-oku," it will feature three episodes of Tokugawa Iemitsu and Banrikoji Arimoto, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and Uemon-sa, and Tokugawa Yoshimune and Mizuno Yunoshin, as well as the process leading to the return of the Grand Council of State, which has not been depicted in previous live-action productions. During the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Edo shogunate, a strange disease called "akasura pox" spread throughout Japan. The disease was a dreadful illness that "infected only young boys" and, if contracted, could lead to death "in a few days. No cure or treatment was ever discovered, and as a result, the male population plummeted to one-fourth that of the female population, drastically changing the social structure of Japan. Boys were bred to be scarce stallions, girls replaced boys as the workforce, and all family businesses were passed down from woman to woman. In Edo Castle, too, the shogun's position was handed over to a woman after the third shogun, Iemitsu, and the inner chambers of the shogun's palace surrounded rare boys as if they were proof of the shogun's prestige, creating a world of men commonly referred to as the "three thousand beautiful men.
- StarsKenjirô TsudaYoh YoshidaMio ImadaHiromi Minami (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a blind investigator for the FBI in the United States. He solves and finishes the most difficult cases and is called Last Man by the FBI. For the aim of strengthening connections between the Japanese National Police Agency and FBI, he travels to Japan for a set time period to work with their agency. Meanwhile, Shintaro Godo (Yo Oizumi) is a detective who hates evil more than anyone else and does anything to arrest criminals. He receives an order, which is to guide Hiromi Minami while he is in Japan. Hiromi Minami and Shintaro Godo begin to tackle the most difficult cases and work together to solve the cases.
- StarsYuki YamadaEiji AkasoMoka KamishiraishiKayashima Naoya, a charismatic hairdresser who finds himself struggling to survive in extreme conditions when the train he is on winds up in a devastated future world where there is no food, water or communication.
- StarsTomoya NakamuraHaruna KawaguchiShinnosuke MitsushimaMima Taro, moves into the house he inherited from his father in the mountainous Hayabusa. When he joins the fire brigade, he becomes involved in a series of arson cases and suspicious incidents, a huge conspiracy comes to the surface.
- StarsSairi ItôYûji OdaKento NakajimaHikari Yoshino is a young lady who loves dog and recently got a job in the pet-related industry, something she has been longing for. However one day, the company goes bankrupt. Itsuki Obara, the apparitor in charge of the company's case, notices Hikari and drags her into becoming an "apparitor assistant".