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During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toru Tezuka

Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Yoshitaka

Prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker Mitsuaki Iwago loves cats of all shapes and sizes. So he's set out on a journey to film cats...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mitsuaki Iwago

Two unemployed men started a "service business" out of desperation - it was a "religion".

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sho Aoyagi

Kishibe Midori (Ikeda Elaiza), an editor for a popular fashion magazine, finds herself transferring to the lexicography division following the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Elaiza Ikeda

Set in the mid-Edo period, this drama follows Sachi, who works as an apprentice at the Osaka Tenma kimono merchant Isuzuya and strives to carve a way...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fuka Koshiba

Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by donating her eggs. However, after taking the interview, she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shizuka Ishibashi

In Tokyo, police officer Mari Kouda and Chinese interpreter Ryo Arikino solve cases while bonding over meals from different cultures, forming an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nao

In their 50s, single, and living in their family home, these two childhood friends were born in a housing complex. Even though their hearts are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

East Shinjuku Night High School has students with various challenges. Delinquent Taketo is trapped in a negative spiral. Filipina-Japanese Angela...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masataka Kubota

Based on the novel of the same name by Jirō Asada. Three adult children visit their mother living in the countryside, each at separate times, but...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

Fukutaro, the former president of a board game company, continues to show up at work even after handing over his position to his son-in-law. Fukutaro...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shirō Itō

At Seven Star Town, a high-class facility where Asako works as the head nurse, wealthy elderly people are elegantly living the last chapters of their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshino Kimura

Sasaki Yuko (Adachi Yumi) works as a temporary employee at a call center, struggling with her mortgage and child-rearing. Despite her overbearing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yumi Adachi

Yoshizawa Miku leads a busy life as part of the variety show team at the local TV station "P-Tele". One day, her drama proposal is accepted and she's...

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Cast: Marika Ito

Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadawo Abe

Set in the vast wilderness of Hokkaido, this awkward yet endearing coming-of-age story follows a girl who used to be socially withdrawn as she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Yamada

A group of talented artists breathe new life into classic Japanese songs and pop songs that have influenced them, covering them in fascinating...

Genre: Talk

Cast: Lily Franky

The story is set in Edo's Fukagawa district, where the heroine, Oichi, dreams of becoming a doctor and assists her father, a physician named Shōan....

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Wakana Aoi

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mitsuaki Iwago