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- In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
- The story centers on a group of young people who travel back in time when they are in a movie theater just before closing time. They witness deaths during the closing days of Japan's feudal times and on the battlefront in China before they are sent to Hiroshima just before the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city.
- The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san's nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san's family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions.
- Rekihiko Tokiya is an excellent detective in Kyoto. While he chases a suspect, Rekihiko falls into a water storage pool at an abandoned factory. He wakes up in a hospital room and is stunned that he cannot remember anything from the past 20 years. He is 51 years old, but he cannot remember anything from the age of 31 when he started work as a detective. He is a divorcee, but he has does not remember his ex-wife. Rekihiko's personality also changes. He was once a confident person, but he is now timid and lacks confidence. His sense of justice is still strong. Rekihiko resumes work as a detective, but he deals with cases differently than in the past.
- An esteemed lecturer and surgeon at a university hospital not only has earnt himself a stellar reputation, but also is liked by his students. He has worked hard to get to where he is. He is ambitious however and is aiming for bigger things for himself within the department and the world of medicine.
- Yusaku and his daughter live together and run a business making, selling and delivering tofu. Joining them is Masami who is a distant relative. Masami has lost his family to the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. He seems to be on the mend, but when one day the earth begins to shake again it evokes something in the man and he disappears.
- This is a cat-and-mouse crime movie adapted from a popular Japanese comic book about a contractor killer-assassin who uses methods so smart and so difficult to solve by the police.
- In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with the father, grandfather and husband has taken up driving, albeit not without a few bumps. The family revokes his privilege, which leads to an intra-family conflict.
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- 2016– 54mTV Episode
- For her birthday, the grandma of a traditional Tokyo family asks her apathetic husband a gift: divorce. This shocks not only the incredulous husband, but the whole family, and they all will try to prevent the catastrophe at any cost.
- Konatsu, who has lost love, comes to a workshop in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture in order to become an apprentice to Reiko, a master of the traditional tie-dying craft Arimatsu Shibori. Reiko imposes the care of her unmanageable dog on Konatsu as a condition for becoming her apprentice. Through this Konatsu makes the acquaintance of the vet, Kotaro, who had a relationship with Reiko. Konatsu is soon competing with Reiko as a tie-dying artist and as a female. In the midst of the conflict, Konatsu matures as an adult and awakens to a fondness for people.
- A memoir is often confused with a personal essay, but Professor Cognard-Black shows you the difference, using examples from her own students' work. She then provides tips to help you recreate your memories and turn them into fascinating pieces of writing. Learn techniques that allow you to get as detailed as possible in your descriptions while still maintaining focus and writing concisely.
- A midwife in Nagasaki is stunned when she is suddenly visited by her son, whom she thought had died when an atomic bomb fell on the city.
- After an ownership change, a local newspaper changes names to the Kyoto Times and its policy also undergoes a change to focus on increasing readership. Kurogane Shinobu is a roving reporter for the Local News Section of the Kyoto Times. In the past, she wrote several in-depth investigative articles which won awards. Although many reporters have left the Kyoto Times because they hated the change in policy, she stayed. A divorced single mother, she loves her son, but is poor at expressing it. She has a difficult personality and when she works on an article, she is tenacious and fearless in interviews. When a story breaks, she will rush to the location regardless of where it is and would make a beeline for the person without a thought for the inconvenience she might cause. Due to this tendency, there are now places that are off-limits to her (she is banned from going in and out).
- A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.
- Seizo Fukumoto has reportedly died 50,000 times in a career that has spanned half a century. His work catches the eye of Satsuki, who requests that he mentor her into becoming as good a fighter as he.
- A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
- In a traditional Japnese market in Shitamachi, Tokyo, there is a small coffee house, "Coffee-ya". Soda Kosuke is the owner of the said café. However, Kosuke is an ex-convict. But sometimes a cup of coffee can change someones life.
- In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.
- Six love stories following the love lives of ten different people.
- Aji Ichi Monme (A Pinch of Seasoning), a Japanese cooking manga series by Zenta Abe, illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. It chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of Restaurant Fujimura, owned by veteran chef Kumano.
- Daimon Michiko is a freelance surgeon who wanders from hospital to hospital because the harsh environment led many doctors to retire. However, Michiko doesn't look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude.
- Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog and a mother. She tries to desperately save her baby dogs.
- Chiyo is a 59-year-old widow and has 4 children, each with their own family problems. When she announces that she is going to get married to an old family friend Kurosaki, she faces a strong disapproval from her children.
- Ginko seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Koharu is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's wedding day also brings homes Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed actor and a hard drinker who shows up causing trouble. Having covered for him all her life, Ginko is ready to disown her burdensome younger brother, but some things are easier said than done...
- The story follows a family of Japanese immigrants who crossed over to America 99 years ago. Kusanagi plays both the young Hiramatsu Chokichi (later taken over by Nakai) and his son, Ichiro. When the war breaks out the Japanese immigrants face racism and segregation. Ichiro pledges his alliance to America and gets sent to Europe, second son Jiro stays back with Ichiro's beloved Shinobu (who he has a crush on) and triesto protect his parents' farm. Their two sisters Shizu and Sachie are sent back to Japan and have to experience the horrors of war, one in Hiroshima and the other in Okinawa.
- A drama based on the 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the worst aviation event in Japanese history.
- On the way to India to get some holy scrolls, priest Tripitaka and his followers are led by Monkey and implored by a princess to protect her people from a warlord and his brother. They've taken control of the palace and its riches and turned the royal family into terrapin tortoises. Monkey and co must defeat the evil warlords.
- This TV-drama follows Sakai Shintaro, descendant of Sakai Mineji -a Byakkotai samurai-, and traces the tragedy of the Byakkotai, a military force composed of 340 16 to 17 years old boys during the Boshin War (Aizu war).
- A scruffy, masterless samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.
- Students who do not trust teachers, teachers who give up faith in education, parents who blame schools for their children's misbehavior.