Solid Japanese Netflix Shows
Browsing on Netflix for good Japanese live-action shows? Feel free to consult this list I compiled.
List activity
211 views
• 5 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
14 titles
- StarsKen YasudaYô ÔizumiKyôko YoshineMeet Yukimaru Hanako, a 22-year-old and a fresh young reporter from Hokkaido. She's just been hired by a local television station to do field reporting, and we are here to watch the launching of her career.
- CreatorDaisuke SuzukiStarsAsuka HanamuraShuntarô YanagiRyôhei OhtaniHit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaShinnosuke MitsushimaMisato MoritaFollows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.
- CreatorAkira NittaStarsEri TokunagaFûju KamioKenta MatsushimaFrustrated by life with her boyfriend, thirty-something Wako can't stop herself from being interested in high schooler Yumeaki, despite their age gap.
- StarsNaoto TakenakaTetsuji TamayamaHonami SuzukiA 60 year old retired salary-man finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. Aided by his fantasy companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life.
- StarsMatsuya OnoeRen IshikawaSarutoki MinagawaA stoic book salesman leads a double life as he plays hooky from work to write his sweets blog. In his journey to attain a glimpse of sweets heaven Kantaro samples various Japanese and Western sweets.
- StarsKaoru KobayashiMansaku FuwaToshiki AyataShinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.
- StarsKaoru KobayashiMansaku FuwaAsako KobayashiAn anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.
- StarsHisako MandaTakahiro AzumaFind out everything there is to know about Japanese tradition, from food to culture, to objects and arts, and the people who are continuing it today.
- StarsYûdai ChibaRen ÔsugiMako IshinoA son tries to reconnect with his father by secretly interacting with him in the fantasy MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) 'Final Fantasy XIV.'
- StarsMirei KiritaniMao DaichiMayuko KawakitaTokita Mayuko who was majored in textile technology moved to Tokyo and finally found a job in Ginza. Mayuko's dream is to develop new kinds of fabric, but she ends up working in a handmade luxury lingerie atelier called Emotion.
- StarsYôjirô NodaRila FukushimaRena MatsuiA frustrated writer has 5 mysterious women turn up at his house, all seemingly invited and all must adhere to strict rules, they all pay him a million yen as rent. Who is responsible for the invites?
- StarsFumino KimuraNozomi SasakiKahoA once successful screenwriter in her 30s finds inspiration when she decides to interview four women about a man named Ito that they all seem to have feelings for.
- StarsTakehiro HiraKelly MacdonaldYôsuke KubozukaA detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.