Mitsuru Fukikoshi

A disillusioned former college track star working at a diner meets a tired Korean animation student struggling to find housing in Japan, and they instantly connect over an emotional moment involving a rice ball.

A certain city in Japan where the spread of marijuana has become a social problem. The purpose of the investigation was to crack down on Hip-hop groups suspected of cultivating marijuana. Izanagi, a practicing detective, is suddenly ordered to infiltrate a group of rappers.

This year marks thirty years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four stories that are based on Murakami Haruki’s exquisite short series about the people ‘after the quake’ are adapted into dramas featuring star-studded casts.

Former motorcycle pursuit officer Kazuma Ueno, known for solving kidnappings, is called back to action when bank employee Katsumi Higashida is abducted for a 500 million yen ransom. Teaming up with FBI-trained negotiator Asuka Nakahara, Ueno clashes with her over methods as they uncover a deeper conspiracy behind the case.

The drama is about five men and women who have gone off the rails in their lives and are trying to start their lives over by playing the role of a fake family based on the underworld part-time job case.

Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known that Hiroshige was also a firefighter while he painted. This drama depicts the untold story of Hiroshige and his wife, Kayo.

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 realizes it’s not for egg donation but for surrogacy. A former ballet dancer, Kusaoke Motoi, and his wife, Yuko, are looking for a surrogate mother to bear their child in exchange for high rewards.

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Commemorating the 120th anniversary of Ozu Yasujiro's birth, six up-and-coming filmmakers remade six of his early silent films as a contemporary mini-series.