Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Meitantei Conan Special SP 3 名探偵コナン 工藤新一への挑戦状~怪鳥伝説の謎~ (2011)

Synopsis
This story takes place 100 days before Kudo Shinichi became Edogawa Conan. Kudo Shinichi, a high school detective, arrives in Jugoya Town with Mori Ran and others.

In this town a legend exists, claiming that a gigantic bull-headed shrike attacks the townspeople and kills them. The town was about to hold a festival in 3 days to put the giant bird’s spirit to rest.

While being led on a tour of the bull-headed shrike Shrine by Sonoko’s parent’s friend, Mr. Wakura, a crime related to the legend occurs. Starting with Kosaka, member of the Wakura family are slowly murdered in the same way...

Meitantei Conan Kudo Shinichi e no Chousenjo 名探偵コナン工藤新一への挑戦状 (2011)

Synopsis
Three months before high school sleuth Kudo Shinichi (Mizobata Junpei) is made to drink poison by a mysterious organisation and becomes Edogawa Conan, he receives a succession of written challenges giving him notice of murders. Using his brilliant deductive ability, he untangles affairs and loves to solve the riddle of the impossible murders.

Marumo No Okite マルモのおきて (2011)

Synopsis
Marumo no Okite is a family drama with a touch of fantasy about a man who becomes the guardian of his friend’s twin children Kaoru and Yuki. The two kids find a dog named Mook, and it turns out that he can speak like a human.

Majutsu Wa Sasayaku 魔術はささやく (2011)

Synopsis
A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of her friends. Those friends suddenly begin to die one by one. Kazuko learns that one of those deaths is somehow connected to Mamoru (Nakamura Aoi), her younger brother from whom she has been separated ever since their father disappeared 15 years earlier. Although Mamoru knows nothing of his sister, Kazuko is determined to find the killer in order to protect Mamoru and herself.

Majisuka Gakuen 2 マジスカ学園 2 (2011)

Synopsis
The story continues in the next school year after the events of the last season. The new members of Rappappa now face a even greater threat from within their own school and the surrounding schools.

Last Money ~Ai No Nedan~ ラストマネー ~愛の値段~ (2011)

Synopsis
Mukojima Sakutaro belongs to life insurance company Seiwa Life’s Insurance Assessment Department. He probes all kinds of cases such as murders for insurance money, hospital insurance scams, and payments to false claimants and suicide victims, with the investigator Kisaragi Hiro to determine if payouts should be made. One day, he attends the funeral service for Yokomura Kazuki, a senior at his company. While there, he notices a woman in mourning clothes.

She is Sasakura Akiko … … One month ago, Mukojima was involved in a case in which a car plunged from a cliff, killing a couple and their two children. Only the wife’s mother, Chikusa, was saved. The beneficiary of the husband’s insurance payout was the wife, but because both his wife and children had died at the same time, his wife’s parents will be paid the money. However, if the husband had died later than his wife, it would have been allocated to his parents.

The fate of the insurance payout hinges on the order in which the lives were lost in the accident. Why does Chikusa have little to say? The husband’s parents ask for a reinvestigation of the circumstances of the accident. A twisted parent-child love and the family’s last moments emerge while Mukojima studies the case with Ono Keigo.

Kurumi No Heya 胡桃の部屋 (2011)

Synopsis
Tokyo in 1980, before the Big Bubble: Momoko is the second oldest daugther of four siblings in the Mitamura family. After her father Tadashi Mitamura is laid off from work and suddenly disappears, the sensitive Momoko feels most responsible to fill his place. But the family starts to break apart, when their problems outgrow. Mother Ayano deals with her disappointment, oldest sister Sakura Shimizu is troubled by her husband´s infidelity and the youngest, brother Kentaro can´t find a job.

Koukousei Restaurant 高校生レストラン (2011)

Synopsis
Muraki Shingo of Itamae, a top Ginza restaurant, becomes a substitute teacher at Aikawa High School in his hometown of Mie Prefecture at the request of his childhood friend, Kishino Hiroshi, a town hall employee. Kishino intends to open a “High School Restaurant” to revitalise the town, and has asked Shingo to teach cooking. There are about 30 people in the culinary club. Among them are Sakamoto Yosuke, a third-year student who is respected by the club’s members and whose family runs a restaurant that sells set menus, and Yonemoto Mai, second-year student who adores him. When Shingo visits the kitchen, the members are making hamburgers and crepes as they please. However, the floor is dirty and ingredients are being used wastefully, as if it were a school festival. Seeing that, Shingo barely offers a greeting as he first points out that Yosuke’s tempura is no good. He also scolds the members harshly. “First, we’ll clean up. Those who find it a turnoff can leave, but in that case, you don’t have to come from tomorrow.” Students start to walk out in the face of Shingo’s attitude, and only 18 remain, including Yosuke and Mai. After the cleaning, Yosuke asks Shingo for the reason why his tempura is not good. Shingo’s answer is a surprise. “You’re left-handed. Get accustomed to using both the kitchen knife and cooking chopsticks with your right hand.” “I don’t know, but that teacher is genuine.” Yosuke reflects and decides to follow Shingo. They are to hold a rehearsal for the opening on one Saturday. The menu that Shingo has set is a grated yam rice bowl using Ise yam, a local specialty. Yosuke is ordered to prepare the stock according to Shingo’s instructions. Then, the day of the rehearsal comes. An incident occurs which causes a definite rift between Shingo and the members!

Based on the true story of Shingo Murabayashi - a teacher at Oka High School in the town of Taki in Mie prefecture. Led by Shingo Murabayashi and his students, Oka High School was the first high school in Japan to open their own restaurant named "Mago ni Mise". The restaurant is open only on weekends and is operated by the students enrolled in the high school's cooking and chef training course.

Iryu Sosa 遺留捜査 (2011)

Synopsis
At the Metropolitan Police Department First Investigation Scientific Criminal Unit lead investigator Satoshi Itomura (Takaya Kamikawa) leaves no stones unturned at crime scenes to apprehend the perpetrators. Rookie investigator Miyuki Oda (Shihori Kanjiya) doesn't seem cut out to be a detective, but possesses a keen sense to gather information from crime scenes. Miyuki Oda learns from Satoshi Itomura the ins and outs of detective work as they tackle difficult cases.

Kono Sekai No Katasumi Ni この世界の片隅に (2011)

Synopsis
The award-winning story of Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni follows a bride named Suzu Urano as she moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture. Suzu perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination. Keisuke Koide plays Shūsaku Hōjō, a naval officer who proposed to Suzu after one childhood meeting.

Kairoutei Satsujin Jiken 回廊亭殺人事件 (2011)

Synopsis
A woman (Takako Tokiwa) risks her life to exact revenge for her murdered lover.

JIN 2 JIN-仁- (第2期) (2011)

Synopsis
It has been two years since Minakata Jin went back in time to the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. One day, Sakamoto Ryoma arrives from Kyoto to seek Jin’s help. Ryoma says Katsu Kaishu’s mentor, Sakuma Shozan, has been attacked by a group of samurai warriors, called the Shinsengumi, and is near death. However, Sakuma survives because of Jin’s fervent treatment. As a troubled Jin worries that his treatments may change the course of history, Sakuma tells him, “Save people without hesitation!” After that, Jin who had been treating the injuries of the people, is taken away by the Shinsengumi and asked to give Saigo Kichinosuke (later known as Saigo Takamori) medical attention, but...

At that moment, Sakamoto Ryoma comes up from Kyoto to enlist Jin’s help. Katsu Kaishu’s mentor, Sakuma Shozan, had sustained injuries in an attack by the Shinsengumi and is on the verge of death. Jin goes to Kyoto with Ryoma as he agonises whether he will radically alter history by saving an important person who will have an influence on the period. There, he sees Shozan who is so seriously injured that it would be a miracle if he lives. Shozan somehow escapes death through Jin’s frantic treatment and perseverance. Then Shozan regains consciousness, and shocking words come out from his mouth!

After that, Jin remains in Kyoto and concentrates on treating people injured in the war between the Choshu and Satsuma domains. One day, he is taken away to some place by the Shinsengumi who appear out of nowhere. Jin has been brought to the residence of Saigo Takamori in Satsuma domain. Saigo is suffering from appendicitis and needs to be operated on immediately or his life will be in danger...
 

JIN -仁- (2009)

Synopsis
The story follows a brain surgeon named, Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyotaro. Kyotaro suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyotaro's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is determined to find a way back to the present.

IS ~Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei~ IS~男でも女でもない性~ (2011)

Synopsis
Goriki plays Aihara Miwako, a mysterious classmate who tries to get close to Haru. Inoue Masahiro has been cast as Ibuki Kenji, a member of the soccer club whom Haru begins having feelings for. Nishida Naomi and Minami Kaho play Miwako’s and Haru’s mothers, respectively.

Inu Wo Kau To Iu Koto 犬を飼うということ (2011)

Synopsis
Yuji Hongo (Ryo Nishikido) has a wife and two kids. The family lives near the Tokyo Sky Tree tower. He once dreamed of becoming a musician in his college days, but eventually settled into a job as the manager of a human resource department for a mid-sized manufacturing company. His job is to tell other employees that they have been laid off. It is now Yuji Hongo turns to become informed he has been laid off.

Meanwhile, his wife Sachiko (Asami Mizukawa), who had taken the opportunity of her first pregnancy to marry Yuji Hongo, struggles under the load of working several part-time jobs to try to support their family of four. As their family seems to be fraying at the edges, their daughter Mako, one day, brings home a small puppy they name "Sky Tree." The dog helps to brings the family together once again...

Hi Wa Mata Noboru 陽はまた昇る (2011)

Synopsis
Detective Tono Kazuyuki (Sato Koichi) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division resigns to take responsibility. However, he gets an appointment letter which he is unprepared for. It is to become an instructor at the police academy! It is a useless role in the classroom involving armchair theories about the many violent criminals. Tono, who has thus far used seemingly unorthodox measures to arrest criminals in investigations he obssessed over, assesses better than anyone else that he is least suited to be an instructor … … Awaiting him at the police academy he goes to as a new instructor are the naive young people of today who are attracted by the stability of being a civil servant and the cool uniform, particularly the trainee, Miyata Eiji (Miura Haruma), who handles everything tactfully. He is smart, good at sports and popular with both genders, but he has neither encountered hardships nor setbacks, and has nimbly made his way through an innocuous life. In fact, Miyata’s way of life is far from the qualities of a police officer who protects the lives and possessions of citizens.

Good Life ~Arigatou, Papa, Sayonara~ グッドライフ~ありがとう、パパ。さよなら~ (2011)

Synopsis
Divorced father Daichi Sawamoto (Takashi Sorimachi) lives a difficult life due to financial difficulties and the illness of his son, who has leukemia. Daichi Sawamoto then makes the decision to sell one of his body organs to pay for his son's bone-marrow transplant surgery. When the father then discovers the devastating news that he has a terminal illness he sends his son to live with his mother without telling his son the true reason why...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Inu No Kieta Hi 犬の消えた日 (2011)

Synopsis
Matsukura Shuhei (Nishijima Hidetoshi) comes from a line of craftsmen. While he supports his family and craftsmen as the head of the household, he wishes for Japan’s victory in the Pacific War. However, when he decides to comply with an order to citizens to present their domesticated dogs and cats for the supply of the animals’ fur for winter clothes that would relieve the cold in the battlefields, he meets with bitter opposition from his wife, Shizuko (Dan Rei) and their only daughter, Sayoko (Arakawa Chika). Pets are family, and the air at home is strained with a sense of disquiet. As Shuhei agonises over the extreme choice he is being forced to make, he reminds himself to face hard reality …

Ikemen Desu Ne 美男ですね (2011)

Synopsis
Remake of the Korean hit drama You’re Beautiful which is about the fictitious top idol band A.N.JELL. The original Korean version aired in 2009 and starred Park Shin Hye, Jang Keun Suk, Lee Hong Ki, and Jung Yong Hwa. The story revolved around a fictional boy band named A.N.JELL. Park Shin Hye played a nun-in-training who has to pose as her twin brother and take his place in the group, leading to a complicated relationship between the group’s members.

Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 2011 ほんとにあった怖い話 2011 (2011)

Synopsis
5 main segments:

Segment 1 : 奇怪な最終バス / Kikai na Saishu Bus

Segment 2 : 同窓会の知らせ / Dosokai no Shirase

Segment 3 : 悪夢の十三日 / Akumu no Jusan Nichi

Segment 4 : 深淵の迷い子 / Shinen no Mayoigo

Segment 5 : 怒りのルビー / Ikari no Ruby

Hikaru Hekiga 光る壁画 (2011)

Synopsis
In the spring of Showa 24 (1949), Sone Kikuo (Sato Ryuta), whose good friend, Imamura Hajime (Tsukamoto Takashi), was killed in action while piloting a Zero fighter, is overwhelmed by a sense of guilt and emptiness. Sone is posted to Orion Camera’s Shibuya research lab in a job transfer. It is only a lab in name for there are only just a few researchers and staff. However, one day, Sone encounters the surgeon Kaji Tetsuro (Nakamura Shunsuke) whose anxiety about the growing number of people whose stomaches suffer because of food shortages in post-war Tokyo leads him to suggest the invention of a camera that can photograph the stomach lining for the early detection of stomach cancer. Moved by Kaji’s passion to save lives, the initially half-hearted Sone gets absorbed in research and regains his zest for life as he faces the challenge of developing a gastroscopy.

Hanchou Season 4 ハンチョウ4 (2011)

Synopsis
Season 4 of the story about the detectives at the Jinnan Police Station in Harajuku, Tokyo. Azumi Tsuyoshi, head of the Criminal Affairs Department trusts his staff and usually does not interfere with their investigation.

Hagane No Onna 2 ハガネの女 Season 2 (2011)

Synopsis
36-year-old Haga Ineko (Kichise Michiko) has successfully passed the teachers’ exams with the encouragement of the students of Class 4/3. She would like to say that she is still single … but she has received a proposal from Shioda Wataru (Kaname Jun), the former assistant form teacher, and congratulates herself as she gazes at the engagement ring that she has received from him. However, one day, Tao (Kurosaki Reina), a girl whose parents were deported for illegal entry into Japan, transfers to the school and Hagane’s class. Even though Tao is of a different nationality, she is surely a lovable student and Hagane accepts Tao with this sentiment … … But Tao, who feels resentful of Japanese people, quickly gets into a conflict with her classmates.

Hagane No Onna ハガネの女 (2010)

Synopsis
Haga Ineko stopped being a school teacher for she was about to get married. When she is suddenly dumped by her to-be husband, she loses her way, and starts drinking. One day, an old friend approaches with a job offer. She would be a substitute teacher in a class on which several teachers gave up without an apparent reason. She reluctantly takes the job only to discover that there are several brutal bullying cases inside the class. Even she eventually starts being anonymously threatened due to her opposing posture against such cases. She now has to identify and reprimand them while at the same time protecting weaker students. The word "Hagane" on the title is a nickname which comes from Haga (her surname) and Ne (from Ineko, her name), but is actually a pun with the actual word hagane (which means steel, denoting how she must be in order to resist as a teacher).

Fuyu No Sakura 冬のサクラ (2011)

Synopsis
“Fuyu no Sakura” is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama “Winter Sonata” (titled “Fuyu no Sonata” in Japan). Kusanagi plays a gentle glass craftsman in Yamagata who has no experience in love. Imai plays an older housewife with a husband and daughter who goes on a trip alone to Yamagata, hoping to see sakura trees blooming in winter. She gets into an accident, but is saved by Kusanagi. He ends up tending to her, and the two are soon drawn to each other.

Futari Ecchi ふたりエッチ ドラマ (2011)

Synopsis
The live action drama based on hit manga "Futari Ecchi" comes out on DVD box set. This bestselling series is most famous for being a how-to guide combined into a story. It centers on newlywed couple, both virgins when they married and depicts their sexual explorations. Features all 12 episodes. Stars Shinnosuke Fukushima and Nana Nanaumi.

Furusato ~ Musume no Tabidachi ~ 故郷 〜娘の旅立ち〜 (2011)

Synopsis
Saeki Chizuru (Horikita Maki) is the second daughter in a family of seven. Aiming to become a professional photographer, the honourable mention she picks up in a nationwide amateur photography contest spurs her to leave her hometown in the great outdoors of Goto islands off Nagasaki prefecture after high school graduation. Chizuru comes up to Tokyo and takes a step toward her dream as the assistant of a studio photographer. However, she gets into trouble. Tiring of her life in Tokyo, she returns home to the Goto island for the first time in three years and renews her ties with her family.

Freeter, Ie o Kau SP フリーター、家を買うSP (2011)

Synopsis
The special episode will take place a year later, and it will focus on the conclusion of the love story between Seiji and Manami, who have been leading separate lives due to their work.

Freeter, Ie o Kau フリーター、家を買う (2010)

Synopsis
The story revolves around Take Seiji, who quits his job after three months. With no dreams, no savings, and a poor relationship with his family, he becomes a hikikomori. However, after his mother falls ill with depression, he ends up having to take on a part-time job at a construction site. Because of that, he soon decides to work towards rebuilding his life: “Even though I’m just a freeter, I’m going to buy a house for the sake of my family.” One of the people he meets at the construction site is Chiba Manami, who graduated from a top-class university and joined a well-known general contracting firm. Manami is the complete opposite of Seiji. But while their personalities clash at first, they gradually come to understand each other. –Tokyograph
Review
What is fascinating about this drama is its honest insight into some of Japan's social problems and how both the young and old generations are trying to come to grips with it, while harking back to traditional values that are worth their weight in gold but sadly eroding away under pressure from modernisation.

Ese Nikushoku Joshi No Renai Jijou エセ肉食女の恋愛事情 (2011)

Synopsis
Koike Eiko (30) will finally achieve her dream of starring in a romantic comedy. She will play the main character of a BeeTV mobile drama called “Ese Nikushoku Joshi no Renai Jijou,” scheduled to begin this month.

Koike plays the 33-year-old Madoka, a single working woman whose stylish appearance causes everyone to assume that she is a “nikushoku-joshi” (“carnivorous woman”). However, when it comes to matters of romance, she is actually the opposite – a passive “soushoku” type (“herbivorous”). As a result, she is constantly getting her heart broken.

Her supporting cast will be played by Kaname Jun (30), Nonami Maho (30), Hiraiwa Kami (31), Suzuki Ami (29), Aijima Kazuyuki (39), and Masu Takeshi (55). The screenplay is by Nakazono Miho, the writer of shows like “Yamato Nadeshiko” and “Haken no Hinkaku.”

BeeTV will begin releasing the drama on May 20, with updates every Monday. A total of 12 episodes are planned, each approximately 10 minutes in length.

Don Quixote ドン★キホーテ (2011)

Synopsis
Masataka Shirota (Shota Matsuda) has a weak disposition and works in a child consultation center. One day, his soul changes bodies with yakuza boss Jin Sabashima (Katsumi Takahashi) who lives in the same small town. After this, Masataka Shirota becomes strong willed, dispenses odd advice and boldy goes forth to save the lost children at the child consultation center...

Strange circumstances result in Shirota Masataka (Matsuda Shota), a child welfare officer at Kyohama Child Counselling Centre, suddenly switching souls with Sabashima Jin (Takahashi Katsumi), the hellish boss of the yakuza organisation Sabashima-gumi who even silences crying children. The two men find themselves in completely different worlds. Masataka had been a faint-hearted young man until then, but the soul swop transforms him into a hero who saves children that have turned to juvenile delinquency in spite of his aversion to them.

Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku 外交官・黒田康作 (2011)

Synopsis
This sequel to the movie Amalfi brings back Kuroda Kousaku, a diplomat who works at the Japanese anti-terrorism office. His new partner is Ogaki Rikako, a somewhat unreliable detective who loves onsen. The setting includes San Francisco, Mexico and Japan and the story also reveals Kuroda's past.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Deka Wanko デカワンコ (2011)

Synopsis
"Deka Wanko" is originally a manga by "Gokusen" creator Kozueko Morimoto. The comedic series revolves around a rookie detective named Ichiko Hanamori (played by Tabe), whose exceptional dog-like sense of smell is used to solve difficult cases, in addition to earning her the nickname of "Deka Wanko."

CHANGE (2008)

Synopsis
Kimura plays Keita Asakura, 35, a primary school teacher from rural Nagano Prefecture whose recently deceased father had been a dietman from Kyushu. An all-around nice guy, Keita has no interest in politics and agrees to run only to get everyone off his back once and for all. But with the help of some sharp political operatives, he will be swept into the Diet and toward the prime ministership.

Once elected, he's bounced about and manipulated by the elders of the Seiyuto (Political Friends Party) as he tries to use his power to change things for the better.

Celeb To Binbo Taro セレブと貧乏太郎 (2008)

Synopsis
Wealthy daughter of a hotel chain mogul meets poor widowed father of three. Despite their vastly different values and beliefs, will their chanced encounter blossom into something more?

BOSS (2009)

Synopsis
This series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko (Amami Yuki) is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the “boss” of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man’s heart, so she’s unable to find a husband. In fact, her assignment in the U.S. was really a demotion after she ruined her career track over a man. So why was she chosen as the boss of the new division? Even though the detectives are talented, they all have some kind of issue or flaw, and they are considered to be the “problem children” of the police force. In the end, the division’s true purpose is just to isolate these problematic detectives.

Bloody Monday 2 ブラッディ・マンデイ2 (2010)

Synopsis
Whereas the first series dealt with a deadly Russian weapons-grade virus, the new season is set two years later when an aircraft bearing a new kind of nuclear weapon threatens Tokyo.

Bloody Monday ブラッディ・マンデイ (2008)

Synopsis
After a biological terrorist attack kills off the population of a Russian town; Japan's Public Safety Special Third unit, code name THIRD-i, believes that the terrorist organization responsible plans to unleash the same virus known as Bloody X into Tokyo. Subsequently, THIRD-i recruits the help of genius hacker Takagi Fujimaru to find out what happened in the Russia. However, as Fujimaru becomes involved, he soon finds out that he is in over his head and that the terrorist groups influence reaches not only his school but even the police. Fujimaru must now rely on his skill as a hacker to unravel the organizations sinister plot and find out the truth behind "Bloody Monday."

Friday, November 25, 2011

Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight: Galaxy C46 黄昏流星群 C46星雲 (2011)

Synopsis
Kenta is a salaryman in his fifties who was once the vocalist of a popular band during his college days. Hitomi is an editor for a women’s magazine who has devoted her life to her work. While Kenta is unfortunately laid off from his job, Hitomi has her own problems at work, including an interoffice affair. The two happen to meet again, leading them to remember the romance that they had more than 30 years earlier. - Tokyograph

Dengeki Kon ~Perfume Of Love~ 電撃婚 (2011)

Synopsis
Tanaka Rena and Nishimura Masahiko will play the roles as a couple who got married on the same day they first met!

Coyote, Umi E コヨーテ、海へ (2011)


Synopsis
“Coyote, Umi e” is a collaboration between musician Motoharu Sano and director Yukihiko Tsutsumi. Hayashi plays a young man who travels to New York searching for the secret behind the sudden disappearance of his father (Shiro Sano). Nagabuchi will play an energetic half-Japanese woman whom he happens to meet there.

Control ~ Hanzai Shinri Sousa ~ CONTROL~犯罪心理捜査~ (2011)

Synopsis
Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whose skills at behavioral analysis are the key to tracking down the criminals. There's also Teranishi Kei, a shy young detective who's had a crush on Segawa since their days at the academy.

Bull Doctor ブルドクター (2011)

Synopsis
Tamami (Esumi Makiko) is a shrewd forensic pathologist who boldly acts according to her own convictions. She would do whatever it takes to reveal the truth behind the deaths of victims who have no voice, and pays no heed to the objections from those around her. But at home, she has trouble with household chores and communicating with her son, which makes her feel torn between work and family. Chika (Ishihara Satomi) is a career detective who does nothing at the police precinct. She wants success in work as well as marriage, but her life spins around in aimless circles. Even though the two of them face off each other over strange, unnatural deaths and get into conflicts because they are the least compatible, they unravel these mysteries as if they are speaking for the dead.

Brutus No Shinzo ブルータスの心臓 (2011)

Synopsis
An elite researcher (Tatsuya Fujiwara) dreams of committing the perfect crime.

BOSS 2 (2011)

Synopsis
The Special Crimes Unit is disbanded and Osawa Eriko (Amami Yuki), who has taken the blame, is about to leave Narita Airport for the US when her mobile phone rings. A new case has taken place, and she is informed that the case has not been resolved. The Special Crimes Unit team led by Eriko fights against an unspeakable crime and formidable enemy that shakes up the country...

Bokura Hoshikuzu No Dance ボクら星屑のダンス (2011)

Synopsis
Hamana night. Old-fashioned shallow (Katsumi Takahashi) is the wife Misako (Mayumi 若村) was the last e-mail. And suicide, he was trying to repay that debt by insurance. But the arrow heads, old-fashioned will find that suicide and seek to have the same children. Child's name, Hikari (Miyatake festival). The girl was 10 years old yet. The light had been fleeing from the National Institute of cutting-edge science. The Institute is known for Sagamihara said Dr. prime candidate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. To support the language of light, had begun massive investigation by the police earlier, conservatism is Kaikuguri the eyes of the investigation, Jiro Fuji Ukita that runs a business recycling in Hamamatsu (Jiro diligent study), Yoshio Yamasaki and ( Yosuke Asari) to bring the light to the original, you can hide. In such old-fashioned, approach someone with a plan in the light. It orchestrated the kidnapping and impersonating an old-fashioned to suffer from debt, that was a ransom demand of 10 billion yen! Meanwhile, state-of-the-art science laboratories, the National Emergency Management Deputy Director of Cabinet Eto walk the fate of light disappeared (Masahiko Nishimura), led by a case of special police control room director Atsuko Kida (Nana Katase), Hayakawa criminal (Star Sword water), Iwaki (Ryosuke Otani) has been investigating the addition of these headquarters. Immediately, 坂谷 was flourishing as a spy infiltrated the Russian Institute (Ito debit), but do not emerge and the theory of the crime, Eto was ordered to consider only the light that just bring back safely, the optical information明Kasou did not in any way. Get in a way that the light itself to online auctions, which initiates a request for ransom. Eto, Deputy Director for it indicates that you are bidding on 10 billion yen. A lot of money by issuing 100 billion yen, making it difficult to carry and how was it calculated 追I詰Meyou the culprit. Really, what light can successfully impersonate a successful kidnapping? And the hidden secrets to light? 


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Bartender バーテンダー (2011)

Synopsis
Ryu Sasakura (Masaki Aiba) is a bartending prodigy who won a European cocktail contest. He got into an argument with his instructor and was fired. In a state of dejection he came back to his native country of Japan.

He finds work again in Tokyo and also meets Miwa Kurushima. Meanwhike, Ryu Sasakura is able to listen to his customer's problems and help alleviate their worries with his special cocktail mixes.

Atsui Zo! Nekogaya!! 熱いぞ!猫ヶ谷!! (2010)


Synopsis
We're HOT! Valley Cats Based on the manga, it is set in the hottest town of Japan, where it's a rule for every high-school girl to wear a bikini. Stars Miss Magazine gravure idols Yui Koike (小池唯) as Oshino Ikumi (押野育美)

Asuko March! アスコーマーチ! (2011)

Synopsis
Nao Yoshino (Emi Takei) is a teenager who gets into the technical high school Asuko. Unfortunately for Nao, Asuko only has male students. Nao failed to enter a female school which she dreamed of entering. In its place, Nao must settle for Asuko. She initially feels lonely as she's the only female student in her class, but soon enough, friendships and love sprouts for Nao Yoshino...

Arifureta Kiseki ありふれた奇跡 (2009)

Synopsis
One day, a middle-aged man, Fujimoto Makoto, is standing on a train platform, about to jump in front of a train. Nakashiro Kana and Tasaki Shota both happen to be on the same platform, and sensing what is about to happen, they quickly pull him back to safety. There’s a reason why Kana and Shota realized Makoto’s intentions, they both have the kind of emotional scars that can’t be put into words. Even after so much pain, through a series of e-mails, they've become attracted to one another and slowly learn to open up their hearts once again. --Fuji Creative

Aoi Hitomi To Nuage 蒼い瞳とニュアージュ (2007)

Synopsis
Fukada plays Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist who is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.

Akai Giwaku Red Suspicion 赤い疑惑 (1975)

Synopsis
Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.