Kaoru Kobayashi

The Private Detective Mike

Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a s...

Princess Mononoke

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the...

Midnight Diner

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight,...

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

Prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker Mitsuaki Iwago loves cats of all shapes and sizes. So he...

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his...

The Boy and the Heron

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from T...

THE DAYS

Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible thre...

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Goto Kensuke transfers to a remote island clinic after an incident at his Tokyo hospital. His first task: w...

Heaven

An incident is talked about all over Japan. The case involves the Doizaki couple that killed their 15-year-old...

Carnation

Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March...

The Tiger and Her Wings

In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko (Ito Sairi...

Fixer

Who will run Japan? The prime minister or a mastermind? A political thriller about the "fixer" pulling strings...

Hibana: Spark

Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visi...

Toge no Gunzo

Hagetaka

During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and is criticized fo...

The Great White Tower

Koinaka

Aoi Miura was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer....

Solomon's Perjury

On Christmas morning, Fujino Ryoko finds her classmate Kashiwagi Takuya’s dead body at their snow covered schoo...

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively...

Woman

After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for...

Villiany Ganbo

When Kanzaki Kaoru was young, her mother operated an Okonomiyaki restaurant. However, in just a day, her entire...

Top League

While political journalist Naoki Matsuoka is working his way up to the "top league," a small circle of privileg...

Miracles

A comical and heartwarming drama about a university lecturer on animal behavior who just loves all living creat...

Tales from Earthsea

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange......

Iki no Iiyatsu

Set in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a stubborn, old-fashione...

Off the Record

Keito is a reporter for a weekly magazine. The magazine covers everything from corruption by politicians to ent...

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to m...

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

Dr. Ko Yowai is a happy-go-lucky but an absolutely brilliant psychiatrist. Yuri Amamiya is his slightly outspok...

News Sokuho wa Nagareta

A TV station news room receives information that a bomb has landed in a Japanese town. The drama follows what h...

ふぞろいの林檎たち

The Emperor's Cook

The drama series depicts the life of Tokuzo Akiyama, head chef of the Imperial Household Ministry’s Imperial Cu...

Worry Not, She's the Boss

Fukabori Marie is a charismatic wedding planner and company president who is relied on by everyone, regardless...

The Marriage Counselor

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five yea...

The Egoists

Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a...

Trembling Cow