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Kimiko Yo (余貴美子)

PRAYERS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM

病室で念仏を唱えないでください   병실에서 염불을 외지 마세요   請不要在病房念佛

75 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 9 eps|Eps 10

Shoen Matsumoto is both a trained paramedic and Buddhist monk attached to a hospital. While providing emergency care straight from the mortuary while still in monk clothes unnerves some patients, Shoen nevertheless proves fully devoted to saving lives, and if that’s not possible, performing rites of spiritual passage for those that die. Dedicated to both roles, he finds himself often at odds with other doctors and colleagues over the best care for patients while bringing solace that only he can to bereaved families. As a doctor, his mission is to save lives. As a monk, it’s saving souls. Growing through this existential struggle, Shoen gives us a life-size drama in which to reflect on the true meaning of life and death.

After School Groove

放課後グルーヴ   방과후 그루브   放學來跳舞

30 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

Dropping out of high school and joining a bike gang, girl teen Makoto Kiryu's rough-and-tumble life thus far takes a new turn when she meets Rinko Kominato after a motorcycle accident. Rinko convinces Makoto to quit the biker gang and attend evening high school. Nine years later, the fully reformed Makoto is a college graduate and an upstanding physical education teacher who enjoys immense popularity among students. Having finally landed full-time status with her own class in her third year, life seems great until a bombshell drops from school principal. Makoto and her colleagues are being tasked with strengthening the school's dance program, a newly-mandated component of physical education. It is Makoto's worst nightmare come true. And God forbid that her students ever discover the truth: that she can't dance a lick.

About Kimiko

悪女について   악녀에 대해서   關於惡女

130 min. x 1 ep.|1 episode

An epic rags to riches story, Kimiko Tomikohji grew up poor, amassed an incredible fortune during Japan’s miraculous period of economic growth and then, right before the asset bubble burst, she passed away. What she left behind were major romances carried out simultaneously with three different men, to whom she each later said had fathered her child. Here is the story of an unfettered woman of incredible mystery as depicted mainly through the lives of the three men who couldn’t resist her seductive power.

Daisuki!!

だいすき!!   너무 좋아 !!   最喜歡你!!

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps|10 episodes

Yuzu Fukuhara is a 23-year old with a slight mental disability. With childlike innocence, Yuzu falls in love and becomes pregnant. The sudden death of her child’s father throws Yuzu into confusion even as she becomes a mother. Yuzu’s dogged efforts win the unflagging support of those around her, but a far more difficult path lies ahead than anyone can imagine.

Undercover Boss Ga-me

特命!刑事どん亀   특명 ! 형사 돈카메   任命!刑事亀男

120 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 14 eps|15 episodes

Toshiyuki Nishida plays the role of Don Kameda, A.K.A “Don-Game”. Don-Game is a café owner who loves jazz and long epic songs. But that’s actually him in disguise. He’s in fact the chief of a secret organization called The Tokyo Police Confidential Investigation Division and works directly under the Tokyo Police Commissioner. With their unique members and exceptional teamwork, TPCID solves mysteries that the police can’t even untangle. This drama is a modern Mito Komon filled with laughter, tears, and heart pumping action! It’s a new type of detective drama with an array of secret detective tools. The series runs for 15 episodes. Don’t miss Don-Game’s Operation Deep 15 transformations!

Be with you

いま、会いにゆきます   지금, 만나러 갑니다   現在、好想見你

75 min x 2 eps / 60 min x 8 eps|10 episodes

“Mommy will be back in the rainy season.” Mio Aio wrote these words in a picture book just before passing away. Though six-year old Yuji accepts his mother’s death, he still believes the promise his mother made. Then the rainy season comes, and Yuji and his father, Takumi, meet a woman in the downpour that bears an uncanny resemblance to Mio, but has no recollection of who she is. Taking her in, they reacquaint her with her former self and family life returns to normal as memories come flooding back. But their new life together is interrupted by the discovery of Mio’s old diary, which reveals the secrets of her past and how they must say goodbye in six weeks time….

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School - The Dreams of a Delinquent Youth-

ヤンキー母校に帰るSP 旅立ちの時 「不良少年の夢」   불량학생 --- 모교로 돌아오다 『불량 소년의 꿈』   肖年仔返校囉『不良少年之夢』

135 min. x 1 ep.|1 episode

Based on a true story from Hokkaido’s Hokusei Yoichi High School, the first high school in Japan to accept high school dropouts nationwide and the subject of a successful documentary, this drama will follow a former gang member, dropout and graduate of the school who returns as a teacher. We will follow him as he helps graduating students out into the world. The teachers and students will, as you would expect, confront all the issues of youth and society today. At this school, there are no compromises, no lies. This drama will move you as both students and teachers face a variety of issues head on. This is a moving story that is created by people coming together and learning to believe in each other.

Drop-out Teacher Returns to School

ヤンキー母校に帰る   불량학생 모교로 돌아오다   不良少年回母校

75 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 9 eps. / 135 min. × 1 ep. (Special)|10 episodes and Special

Based on a true story from Hokkaido’s Hokusei Yoichi High School, the first high school in Japan to accept high school dropouts nationwide and the subject of a successful documentary, this drama will follow a former gang member, dropout and graduate of the school who returns as a teacher. We will follow him as he helps graduating students out into the world. The teachers and students will, as you would expect, confront all the issues of youth and society today. At this school, there are no compromises, no lies. This drama will move you as both students and teachers face a variety of issues head on. This is a moving story that is created by people coming together and learning to believe in each other.

Welcome to the High Plains

高原へいらっしゃい   고원으로 오세요   歡迎來到高原飯店

90 min. x 1 ep. / 70 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 8 eps.|10 episodes

As a former manager of a top hotel, Seiji has been entrusted with the reopening of a hotel in the high plains that has been boarded up and closed for years. With a budget of 20 million yen, he begins to hire interesting characters to work there and rebuild the hotel. However, his attempts to get a top chef to draw customers fail. The staff members begin to worry about the hotel’s future and try to leave, but at precisely that moment, an elderly man who used to be a chef at a top hotel pays a visit. Will this mean success for Seiji or just add to his troubles?

California Dreamin'

夢のカリフォルニア   꿈의 캘리포니아   夢想加州

75 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 10 eps.|11 episodes

Shu is a senior at a low-ranked university. Kotomi is a struggling model. Keiko has a desk job at a small company. All of them are former classmates from junior high school. All of them are not satisfied with their current lives and want to find something better but can’t seem to. Reflecting many of the conflicts and anxieties of today’s youth, these three turn to each other for support to find the meaning in their lives for which they are searching.

Precious Friends

いちばん大切なひと   가장 소중한 사람   最重要的人

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

This is a bittersweet tale of Kohei and Mika, who have been friends since childhood and now discover themselves in a deep yet fragile romance. Five years of their lives are presented in an almost lyrical succession of images, as they enter their twenties and tentatively explore their emerging love, striving to protect each other while not jeopardizing the mutual support and encouragement of their longtime friendship.

Tell Me That You Love Me

愛していると言ってくれ   사랑한다고 말해줘   說愛我

60 min x 12 eps|12 episodes

This delicate love story transcends the spoken word as it depicts the lives of an aspiring young actress and a painter who lost his sense of hearing during childhood. As their relationship develops, the audience learns the true power of sign language and experiences the couple’s growth first-hand through the progression of their visual communication.