Natsuki Obana is a charismatic Japanese chef running a 2-star restaurant in Paris. Despite an extreme pride and confidence, he can’t seem to earn the 3 stars he covets. Feeling the pressure of a career slipping away, Obana’s troubles are compounded when his restaurant is caught in a scandal that forces its closure and the departure of his staff. Amid his despair, a glimmer of hope arrives when he encounters a female chef with whom he is encouraged to start anew. Assembling a staff of talented chefs, he launches his restaurant but is constantly clashing with personnel. Can a middle-aged man once knocked down recover the verve of youth necessary to achieve a lifelong dream?

The setting is the opulent “Hibarigaoka” hilltop district coveted by anyone with dreams of wealth. The story revolves around three families: the Endos, the Takahashis and the Kojimas. Mayumi Endo has scrimped and saved to at last build a small house in the district, fulfilling a long-cherished dream. But reality proved much different. The Takahashis across the street seem to Mayumi a model family leading a blessed and happy existence. That is until the same type of trouble that the Endos are experiencing with a violently rebellious daughter, occurs tragically at the Takahashis, destroying Mayumi’s picture of an ideal home. The husband, Hiroyuki, is murdered, and the second son, Shinji, goes missing, making him the prime suspect in the eyes of the police, the Endos, the Kojimas and among the remaining children at the Takahashi home. But in a moving climax, “a painfully beautiful ode to familial love” awaits!

Four women meet at a mutual friend’s wedding: one is tormented by love, another is distressed over her lack of courage, yet another frets over her treasures, and the other worries about her greed. While searching for the missing bride who has disappeared on the day of her wedding, the women end up getting involved in unimaginable scandals. This is a suspenseful love story about the most dazzlingly beautiful and attractive women.

"The Family", the program commemorating the 55th anniversary of the launch of the TBS TV station, is a social drama depicting the inside story between bureaucrats, politicians and big businesses over a bank merger revolving around the family discord between Daisuke Manpyou, the owner and president of Hanshin Bank, and his eldest son, Teppei. A program that was a big hit, "The Family" recorded average audience ratings of 23.9% in the Kanto region and 30.4% in the Kansai region.

Eijiro graduated from a prestigious medical school and began his career as a doctor full of wide-eyed enthusiasm. Eidai Hospital is one of the largest and most prestigious teaching hospitals, and Eijiro swells with pride to be associated with its team of elite doctors. But Eijiro soon learns that the hospital is a place where bribes and big egos can affect patient care. Further, Eijiro is only allowed to complete manial tasks, keeping him from truly fulfilling his dream of helping patients. Working for experience in the ER, Eijiro freezes during a patient's treatment and cannot bring himself to face the opening table again. To make up for his inabilities, Eijiro vows to do anything he can to help the patients, even if it means putting his carrer on thi line to stand up to those hindering patient care.