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NAOKI HANZAWA

半沢直樹   한자와 나오키   半澤直樹

85 min × 1 ep / 75 min × 4eps / 60 min × 5eps|Eps 10

【2nd Season】Naoki Hanzawa is back! A banker at the Tokyo Central Bank who's exposed many injustices inside the bank , the story begins with his being sent off to a subsidiary company, Tokyo Central Securities. Hanzawa commands a band of workers who are part of the so-called “lost generation.” Together, they confront and overcome numerous workplace challenges. Can they secure “double revenge” for clients and their outlandish demands ?
Convention - busting banker hero, Naoki Hanzawa, underwrites a new legendary chapter in the financial world.

Nagi's Long Vacation

凪のお暇   나기의 휴식   凪的新生活

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

Nagi Oshima is a 28-year-old employee of consumer appliance maker, with silky straight hair and a peculiar personality, feeling she must try her hardest to “read the room” so as to interact well with others. But her striving to adapt to others leads her one day to hyperventilate and collapse. “I need to rethink my life!” she proclaims, physically and mentally exhausted. So she decides to give up everything and “reset” her life. She quits her job, terminates her condo lease, breaks off all contact with her boyfriend and everyone she knows, and goes on a solitary search to discover the “freedom” to enjoy her own life. This even means undoing her straight perm and letting her natural curly hair flow, something she’s always harbored a complex about. Moving to a new neighborhood and new life, however, presents both new and old challenges. She meets the man living next door, someone she might define as “too free” and re-encounters her boyfriend, from whom she’d hoped to escape. A romantic comedy straight from the heart that extolls the virtues of self-acceptance and living true to oneself.

No Side Manager

ノーサイド・ゲーム   노사이드 게임   No Side Manager -逆轉大叔

85 min × 1 ep / 75 min × 1 ep / 80 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 7 eps|10 episodes

Adapted from a novel by Jun Ikeido, the story follows the travails of a company man once touted as an elite executive candidate who falters when he voices opposition to his superiors over an acquisition, and is exiled to general affairs manager at a branch factory. Adding insult to injury, he is also ordered to serve as general manager of the plant’s failing rugby team, the Tokiwa Motors “Astros”, which once basked in glory but has since sunk to perennial cellar dweller. Hoping to resuscitate his own future along with that of a weak rugby team on the verge of disbandment, the embattled company man stakes pride and fortune on fulfilling two missions, putting all he’s got into work and sports in this inspirational human drama.

Nisekoi: False Love

ニセコイ   니세코이   偽戀

116 min.

Raku, a peace-loving guy with a strong sense of justice and the son of a mafia boss and Chitoge, a daughter of a gangster, girly girl at heart, are forced by their parents to “pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend” in order to stop a feud between their families. Raku and Chitoge are extremely reluctant, but have no choice, and so begins their high school life of false love.

Original Comic: Naoshi Komi ”Nisekoi"

Ninja Warrior Hungary

닌자 워리어 헝가리   忍者大戰 匈牙利

120 min.|10 episodes

Thousands of people have come forward to prove that they are able to overcome the monumental obstacle course that only a few could achieve in the world so far. Amazing excitement, a stunning track and super-power is promised by the world-famous show. After Japan, America and many other countries in Europe, Ninja Warrior arrived in Hungary. Do not miss anything, pleasing to the greatest fighters!

Nihonto: The Movie~The World of "Katana"~

映画日本刀~刀剣の世界~   일본도 ~도검의 세계~   電影 日本刀~刀劍的世界~

60 min.

A documentary that shines a spotlight on Japan’s long and vaunted tradition of sword making by introducing master sword makers and sharpeners, accompanied by tales of famous swords used by samurai generals and legendary swordsmen throughout history. The documentary explains the painstaking craftsmanship and time-honored techniques that go into making and tempering swords while providing backstories that shed light on the mind and spirit of the Japanese.

Narration: Kosuke Toriumi

Nurses of the Palace

まっしろ   새하얗다   純白

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

Screenwriter Yumiko Inoue and producer Hiroki Ueda join forces to spin a wholly new type of nurse story reminiscent of an ancient inner palace drama. Set in a top-class hospital where nurses cater to a very exclusive and well-heeled class of clientele, a once altruistic nurse, Akari Arimura, lands work in the hospital where the country’s most elite politicians, entertainers and intelligentsia spare no cost for pampered medical care.
Seeking a rich husband after enduring harsh treatment at her former place of employment, Arimura finds herself once again at the bottom of a rigid pecking order controlled by a domineering head nurse who makes life hell for Arimura and her fellow, low-ranking, “generic” nurses as they become embroiled in “palace” politics, infighting and romance. A moving and romantic tale of personal growth proving that nurses are human, too.

Night School Teacher, SAKURA

夜のせんせい   밤의 선생님   血夜愛上貓

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

After migrating from job to job, 38-year-old Sakura Yoruno, finally settles in as a bar hostess at a pub called “Raimu Raito” on the outskirts of town. It seems the perfect job for a woman who has witnessed and experienced just about everything in life. But her life takes another change when a regular customer compels her to take up a teaching position at an evening high school. Here, she’s warned that “if even one student drops out, you’re fired.” But the class assigned to her is a veritable smorgasbord of troubled students. They vary in age and social background, and suffer from problems that make any one of them a potential drop out at any time. But the boundlessly cheerful Sakura is determined to succeed. “No matter what happens,” she promises, “I’m not letting go of your hand.” Here is an inspiration tale about a rookie teacher at a night high school with the ability to turn people’s lives around.

Nameless Poison

名もなき毒   이름없는 독   無名之毒

60 min x 11 eps|11 episodes

A dramatization of a work by Japan's undisputed queen of mystery and perenially popular author, Miyuki Miyabe. Saburo Sugimura is employed in the public relations sections of huge conglomerate, Imada Corporation. when he receives an odd request from his father-in-law, Yoshichika Imada, the company chairman. The favor has something to do with looking into the tragic death of the chairman's personal driver, Nobuo Kajita, who had been an enthusiastic supporter of Sugimura's marriage to the chairman's daughter. While Sugimura hopes the death was nothing more than an accident, new facts come to light that point instead to foul play. All people have "poison" in their hearts in varying quantities, and Sugimura finds that Kajita's death may have been the result of the daily gradual spread of secretly-harbored poison of the heart. Here then ensues a genuine psycho thriller that brings the varied drama of the human condition into bold relief.

NAOKI HANZAWA

半沢直樹   한자와 나오키   半澤直樹

114 min x 1 ep / 85 min x 2 eps / 75 min x 1 ep / 70 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 5 eps|10 episodes

It was the height of the Japanese economic bubble when Naoki Hanzawa landed a coveted job in a major bank. But he finds the life of a banker to be a stormy one. As a loan officer section chief, Hanzawa works to finance the Nishi Osaka Steel company 5 million dollars at the insistence of his stubborn branch manager, Asano, and without collateral! What appeared a blue chip company is actually a heavily indebted concern that has been cooking its books. Within 3 months of the loan, Nishi Osaka Steel goes bankrupt, and Hanzawa and his bank have been deceived out of 5 million dollars. Not willing to take the heat and jeopardize his career, Asano plots to lay the blame on Hanzawa. When called to headquarters in Tokyo to attend investigative hearings about the fiasco, Hanzawa decides instead to deny the money is lost and vows to recover it himself. A believer in the goodness of people, but aware that deception costs double, Naoki Hanzawa's life as a legendary maverick banker begins.

Naniwa Junior Detectives

浪花少年探偵団   나니와 소년탐정단   浪花偵探少年團

120 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 11 eps|12 episodes

Shinobu is an inexperienced grade school teacher who has just been hired on a temporary basis to take over Class no. 2 of the 6th grade in a seedy district of downtown Osaka. But Shinobu, full of curiosity and energy, cannot seem to help sticking her nose into the many crimes and mysterious goings-on in the community that surrounds her school. Together with her equally curious and energetic students, they form a junior detectives club and go on a great adventure assisting local police solve head-scratching cases. Fortunately, Shinobu is a woman with a keen intuitive sense and extraordinary power of deduction. As a lover of mystery novels and an abhorrer of wrongdoing, she’s committed to keeping the community safe for her students, pursuing criminal activity with a vengeance culminating each week with the climactic call: “Don’t mess with Oji Elementary’s Shinobu!”

Nyankoi!

にゃんこい!   냥코이!   貓願三角戀!

30 min. x 12 eps.|12 episodes

Junpei, a high school boy who has an extreme dislike for cats, ends up breaking a stone cat idol and is subsequently cursed with the ability to understand cat speech! Using this new ability, he must help a hundred cats achieve their desires, and if within a certain amount of time he doesn’t, he’ll turn into a cat himself! While Junpei is attempting to fulfill the wishes of the cats that come to him for help, he also must navigate a love triangle he finds himself in with two women: childhood friend Kanako and new crush Kaede. But his efforts in his own love life won’t matter much if they notice him conversing with cats or he becomes a furry feline! Don’t miss this hilarious romantic comedy!

NEW TYPE: JUST FOR YOUR LOVE

ニュータイプ 〜ただ愛のために〜   New Type ~사랑을 위해   新典型~ 只為愛情

92 min.

Yuri, who works at the ticket window at a ferry terminal, is one-eyed.
One day, she is held at knifepoint and locked away in captivity by an enigmatic man named Kwon, who has missed a ferry.
At the very moment Yuri secretly tries to place a phone call, the telephone catches fire and explodes. Yuri wonders what is happening but immediately leans that Kwon has supernatural powers.
As Kwon and Yuri become closer to each other, Yuri’s friend, Akiyama, accidentally finds the secret of Yuri’s supernatural power. Yuri has the ability to go back in time. As the price for her supernatural ability, Yuri becomes blind in one eye. In the meantime, Kwon gets shot by mysterious men. Yuri, who has started feeling affection for Kwon, tries to save him using her special power again, but…..

NANA 2

NANA 2   나나 2   NANA 2

130 min.

The film “NANA” opened in 2005 boosted by the tremendous popularity of manga, and grossed a mind-boggling over US$40M in ticket sales. The previous story followed the lives of NANA and Nana up to the point where they begin living together. This sequel dramatically portrays their lives together (we watch them as they mature). As NANA’s band, The Blackstones, debuts and Nana gets married, the two continue to follow their dreams, but find that having your dreams come true and finding happiness don’t always go hand in hand.

NADA SOU SOU - Tears for You -

涙そうそう   눈물이 주룩주룩   淚光閃閃

118 min.

The story is based on a million seller ballad, “NADA SOU SOU.”
Cry as I may, my feelings for you keep pouring out endlessly. The tears and emotions that remain forever in our hearts will enfold the world. This is a touching story of the love between two step-siblings born in Okinawa, and made painful by the realization that they can never be together. The details of their history are played out under the blue skies of Okinawa. The years Yotaro and Kaoru spent together were limited, but the days were filled with laughter and tenderness.

NANA

NANA   나나   NANA

113 min.

The eponymous dual heroines are 20-year old NANA Osaki and Nana Komatsu. Strong and independent, NANA comes from a dysfunctional background and is the vocalist of a punk band looking to find a major record deal. On the other hand, naive and sweet-natured Nana has been blessed with a stable family environment and the most pressing issue in her life is her boyfriend! Fate brings these two very different girls together and the film traces their fortunes as they navigate the trials and tribulations of love and the difficulties facing young women in the bustling and often intimidating metropolis of Tokyo.

Nyokei Kazoku

女系家族

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

A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the family opens the door to a fierce struggle between his three powerful and privileged daughters and the young mistress of modest means pregnant with his child.

Neverland

ネバーランド   네버랜드   拒絕長大

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

Four students at a famous private high school for boys in a rural seaside town each decide to stay in the dormitory over the summer. They each have their reasons for not returning home, but they agree to never ask each other about them, having been strangers until this point. However, problems in their personal lives begin to rise to the surface, and the boys must learn to overcome their defenses and open up to each other.

Number One Male Spirit 1, 2

日本一の男の魂1, 2   일본 No.1 남자의 혼 1,2   曰本第一大漢1, 2

Series 1: 6 min. 30 sec. x 16 eps. Series 2: 6 min. 30 sec. x 16 eps.|32 episodes

A bizarre gag comedy about men(and sometimes women)that have attained an absurd title for their unusual behavior or talent, like 'The Most Disaster-Prone Man' or 'The Man Most Skilled at Hiding Adult Magazines.' This collection of shorts keeps the comic pace and level of wackiness high in every episode by introducing you to a string of new characters more unusual than before.

NAOKI HANZAWA Spin-off

半沢直樹 スピンオフ企画~狙われた半沢直樹のパスワード   한자와 나오키 스핀오프   半澤直樹特別篇

90 min × 1ep|Ep 1

At the Tokyo Central Securities company where Naoki Hanzawa has been pos ted, a massive overhaul of the securities trading system is scheduled.
Meanwhile, at an upstart search engine development and operations IT firm, SPIRAL, a rookie programmer named Kousaka, having just displayed prodigious programming skills that staved off a disastrous system shutdown, gets rewarded by being named leader of a competitive project that could make-or-break the rising company. But at the same time, nobody is aware of a dark conspiracy lurking beneath the surface.

Ninja Warrior

Ninja Warrior   닌자전사   忍者戰士

30 min: 135 eps 60 min x 2 eps Including special and preview episodes Spanish version (30 min): 21 eps|30 & 60 min series

Divided into four extreme stages, 100 competitors face the ultimate test of strength and will in their quest to become champion. Many are called. Few are chosen. Who’s tough enough to become the next Ninja Warrior! Produced by Monster 9 and airing on Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Ninja Warrior has become an international sensation.

★ Both on-air & clean video versions available to suit a licensee’s need
★ Sold in 157 countries and territories
★ Now available for all digital media

Ninja Warrior Espana

닌자 워리어 에스파냐   西班牙忍者王

Season 1 : 120 min × 5 eps Season 2 : 120 min × 5 eps|Eps 10

Ninja Warrior Germany

닌자 워리어 독일   德國忍者王

Season 1 : 125-130 min × 5 eps Season 2 : 125-130 min × 9 eps Season 3 : 125-130 min × 9 eps Season 4 : 125-130 min × 9 eps Season 5 : 125-130 min × 10 eps Season 6:125min-130min × 11 eps Season 7:125min-130min × 10 eps|Eps 63

Ninja Warrior Sweden

닌자 워리어 스웨덴   極限體能王・瑞典版

Series 1 : 45 min. x 10 eps. Series 2 : 45 min. x 12 eps.|22 episodes

Ninja Warrior makes its debut in Europe with this exciting version that gathers the best athletes from all over Sweden.

Ninja Warrior UK

닌자 워리어, 영국   極限體能王-英國篇

Series 1 : 60 min x 8 eps Series 2 : 60 min x 8 eps Series 3 : 60 min x 8 eps Series 4 : 60 min x 8 eps Series 5 : 60 min x 8 eps Series 6:60 min x 8 eps|Eps 48

The toughest obstacle course on television has come to the UK. Competitors from all walks of life have prepared for this grueling challenge in many different ways, but they share one dream, to be crowned UK's Ninja Warrior.