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An encouragement of love 恋愛のすゝめ   名校菁英的戀愛大作戰

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Distractions are strictly forbidden for the student body leader of a super prep school where 95% successfully get into Japan’s most prestigious University of Tokyo. But then he falls in love for the first time. Turning his back on studies and defying school rules, he now stakes his life on the most difficult challenge of all: winning a person’s heart! But he is so undaunted by repeated failure that his quest soon takes on a life of its own, engulfing the hearts and minds of the entire school! Super elite boys in glasses take on forbidden "love” in this over-the top, no holds barred rom-com!
재학생 중 95%는 도쿄대학으로 진학하고 공부이외는 일절 연애와 오락은 허락되지 않는 명문 진학교의 학생회장 오토리.
인생의 모두를 공부에 바쳐온 오토리가 어느 날 태어나 처음으로 사랑을 하게 되고 엄격한 교칙을 어기고 인생을 건 「연애」라는 최대 난관에 도전하게 된다!
「연애」라는 문제에 직면한 오토리는 몇 번이나 좌절할 뻔하지만 다시 일어나고, 그 짝사랑은 차츰 금욕적이었던 학생들의 마음을 흔들고 학교 전체를 끌어들이는 큰 사건으로 발전해가는데!
초 엘리트 안경 남학생들이 교칙에서 금지된 「연애」에 도전하는 대규모 우습고도 진지한 러브 코미디!
在95%學生都進入東京大學就讀,不容許讀書以外戀愛與娛樂的升學學校擔任學生會長的鳳。
將自己的人生全奉獻給讀書的他,迎來出生以來初次墜入愛河,必須違反嚴格的校規,挑戰「戀愛」這個賭上人生的難題!

Forbidden Fruit

不機嫌な果実   금기의 과일   禁果的誘惑

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today’s women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.

I Just Wanna Hug You

抱きしめたい 〜真実の物語〜   안고 싶어   想擁抱

123 min.

Overcoming a tragic accident at a young age that confined her to a wheelchair and caused frequent memory loss, Tsukasa has an inspiring lust for life and energy. She plays sports and meets, then falls in love with, a young basketball-playing taxi driver named Masami. Soon, the two find themselves having to face a variety of challenges and difficulties form the world around them on their way to marriage and the dreams of building a blissful life together. This film is based on a miraculous story about an actual couple in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa has been paralyzed on her left side since a traffic accident as a young girl, which also caused some brain damage, making her forget things easily.

I Love You Just a Little Bit

あなたのことはそれほど   당신을 그렇게까지는   我對你並没那麼

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

Mitsu is a 29-year-old woman who married “the number 2 man in her life,” but has been unable to forget her first love, Arishima. When she accidentally encounters him after several years, she feels it is destiny calling, and the two spend one night together in secret from their spouses. Airtime himself has just begun a family of his own, with a newborn child, but he and Mitsu find themselves continuing their affair. While they at first enjoy what seems to be a no-strings at-tached affair, it gradually begets subtle changes in feeling. Mitsu’s husband, Ryota, becomes aware of the affair and ups his devotion to her to keep her. Meanwhile, Arishima’s wife, Reika, is a picture perfect mother and devoted wife, throwing this four-way relationship into an increas-ingly complicated web of mixed emotions.

Justice is Blind: The Moving Tale of a Vision-Impaired Lawyer(Based on a True Story)

全盲の僕が弁護士になった理由   전맹인 내가 변호사가 된 이유 ~감동서스펜스 실화!~   全盲的我變成律師的理由~真實故事改編的懸疑劇~

120 min x 1 ep|1 episode

Based on the writings of a true life, vision-impaired lawyer comes a story about a blind man who manages to pass the extremely difficult bar exam and earn his lawyer’s license. Long desiring to help the weak, Kensuke Okochi gets a job at an attorney’s office while he and his wife, also blind, look forward to their first child. When a plaintiff in a divorce case decides to withdraw from litigation, Kensuke worries at first that it has to do with his own perceived inadequacies as a lawyer, but a few days later, he is visited by the female plaintiff, Satomi, showing injuries to her body. While it appears an open and shut case of domestic violence with an audio recording as proof, Kensuke detects a “certain scent” coming from the plaintiff which gives him pause as to her real intentions.

Let’s Go Quintuplets!

ゴーゴー五つ子ら・ん・ど   고 ! 고 ! 다섯 쌍둥이 랜드   元氣五胎胞

30 min. x 50 eps.|50 episodes

With appearances and personalities so different, no one can believe these kids are related, much less born on the same day! Fights and arguments are par for the course, but when they are in trouble they are sure to stick together. Mom, Dad, and even the family dog are sure to get drawn into their inevitable antics which are a guaranteed source of laughter for all.

Mr. Kimpachi in Class 3B (S1-8)

3年B組金八先生 1-8   3 학년 B 반 긴파치 선생님   3 年 B 班金八老師

1: 60 min. x 23 eps. 2: 60 min. x 25 eps. 3: 85 min. x 1 ep., 60 min. x 11 eps. 4: 120 min. x 2 eps. , 60 min. x 21 eps. 5: 135 min. x 1 ep. , 120 min. x 3 eps. , 60 min. x 19 eps. 6: 150 min. x 1 ep. , 120 min. x 3 eps. , 60 min. x 19 eps. 7: 120 min. x 2 eps. , 60 min. x 19 eps. , 240 min. x 1 ep. 8: 120 min. x 2 eps., 60 min. x 20 eps.|173 episodes

A legendary television series and cultural asset that first aired 32 years ago, Mr. Kinpachi in Class B is famous for putting many social issues on the front burner of the public conscious over its long run, as filtered through the emotionally volatile lives of third year middle school students. The heartfelt relations between a devoted schoolteacher, Kinpachi Sakamoto, and his unique students have won the show high praise for several decades. Whether due to the pressures of exams, family relations, teachers and friends, graduating middle school students navigate a turbulent hormonal sea of “hope” and “frustration”, constantly shaped by the social environment of the times. Standing as a beacon in the storm and emitting messages of hope for each generation is one Japanese teacher, Kinpachi Sakamoto, who has come to be adored and admired by a nation through the adventures of Class 3B.

Shonen Maid

少年メイド   소년 메이드   少年女僕

30 min. × 13 eps.|13 episodes

After the loss of his mother, Chihiro is left alone.With no family left, he has to find a way to move on. Things aren’t looking good until a chance encounter with the young and handsome Madoka – who turns out to be his walthy uncle! Madoka offers him his home and all Chihiro has to do is clean up after the messy, irresponsible man. The problem? This job requires a uniform – a maid outfit!

SPEC: zero

SPEC ~零   SPEC: 영(零)   SPEC: 零

120 min x 1 ep|1 episode

This prequel to the hugely popular SPEC act ion series, delves into the story behind protagonist Saya’s loss of her left hand. Saya’s parents are supposedly killed in a plane crash when she’s in high school. But later Saya is approached by Kondo, a Metropolitan Police Agency detective, who tells her it’s likely her family was murdered by a SPEC agent. Five years later, Saya is a cop at the Public Safety Department’s Section 5 Task Force for unresolved cases. Meanwhi le, Saya’s brother blames Saya for their parents’ death, setting out to destroy her under the pseudonym Ninomae. He’s guided by Saya’s jilted ex-boyfriend, Satoshi, who’s poisoned both Ninomae and Saya’s minds so that they can’t recall being close.

The Family

華麗なる一族   화려한 일족   華麗一族

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

"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.

The Yakuza Girl

セーラー服と機関銃   세일러복과 기관총   水手服與機關槍

70 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 6 eps|7 episodes

A girl-next-door type, the ordinary senior high school girl, Izumi Hoshi suddenly turns into a yakuza (gangster) boss. The high school girl, who had been completely unrelated to the yakuza world, now defeats evils one after another. It is a truly exhilarating story.
The original novel written by Jiro Akagawa is a big hit that sold some 2 million copies! Furthermore, it is a serial drama based on “Sailor Fuku to Kikanju (sailor suit and machine gun),” which was made into a movie starring Hiroko Yakushimaru and was rage of the times.