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Smiling Matryoshka 笑うマトリョーシカ   웃는 마트료시카   微笑俄羅斯娃娃

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When newspaper reporter Kanae Michiue suspects that a young politician hailed as a future prime minister is being manipulated, she looks into his past in an effort to find out by whom. His secretary? Or someone else? She discovers several mysterious deaths have occurred during the politician’s stellar political rise, including that of her own father. What is the “peculiar relationship” between the politician and his talented secretary? One newspaper reporter is determined to find out in this political drama laced with mystery and passion.
신문기자 미치우에 카나에는 미래의 총리 후보로 물망도 높은 젊은 정치가 세이케의 언동에 【누군가에게 조종당하고 있는 건가? 】라는 위화감을 느낀다.
조종하고 있는 것은 비서 스즈키? 아니면 다른 인물이 있는 것인가?
미치우에는 세이케의 이면을 폭로하고자 숨겨진 과거를 파헤쳐 가고, 세이케의 정치가 인생의 영광 이면에서 수많은 의문의 사망사고가 일어나고 있었던 것을 알게 된다.
더욱이 갑작스러운 사고로 목숨을 잃은 미치우에의 아버지와도 관계가 있다.
인기 정치가와 유능한 비서의 “기묘한 관계”. 그들을 둘러싼 검은 어둠에 신문기자가 다가간다!
인간의 욕망과 미스테리가 뒤얽힌 휴먼 정치 서스펜스!
報社記者・道上香苗,對於未來的總理人選,聲勢極高的年輕政治家・清家的言論與行動總抱持著「似乎有誰在背後操縱著」的不信任感。
清家的幕後黑手,究竟是秘書鈴木?抑或是別人?
道上為了揭開清家不為人知的一面而深入調查,發現清家輝煌的政治家人生中,有著多起原因異常的死亡案件。
這些案件也與道上因突發事故身亡的父親有著密切關聯——。
人氣政治家與能幹秘書之前的「奇妙關係」。報社記者將深入兩人引發的黑色漩渦!
這是一齣由人的慾望與謎題交織而成的政治懸疑群像劇!

A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love

初めて恋をした日に読む話   처음 사랑을 한 날에 읽는 이야기   第一次的戀愛童話

67 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

After being a star student in high school, Junko Harumi finds herself in her early thirties having failed at love, college entrance exams and good employment. Working at a cram school as a tutor bereft of hope and motivation, she spends her days believing she’ll be fired at any moment. Then one day, a knuckle-headed, delinquent teen named Kyohei Yuri appears before her. “I want you to get me into the University of Tokyo,” he says. Having herself failed to get into the country’s most prestigious university, Junko refuses thinking it beyond her abilities, but then is overpowered by Kyohei’s strong will and desire, and finally relents. In the process, she is surprised when her handsome cousin, Masashi Yakumo, an elite trade company man, returns from working overseas and suddenly proposes marriage to her. With her life suddenly taking a turn for the better, can Junko get Kyohei into the University of Tokyo from a bottom-feeder high school? And is she destined to find the love to set her life on a new path?

A Twist of Fate

めぐり逢い   재회   遇見

75 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 11 eps.|12 episodes

Eri and Shuji meet as next door neighbors and over the course of a year become lovers. However, just as Shuji is planning on asking Eri to marry him, they are each offered job opportunities at opposite ends of the globe. Pulled apart by their careers, they happen to meet years later and are surprised to find they still have feelings for one another. However, the fact that they are both in serious relationships with other people promises to complicate matters.

Blackboard: Teachers Against the Tide of Time

ブラックボード〜時代と戦った教師たち〜   블랙 보드~시대와 싸운 교사들~   黑板~與時代奮戰的教師們~

139 min. x 1 ep. / 135 min. x 1 ep. / 144 min. x 1 ep. |3 episodes

Do you have a teacher you will never forget?
An ordinary looking school and a typical classroom. So many students have passed through it over the years; as have many battle-scarred teachers. A message on the blackboard embodies three dramatic periods in Japan’s postmodern history. There was the time just after World War II, the economic miracle that followed, and the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami. Viewed from three fascinating and iconoclastic teachers living through these three revolutionary milestones moments, here is a story that drives at the heart of education. What did these children learn? What were the adults able to impart to them? What does it mean to be Japanese? And what are the hopes and dreams of people of all ages?

Detective Lovesick

うぬぼれ刑事   나르시스트 형사   花痴刑警

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

He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.

H2: The Days with You

H2 ~君といた日々~   H2 ~너와 있던 날들   H2 ~有你的日子

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

Hiro was an ace pitcher in junior high school, until he was diagnosed with a “glass elbow.” After giving up on the sport for a time, his passion for the game draws him back to it in high school and he joins a baseball team only to find himself in a match against his old rival Hideo who plays for the highest ranked high school. The meeting of the two is observed by Hideo’s girlfriend, Hikari, and she finds herself increasingly drawn towards Hiro, despite his only being interested in baseball. These two young men battle for the dream of winning the famous Koushien Baseball Tournament and for the heart of the young woman who doesn’t know for whom she should cheer.

JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope

日本沈没ー希望のひとー   일본침몰 ー희망의 사람ー   日本沉沒ー希望之人ー

135min × 1ep / 85min × 1ep / 75min × 2eps / 60min × 5eps|Eps 9

Tokyo 2023. Japan’s prime minister announces a plan to store contaminated material in deep-sea strata while entrusting a team of young technocrats to protect Japan’s future. Meanwhile, the public is alarmed by sensational magazine articles predicting the sinking of the Kanto plain owing to the disappearance of an island off the Izu coast. With demonstrators in the streets, a young government official Amami tries to restore order just as a corruption scandal linking the government to a profitable eco-business firm erupts. When Amami and a government colleague escape for a scuba diving trip, they encounter an earth-shattering event.

Let's Go to Onsen 1,2,3,4,5,Go!

温泉へ行こう! 1,2,3,4,5,Go!   온천에 가자 !   來去泡溫泉 系列

Part 1 : 30 min. x 65 eps. Part 2 : 30 min. x 60 eps. Part 3 : 30 min. x 54 eps. Part 4 : 30 min. x 55 eps. Part 5 : 30 min. x 55 eps. Go! : 30 min. x 60 eps.|349 episodes

Left at the alter after quitting her job to marry, Kaoru travels to the countryside to work at the Japanese inn and hot spring resort that her mother manages. With her daughter back, Kaoru’s mother decides to groom her to become the next manager, but this causes the woman previously in line for that position to become a jealous rival. On top of that, the rest of the staff don’t respect her and refuse to cooperate at every turn. Fighting to thwart the efforts of her rival, earning the respect of her co-workers, learning a new job and hopefully finding love along the way may be tough, but she is determined to make this her new home!

Orange Days

オレンジデイズ   橘色的日子

90 min x 1 ep / 75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps|11 episodes

Kai Yuuki is in his senior year at university studying social welfare psychology. At present, he is in the middle of job-hunting season. He is finding it difficult with no job offers so far. One day, he meets a girl who is playing violin on campus named Sae. In marked contrast to her beautiful tone and attractive looks, her personality is somewhat impertinent. And to top it off, she communicates through very vulgar sign language. Four years ago, she lost the most important thing for a violinist ? her hearing. As a result Sae closes herself off from the outside world. Kai finds himself on a date with Sae, in place of his best friend, and unexpectedly finds her revealing her inner self to him.

SAKABA: Bar Hopping Women

おんな酒場放浪記   여성 술집방랑기   女人們的酒場放浪記

15 min series|100+ eps

A female edition of the popular “SAKABA: Bar Hopping Report by Rui Yoshida” for women. Since first airing in 2003, the “SAKABA: Bar Hopping Report by Rui Yoshida” team has introduced viewers to some 500 drinking holes across the country and reported on over 1,500. But this time, drink loving women foray into the “middle aged male world” by hitting the program’s hand-picked establishments.

The Good Listener

SAKURA 〜事件を聞く女〜   사쿠라 ~사건을 듣는 여자~   SAKURA~傾聽事件的女人~

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

Undercover cop Sakura Mizusawa assumes many faces as she teams up with a hot-blooded detective, Masato Takeuchi, to form a crime-solving tag team with an ear for the truth.
With an uncanny ability to connect all the disparate voices she hears undercover, Sakura goes in complete pursuit of criminals, giving her undivided attention to incidents that could happen to anyone and alleviating the suffering of the weak and disadvantaged.
Join her in this fun and raucous old school police story that promises a tearfully moving finish and plenty of lessons about right and wrong. Great for the whole family, young and old!