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The Best Way to End a Life: Ending Planner 最高の人生の終り方 〜 エンディングプランナー 〜   최고의 인생을 마감하는 방법 ~엔딩 플래너~   最棒的人生終結方式 ~Ending Planner~

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The Best Way to End a Life: Ending Planner,最高の人生の終り方 〜 エンディングプランナー 〜,최고의 인생을 마감하는 방법 ~엔딩 플래너~,最棒的人生終結方式 ~Ending Planner~

Broadcast Date

2012.1.12 - 2012.3.15

Episode / Duration

10 episodes 80 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps

Scenario Writer

Chiho Watanabe (渡辺千穂)

Cast

Tomohisa Yamashita (山下智久)
Nana Eikura (榮倉奈々)
Atsuko Maeda (前田敦子)
Yuri Chinen (知念侑李)
Ito Ono (大野いと)

The death of a father places his son, Masato Ihara, in charge of the family undertaker business, “Iharaya” as its 5th generation owner. In an old quarter of Tokyo, the business is frequented by the police who bring only the deceased with checkered pasts. Inevitably, Masato, along with his elder brother, younger sister and a rookie female cop, find themselves involved in unraveling the mysterious lives and hard realities that these voiceless clients faced when they were alive, and endeavor to bring some “redemption”, warmth and comfort to the bereaved families. A human drama that powerfully depicts what it means to live.
아버지가 돌아가시고 줄곳 싫어하던 가업인 장의사를 잇게 된 이 하라 마사토 . 경찰에서 의뢰받은 시신은 갖가지 사연을 안고 있 다 . 마사토는 어떤 일을 계기로 알게 된 신참여형사와 함께 매번 시신과 함께 운반되어 오는 세상의 갖가지 현실을 맞는다 . 사연있 는 시신을 둘러싼 미스테리한 전개와 함께 말못하는 고인의 인생 을 의미있게 바꾸어 남겨진 가족의 눈물을 불러일으킨다 . 정많은 마사토의 모습을 통해 ‘삶’ 을 강한 터치로 그린 휴먼드라마이다 .
因為父親的去世「井原 真人」不得不接下原本討厭的家 業「葬儀社」而成了「井原屋」的第五代主人。警察常幫 他們帶上門的生意,都是那些「有特殊原因」的遺體。真 人和兄妹們以及意外相識的女刑警,面對每具「有特殊原 因的遺體」所附加的神秘故事以及世間殘酷的現實,他們 將已故的人生賦予了新的意義。我們透過真人的角色看到 了人情的冷暖,這是一齣深刻描寫「活著」的人性劇。

April Bride

余命1ヶ月の花嫁   여명 1 개월의 신부   生命中最後一個月的花嫁

131 min.

On April 5, 2007, a couple was married in a church.
At first glance, it was a typical wedding, with the happy couple, their families and their friends. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer, and had been given only a month to live. : “April Bride” is the true story of Chie Nagashima who died at the age of 24. The film is a last message from Chie, who loved and was loved, who supported and was supported right up to the very end. This record of love, of life, and of tears, comes to the screen.
‘It is a miracle that tomorrow comes to everyone. Just knowing that fills each day with happiness.’ by Chie Nagashima

Crying out Love, in the Center of the World

世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ   세상의 중심에서 사랑을 외치다   在世界中心呼喚愛

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

“I thought I might be using a lifetime’s happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful.” A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It’s 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks “I have been in a world without her for 17 years.” Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.

Handa-kun

はんだくん   한다군   半田君

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Handsome teenage calligrapher Sei Handa is worshipped by all his classmates as an aloof superstar… too bad Sei's inherent negativity makes him believe that everyone actually hates him...?! A youthful comedy of misunderstanding and melancholy unfolds in this hilarious prequel to “Barakamon”!

Kiko's Smile

きこちゃんすまいる   기코의 미소   酷妹當家

30 min. x 51 eps.|51 episodes

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of....well, except for this little girl. Take a liberal dose of smarts, stir in a cup of spunk, a heaping spoonful of independence, a whole lot of attitude and you get... KIKO: An adult mind in a five year old's body. She cooks, she cleans, she does the shopping, she operates complex machinery, she sculpts works of art, she's a Bonsai master- basically, she can do it all. The only problem is she still gets treated like a kid. And, boy, does it bug her! Kiko befuddles her father, mystifies her mother and terrifies her teacher. Other adults that Kiko meets consistently underestimate her, at their peril. Sure, she has friends her own age, but everyone knows that she's clearly in a league of her own. Even her nervous cat senses it.

Know Your Limits

限度ヲ知レ   한도를 알라   尺度知多少

Know Your Limits is a new kind of reality comedy -- a hidden camera variety show that explores the boundaries of everyday life. To find "limits," our hidden camera actors push ordinary people to the boundaries of what is considered normal. The further we can go, the funnier it gets.

Level 7

宮部みゆき『レベル7』   레벨7   懸疑小說-第七等級

120 min x 1 ep|1 episode

Just where is Level 7 and what is it? Two completely distinct plot lines ultimately cross paths and converge on a heinous murder. A man and woman wake up in a condominium room but have no memory of anything. The only clue they have to their identity is a tattoo on their arms that reads, "Level 7." Meanwhile, in a separate location, a solitary elderly lady goes missing having left the message, "Once you arrive at Level 7, there is no return," prompting her granddaughter to begin a search for her whereabouts.

OH! MY KONBU

OH! MY コンブ   OH! MY 콘부   美食小專家

30 min. × 22 eps|22 episodes

Fifth-grader Konbu Nabeyama is the son of a cook in a slice-of-life gourmet comedy that tries to add an element of adventure to slaving in the kitchen. Konbu helps his father solve problems in the world through the judicious use of seasonings, the right choice of menu, and the pleasing of fickle customers.

Send in Tenma!

天魔さんがゆく   텐마씨가 간다   天魔來了

30 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

An extremely fearful youth, Tenma Hokai, grudgingly runs a ghost extermination agency only because he hails from a long genealogy of those with special abilities to communicate with spirits. When a request comes in, he and his company colleagues strap on special devices and head for the haunted sites in what is a Japanese version of Ghostbusters. Or so one would hope. But alas, the weak-nerved Tenma can hardly bear the thought of encountering ghosts and tries instead to hear their grievances and rectify the problems that keep them in the corporal world, even through gentle persuasion. Meanwhile, Tenma must contend with a lady who follows him around, speak to his deceased father through dreams, a bothersome detective, a parade of quirky clients and spirits in what is far from a tale of horror but rather a hilarious comedy with comical interplay that also delivers a serious treatment on the meaning of "life" in a completely original drama.

Sweet Season

スウィートシーズン   달콤한 계절   甜蜜季節

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

The affair that Mahiro has been having with the married Yutaka has been the only escape from her troubled family life caused by her father’s own extra-marital affair. Mahiro despises her father for his past infidelity but cannot bring herself to stop Yutaka from being unfaithful to his wife. However, an unplanned pregnancy triggers a series of events that promises to shatter the small bubble of happiness Mahiro has made for herself and bring the brewing dissonance in her family to a head.

The Partner: To My Dear Friend of 100 Years

The Partner〜愛しき百年の友へ〜   The Partner~사랑스런 백년의 친구에게~   日越之間 - The Parrtner

129 min x 1 ep|1 episode

Trading company employee, Tetsuya, lives alone with his only daughter, but is busy preparing to remarry a Vietnamese woman named Lien. One day, the president of a Vietnamese trading company promises Tetsuya a contract if he will help solve a mystery. But there is a time limit that, if not met, will cause the dissolution of a big project in Vietnam his company has been working on for years. Tetsuya pours his energy into cracking the mystery, but the key to solving it lies in Japan. A hundred years ago, under harsh colonial rule by the French, a Vietnamese hero fighting for independence took an incredible risk to find passage to Japan, where he forged a strong bond with a nameless Japanese doctor. Now, a century later, a long-hidden truth is re-vealed in this epic story about love and friendship between Vietnam and Japan.