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Tower of Sand 砂の塔~知りすぎた隣人   모래의 탑 ~ 너무 잘 아는 이웃   砂之塔

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Aki Takano is a homemaker who has built an ordinary yet amply content family life. When she and her family move into a luxurious, high-rise condo with all the latest security advancements, Aki anticipates the start of the kind of family life of which dreams are made. Until, that is, she meets her creepy and scary neighbors. Behind the walls of this ivory tower, life is a social ecosystem dictated by strict rules and decorum of vainglorious housewife residents. There are “compulsory Halloween parties”, “hellishly exorbitant lunches”, “floor discrimination”, and even “strictly enforced proper attire for putting out the trash.” Though farcical and comical at first glance, the housewives’ behavior easily becomes sinister, as Aki begins to discover in unexpected ways. Someone is trying to tear her life and family apart.
Will she have be able to stand up and defend her beloved family? Is there another reason why the neighbors are targeting the Takano family?
평범하지만 단란한 가정을 꾸려가는 주부 다카노 아키. 호화로운 타워맨션에 갓이사한 아키의 가족에게는 최첨단 방범시스템의“꿈에 그리던 맨션생활”이 기다리고 있을 예정이었다. 그 섬뜩하고 무서운 이웃들을 만나기 전까지는….
「2층 주민은 어차피 레벨2의 인생이에요.」
높게 빛나는 탑뒤에 숨겨진 타워맨션 주부들의 격렬한 허영심. “강제 할로윈파티”,“지옥의 런치”,“플로어 차별”,“쓰레기를 버리러 가는데도 갖춰 입는”독특한 그녀들의 모습은 언뜻 우스꽝스럽게도 보인다. 이런 그녀들을 이웃은 교묘하게 이용하고 전혀 예상하지 못한 방법으로 아키를 궁지로 내몰고 고립시키며 이윽고 단란했던 가정을 파괴로 몰아간다.
과연 아키는 소중한 가족을 지킬 수 있을까!? 그리고 수수께끼의 이웃이 아키의 가족을 노리는 진정한 이유는 무엇일까!?
主角高野亞紀雖然平凡,卻是一個有著和樂家庭的家庭主婦。甫遷至美輪美奐的高級公寓大廈,高野一家在最新保全設備保護下迎接美好新生活。沒錯…在見到詭異又可怕的鄰居前,的確如夢想般美好。
光輝燦爛的塔底,暗流洶湧的是大廈裡太太們的虛榮心:「住二樓的人,過著還不就是二流人生嘛~」
「強迫慶祝萬聖節」、「地獄的午餐時刻」、「樓層歧視」、「盛裝倒垃圾」等,樓上的鄰居巧妙利用那些難以擺平的女人們從旁看來滑稽的生態,以想破頭也猜不著的手法逼迫、孤立亞紀,進而讓她的家庭面臨崩盤離析的局面…。
究竟,亞紀是否能保護她親愛的家人?而謎樣的鄰居,針對高野家行動背後的原因又是甚麼呢!?

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?

Call me The Shadow : Adventures of a Housewife Detective

専業主婦探偵 〜私はシャドウ   전업주부 탐정~나는 그림자   家庭主婦偵探~我是影子

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 8 eps|9 episodes

Full-time homemaker, Serina, is madly in love with her elite securities manager husband, Takefumi. But ever since they got married two years ago as two incurably infatuated lovers, her husband has changed. He has begun to find her unmitigated affection towards him to be “over the top” and “irksome.” As a result, he has begun to avoid her. Then one evening returning from a dinner party, Serina finds herself caught up in a little incident where she encounters a private detective named Haruki. She ends up taking a job working at his office. Though somewhat clumsy and wielding no particular talent to speak of, Serina gradually realizes that she was made for detective work. And in the process of striving for the affection of the husband she loves, she too finds herself changing and growing into a beautifully strong and independent woman.

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.

GOOD LUCK!!

GOOD LUCK!!   굿 럭 !   GOOD LUCK!!

75 min x 2 eps / 65 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 7 eps|10 episodes

Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. But he can’t seem to please Captain Kouda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Kouda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams and passion.

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.

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!

TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room

TOKYO MER~走る緊急救命室~   TOKYO MER~ 달리는 긴급 구명실~   TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room

85 min × 1 ep / 75 min × 2 eps / 60 min × 8 eps|Eps 11

Kota Kitami, a brilliant young ER doctor, has been handpicked by Mayor Azusa Akatsuka to head a new emergency response team dubbed TOKYO Mobile Emergency Room, or MER, outfitted with leading-edge medical technology and a large mobile operating theatre to respond to major accidents, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Their mission is simple: Save every life. Team member Nao Otowa, sent by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on a secret mission, ends up forming a close professional bond with Kota, and together the two men put their lives on the line every day to rescue others. But perhaps there’s more to Kota’s superhuman bravery and self-sacrifice than meets the eye...