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Eiichiro Funakoshi (船越英一郎)

We’re not Alone

ひとりぼっち ー人と人をつなぐ愛の物語ー

Shinya Sugi is an architect who lost his parents at 15, and then his sister to illness. Now, he sleepwalks through life as a water meter reader until a friend takes him to a rice ball shop called Tachibana. There he is dumbfounded to meet the owner, Kaoru, who looks identical to his late sister. Kaoru has a knack for helping customers untangle their life problems and bring a smiles to their faces. Shinya, however, poses his biggest challenge in this miraculously heart-wrenching drama.

The Black Swindler (2022)

クロサギ   검은 사기 (2022)   詐欺獵人 (2022)

80min × 1ep / 60min × 9eps

The stage is set in Japan in the year 2022.
In a time where fraud is an imminent threat, societal issues give rise to a slew of elaborate scams. Kurosaki is a man who lost his family to a “white swindler,” which is a professional swindler who scams people out of their money. In order to exact revenge, Kurosaki becomes a “black swindler,” a swindler who tricks other swindlers. He swears to scam every white swindler in the world and takes on foe after foe, but can he find his ultimate enemy who robbed him of his family? This riveting revenge drama exposes the very emotions that scams exploit.

The Woman Next Door

隣の女   옆집 여자   鄰居

160 min x 1 ep|1 episode

Yuki leads a comfortable life as an illustrator with her doctor husband, Kenzo Tamukai. But they have yet to be blessed with a child. The story begins with the arrival next door of a new neighbor, a woman named Sachi Tachihara, whom Yuki gradually befriends. But Sachi plants seeds of doubt in Yuki, informing her of an alleged love affair her husband is having. One by one the lies and realities surrounding Kenzo come to light, erasing treasured memories of their marriage. Just as an anxiety-ridden Yuki finds she has no one to rely on except Sachi, a police detective enters the scene to turn her world on its head.

About Kimiko

悪女について   악녀에 대해서   關於惡女

130 min. x 1 ep.|1 episode

An epic rags to riches story, Kimiko Tomikohji grew up poor, amassed an incredible fortune during Japan’s miraculous period of economic growth and then, right before the asset bubble burst, she passed away. What she left behind were major romances carried out simultaneously with three different men, to whom she each later said had fathered her child. Here is the story of an unfettered woman of incredible mystery as depicted mainly through the lives of the three men who couldn’t resist her seductive power.

Summer for Bureaucrats

官僚たちの夏

80 min. x 1 ep, 60 min. x 9 eps|10 episodes

It is 1956 , and Japan has officially declared the “post-war” period over. In the decade or so that will follow, the country will grow to be the second largest economy in the world. But what was the driving force behind this economic miracle? This drama depicts the intense drama and battles played out among Japan’s leading bureaucrats in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, focusing on Shingo Kazakoshi, the man dubbed “Mr. MITI” who selflessly and utterly devoted himself to his country’s industrial development.

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.