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Dori Sakurada (桜田通)

I will Not Work Overtime, Period!

わたし、定時で帰ります。   저, 정시에 퇴근합니다.   我,準時下班

85 min × 1 ep / 67 min × 2 eps / 60 min × 7 eps|10 episodes

A satisfyingly heart-warming comedy in support of all people struggling to make their way in an age of revolutionary changes to the workplace. First tackling the issue of overtime work, the drama spotlights not only systemic reforms taking place, but the change in mindset occurring among working people as they re-envision the shape of future society and the balance between life and work. Currently, Japanese society encompasses widening views on overtime including those who regard it as a necessary evil and others who still see it as a virtue. The protagonist in this story, however, does not. As is a new-age working girl with the personal motto: “Go home at the appointed time,” her working life is a constant battle with High-maintenance r colleagues and ethically-questionable superiors. And yet she still manages to discover small miracles every day, imparting pithy yet inspirational messages about Why we work, the importance of self-love and the value of friendship.

King's Game

王様ゲーム   왕 게임   國王遊戲

82 min.

‘Obey the King’s commands!’
One night, Chieko Honda and her childhood friend Nobuaki Kanazawa get a text. The sender is ‘The King’, and the subject is ‘King’s Game’. If the King’s command is not carried out within 24 hours, punishment will follow. Thinking this is all in fun, the students carry out the orders, which then begin to escalate. Two classmates who do not do as they have been told are punished. Then classmates begin to disappear. What does the ‘King’ really want?

Clone Babies

クローン ベイビー   클론 베이비   複製人嬰兒

30 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

Two humans with identical genetic makeup will attract and find each other, no matter how far apart. And those drawn-together clones will enter into a mutual battle of extermination. “The laws of magnetism” and “survival of the fittest” clash the moment these clones are pulled together, leading to crafty scheming and high-stakes competition in what turns out to be the ultimate game of “musical chairs” played out by clones yearning for distinction as “the true one.”