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Shinnosuke Abe (阿部進之介)
Downtown Rocket下町ロケット 변두리 로켓 下町火箭 114 min × 1 ep / 85 min × 1 ep / 75 min × 2 eps / 60 min × 6eps|10 episodes
Persistence is the key ingredient to achieving a lifelong dream. As a space science researcher, Kohei Tsukuda harbors such a dream. But when his father passes away, he finds himself returning home to take over his a small engine factory located in an old part of town. As the 2nd president of Tsukuda Works, Kohei enjoys moderate success at first, but the company is too cash-strapped to let him pursue the rocket engine of his dreams. Then everything begins to fall apart. He loses his biggest customer, the banks tighten credit and a major manufacturer files a patent infringement suit of $90 million, threatening the livelihoods of his employees and the future of the company. And then one day, a major conglomerate, Teikoku Heavy Industries”, learns of a valve system Kohei’s company has developed and approaches him with an offer of $20 million for its rights. But will it be enough to stave off disaster and keep the dream alive?
TAKE FIVE : Should we steal for Love ?TAKE FIVE 〜俺たちは愛を盗めるか TAKE FIVE ~우리가 사랑을 훔칠 수 있을까 ? ~ TAKE FIVE 85 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps|10 episodes Masayoshi Homura is a Psychology professor at a Tokyo university. But there is a "darker" side to him that very few know about. Long ago, he was a member of the greatest group of professional burglars ever assembled: TAKE FIVE. With his father, he followed a Robin Hood like lifestyle of stealing only from the very bad… until a certain incident led him to retire. 20 years later, when he is handed a photo inscribed "Leonardo da Vinci" by a homeless woman, it sets of a series of events that sends Masayoshi hurtling back down the path of thievery. He re-forms the greatest team of good-natured crooks in history, which include a police officer and a security guard. TAKE FIVE are back to unleash a campaign of heists in the name of love. Prosecutor Akakabu in Kyoto赤かぶ検事 京都篇 120 min. x 1ep. / 60 min. x 8 eps.|9 episodes After many long, hard work as a prosecutor’s assistant, Shigeru Hiiragi has finally been promoted to public prosecutor. Known as “The Red Turnip Prosecutor” for his love of pickled turnip and his ability to stir a little humor into the usual staid and tense court, Hiiragi brings a breath of fresh air to the legal trade with his humanism, while also wielding years of legal knowledge and hard-wrought experience, much to the chagrin of elite defense lawyers. Set against the tradition and history of Kyoto, here is a legal mystery with a little extra flavor. |