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Shiro Sano (佐野史郎)

How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!

リコカツ~全員離婚家族~   리코카츠 ~전원이혼가족~   離婚活動

75 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 9 eps|Eps 10

Newlyweds Saki and husband Koichi have decided that getting married was a huge mistake. They met by chance and had a whirlwind romance, but their lifestyles and values couldn’t be more different. She’s a fashion editor raised in a modern, liberal home. He’s an ace air-rescue pilot from a strict, conservative upbringing. After their big wedding, they’re too embarrassed to tell their families, friends and colleagues that they’re already getting divorced! So they decide to do it in secret…It can even be a positive first step toward both partners’ future happiness. But when it comes to men and women, the more things change, the more they stay the same. This highly entertaining new series takes a hard look at today’s social values through the lens of divorce.

Daddy Detective

警部補・杉山真太郎〜吉祥寺署事件ファイル   경부보 스기야마 신타로 ~키치죠시서 사건파일   警部候補・杉山真太郎~吉祥寺署事件檔案

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

Shintaro Sugiyama is a gifted inspector for the Kichijoji Precinct of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and a happily married man. But the sudden illness of his wife leads him to focus increasingly on family matters. Trying to raise children and run a household while catching criminals and solving a spate of tough murder cases starts to prove too taxing. Despite a mother-in-law who offers to care for the children, Sugiyama finds himself torn between priorities of public and private life. The honest humanism of this family man cop’s words and deeds, coupled with the thrill of a detective story, makes Daddy Detective a moving human drama.

The Triumphant General Rouge

ジェネラル・ルージュの凱旋   제네럴 루즈의 개선   紅色將軍的凱旋

122 min.

This time, the scandal is in ER.- A mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguchi (Yuko Takeuchi), a specialist in “unidentified clinical syndromes” at Tojo University Hospital. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” - Somewhere under all the mystery lies an unimaginable truth.

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.

Wives Make the World Go Round

地獄の沙汰もヨメ次第   지옥 판가름도 며느리 나름   兒媳能使鬼推磨

65 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps|10 episodes

A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law in completely different positions are bewildered by each other’s different values, confront each other, and understand each other... It is a domestic drama full of “laughter, sympathy, tears, and excitement." The daughter-in-law, who is a “workaholic” career woman and wife, and her mother-in-law, who is a “model full-time housewife,” begin to fight against each other on their values and pride!

Doll House

ドールハウス~特命女性捜査班~   豹犬一族

60 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

This group of sexy, fresh and lively women pursues dance and action with fervor and irresistible force. On the outside they are a dance group at the Dollhouse club but secretly they are a special investigations unit. Under the direction of their leader, Reiko Kanzaki, they entertain the customers of the club, while punishing evil. Their first mission is to take on a band of armed criminals who are robbing a bank. The head of the criminals is Mika Ayanokoji. Thanks to the Dolls superb teamwork, the gang is arrested but due to a police mistake, Mika is able to escape. But Reiko confronts Mika and makes her an offer. Dollhouse is a simple, straight-shooting but action-packed drama that wins with passion. It’s show time!

A Tale of Happiness

しあわせのシッポ   행복의 꼬리   幸福的尾巴

75 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 11 eps.|12 episodes

After 20 years of absence after her parent’s divorce, Miwo’s father shows up on her doorstep asking to live together. Now a high school teacher and all grown up, Miwo is puzzled but can’t refuse her own father. They begin living under the same roof, and it does not take Miwo long to learn her father has grown ill and does not have long to live. Will their short time together be enough to make up for their long time apart?

I Cannot Tell Anybody

誰にも言えない   누구에게도 말할 수 없다   不言不語

60 min x 12 eps|12 episodes

A happily married woman is suddenly confronted with a painful past when her old boyfriend moves next door. Blinded by the pursuit of power and status, he had abandoned her to marry the daughter of a company president. Now she must once again journey through a minefield of love and hate to guard her marriage and her own integrity.

Double Kitchen

ダブル・キッチン   더블 키친   雙廚房

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

Double Kitchen is a heartwarming situation comedy about a newlywed couple sharing a house with the husband’s parents in a suburb of Tokyo. Ordinary situations become hilarious cross-generational battlegrounds, as the wife and her mother-in-law pursue vastly different images of the ideal family.

I've Loved You from the Start

ずっとあなたが好きだった   줄곧 당신을 사랑했어요   深情不變

60 min. x 13 eps.|13 episodes

Ten years after their amicable separation, the couple meets again. Only now, Miwa is about to marry, and the man also has cultivated a relationship with another woman. This complex romance focuses on Miwa’s search for genuine happiness after enduring the stigma of a failed marriage.

Tokyo Elevator Girl

東京エレベーターガール   도쿄 엘리베이터 걸   東京電梯女郎

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

A young woman is on her own, facing the fascination and challenges of the working world. This drama traces her journey to maturity as she casts off illusions and misconceptions to learn the genuine truths of life.