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Takako Tokiwa (常盤貴子)
Mr.Mikami's Classroom御上先生 미카미 선생님 御上老師 Takashi Mikami joins Japan’s elite bureaucracy in the Ministry of Education hoping to strengthen critical thinking skills among students, but soon learns that his ministry is more interested in the goals of self-preservation. When Mikami gets “exiled” to a private high school on a ministry program, he represents both the bureaucrats who helped create the system and the teachers suffering from it. So Mikami leads a group of high school seniors to battle power and reform the education system. Tonbi (Black Kite)とんび 솔개 鳶 114min x 1 ep / 90min x 1 ep / 60min x 8 eps|10 episodes Late summer 1972. Truck driver, Yasu, is in the highest spirits singing to himself while working and restraining himself from his favorite hobbies of drinking and gambling. The reason? His wife is about to give birth to a son. Yasu himself never had parents to speak of, his mother having died while he was very young, and his father having abandoned him. Yasu's wife, Misako, also lost both her parents when she was young. And so the two spend their days in happiness, protecting and watching their son, Akira, grow. Until an unforeseen tragedy strikes when Akira is only 3. A freakish accident occurs that results in Misako sacrificing her life to protect her son. Yasu loses himself in grief and remorse, but recovers when he vows to raise the son he loves as best as possible even as it tests the limits of his wits and abilities. Though forced to battle feelings of anxiety, confusion and helplessness, Yasu clumsily yet honestly manages to rear his son with the support of friends in this moving tale of ultimate love between father and son. AFTER SCHOOLアフタースクール 애프터 스쿨 放學後 102 min.
Jinno, a good-natured teacher working for the junior high school, is visited by a suspicious detective who claims to be Jinno’s former classmate. The detective is looking for a former classmate of Jinno’s, Kimura, who now works for a first-class company. Although a little reluctant, Jinno ends up helping the detective with his search for Kimura. The unsuspecting man and the dark-side seeking man - this odd pair, in their effort to find Kimura, cannot hit it off together but discover clue after clue to finding Kimura.
Beautiful Lifeビューティフルライフ 뷰티블 라이프 美麗人生 90 min x 1 ep / 75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps|11 episodes Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko’s protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together. Le Bel Homme美しい人 아름다운 사람 美麗的人 80 min × 1 ep 75 min × 1 ep 60 min × 8 eps|Eps 10 Kyosuke, an excellent plastic surgeon, started living a very private life after his wife passed away, confining his main joys in life to cultivating his herb garden and spending time with his only daughter. One day, a woman enters his clinic and asks to have her face completely changed to whatever Kyosuke wishes. Kyosuke is very suspicious and first refuses her request, but she begs him to reconsider as she is running away from her current husband. Kyosuke finally accepts her request and changes her face looking exactly like his deceased wife. 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. A Forever Love最後の恋 최후의 사랑 最後的愛情 60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes Natsume, a medical student, has fallen in love with Aki, a woman who has turned to prostitution to earn money to pay for her brother’s surgery. Will their love be enough to heal their former lives and bind them together forever? This is a heart-rending tale of true love and transformed lives. Wedding Story理想の結婚 이상의 결혼 理想的結婚 60 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes Although a couple may enter into a marriage expecting love to conquer all, the reality rarely meets this fantasy. Abandoned by her boyfriend and fired from her job for resisting her supervisor’s advances, Mari meets Tsutomu, who has been jilted by his fiancee. When their commiseration quickly turns to love, their families see only more trouble on the horizon. Is a happy union in store for this star-crossed young couple? Whatever happens, their journey in this romantic comedy is sure to be a hilarious examination of love and marriage. The Midday Moon真昼の月 낮달 擁抱白天的月亮 90 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 11 eps|12 episodes When a woman is viciously raped, the traumatic event robs her of her self-confidence and ability to love as she had loved before. With special attention to her story of personal triumph over adversity, this touching drama recounts the tale of two lovers attempting to regain the happiness and level of affection that was theirs before her attack. Tell Me That You Love Me愛していると言ってくれ 사랑한다고 말해줘 說愛我 60 min x 12 eps|12 episodes This delicate love story transcends the spoken word as it depicts the lives of an aspiring young actress and a painter who lost his sense of hearing during childhood. As their relationship develops, the audience learns the true power of sign language and experiences the couple’s growth first-hand through the progression of their visual communication. |