Attempted murder, fraud and embezzlement, illicit drugs, tax evasion and even murder? Five women convinced of various crimes and a crime-loathing female warden put aside their differences to hatch a grand plot of revenge against a handsome but crooked company CEO. But the revenge plan keeps hitting snags. Written by Kankuro Kudo, all of these mature women with interesting back stories meet in a female penitentiary and band together to clear each other of unjust sentences in this blockbuster female crime story rich in laughter and tears, brilliantly merging the comedy and cheerfulness of Kankuro Kudo storytelling with serious deeper questions of why we’re all here and what constitutes true happiness.

Three years ago, obstetrician Rin Izumi had a miscarriage, losing the child she and her husband, Keita, had finally conceived after 10 years of trying. It resulted in the removal of Rin’s uterus and estrangement with her husband who as a chocolatier left to work in Paris. They hadn’t seen each other since. “We need to talk about the future,” he says one day informing her of his plans to return home. With confusion in her own life mounting, Rin encounters challenges at work including a pregnant woman formerly treated elsewhere whose baby is born premature. When DNA tests reveal the child to be neither hers nor her husband’s, something is terribly amiss.

Ataru is serving out a prison sentence in Kyushu for having killed a police officer. Though innocent, circumstance forced him to accept the conviction. As the time on his sentence ticks down to its last year, he is informed that his daughter - born between him and his girlfriend, Yuki - has come down with a serious heart disease. Rather than serve out the rest of his sentence, Ataru determines to escape together with three other wrongly-convicted inmates and a young girl, Sakura, who has run away from her abusive parents. Fueled by love and a yearning for justice, the escapees head toward Tokyo in a 1,000 kilometer journey up the Japanese archipelago; a “breakout” in search of hope.

A place, somewhere, that bears a strong resemblance in history and environment to Japan. There is the ‘Special Law for the Maintenance of National Prosperity’. 24 hours before this capsule is to bring about death, an official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare brings a letter announcing impending death, an ‘ikigami’. Those who receive this ‘ikigami’ letter have 24 hours of absolute freedom to do anything and everything they want.
Kengo Fujimoto has made his way through university and taken a job with the Ministry. His work now is delivering these ‘ikigami’ letters.
Fujimoto, delivering these letters and seeing the absurdity of death being forced upon these young people, gradually begins to have doubts about his job...

Keisuke is a typical 50-year old, his work and private life settled into a rut. Just as he has started to think that life will hold no more thrills for him, a young woman comes into his life that looks just like the girlfriend of his youth. As Keisuke weaves a web of deceit about his social status, he is rejuvenated and acquires a positive attitude towards his life.

After two years of preparation, Ichiro Tanaka finally enters a university disdained as a third-class one. Out of his ardent desire to become popular with girls, he by chance steps into the world of the railroad “otaku” (commonly called “tetsu”), getting deeply involved in the fascinating railroad world. This drama portrays Ichiro who, together with those lonely “tetsu” guys he meets there who “want to be popular so badly but are not,” develops love and friendship and grows mature as a person.

Good-bye, Cats! Ready or not, this is the final game!!
Having been given 6 months to live by his doctor, Bussan gathers Bambi, Ani, Master, and Utchie?all former baseball team members-, and they play baseball and music by day, and prowl the night streets as the mysterious thieving band, “Kisarazu Cats’ Eye.” It’s been three years since those crazy days in Kisarazu, and since Bussan’s death… One day, Bambi hears Bussan’s voice saying, “If you build it, he will come.” The four friends gather in Kisarazu in order to solve the mystery of those words. And they begin building completely ludicrous things. What in the world is it that Bussan is trying to tell them?

Akane Kagura, the heroine of the story, is a genius in Teppanyaki (hot plate cooking). As she sets out on a journey to find her missing father, she confronts other cooks wherever she goes.
Armed with a food vending vehicle and the good old iron plate her father has left with her, she grows as she battles against rival cooks from place to place.

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.

Toraji is a stereo-typical yakuza who is hoping to become a rakugo (comic) storyteller. Ryuji is a designer who has terrible taste, but owns a fashion shop in Ura-Harajuku, a shopping district famous for its avant-garde clothing. The story develops around the relationships Toraji and Ryuji have with the offbeat and comical characters around them. This fast-paced comedy is a collection of one-off stories which blends the modern and traditional by basing each episode on a classic rakugo storyline.

In their 25 years of marriage, Hana and her husband, Taichi, have lived a good life. Having raised two children and entering middle age, Hana’s only disappointment is that her husband no longer sees her as a woman like he used to. But when Hana discovers that Taichi is seeing his daughter’s wedding planner on the side, things quickly take a turn for the worse. Taichi, having taken his quarter century marriage for granted, can hardly believe that his wife would even consider leaving him! Exploring the themes of what it means to be a husband and wife in modern society and the reason that people marry, this drama takes a sincere look at a couple speaking to each other honestly for the first time after having been married for so long.

Welcome to KISARAZU, a small seaside city where life is dull but the residents are lively. Bored juvenile delinquents and gangsters, a worshipped movie star, a cult rock band and other unusual personalities about town are just a small sample of the colorful citizenry that provide the backdrop for this unconventional comedy. Bussan, the captain of the baseball team “Kisarazu Cats’ Eye”, has just been told for the third time that he has only got six months to live. Bussan decides to get on with his life but soon finds himself carried away on a wacky adventure where events and characters spiral together and escalate toward an unimaginable conclusion. This funny and fast-paced modern comedy is not to be missed.

At a coffee shop for aficionados called “Manhattan,” the owner’s passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter to speak on his behalf. The owner’s real name is unknown, and he would prefer to be addressed as the shops’ “Master” rather than its owner - not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don’t really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn’t show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee. One customer in particular never seems to be able to enjoy her coffee as she either leaves it untouched having been stood up or uses it to express her frustration with the person she is with. The master watches developments in Nobuko’s love life with great interest. He wants her to enjoy a good coffee so he decides to help her with her love life. But no sooner has he decided to do this that other love-related troubles begin to emerge.

Following the death of his dear wife, a man was left to raise their 4 daughters on his own. It hasn’t been easy and his daughters always seem unsatisfied and arguments are an everyday occurrence. All of them have a secret they can’t bring themselves to tell him. The oldest Yu has decided to leave her husband and child and return home. The responsible second daughter, Akira has decided to have another go at her dreams and is planning to leave home. The third daughter, Makoto is a nurse who lacks self-confidence and is secretly renting an apartment so she can live with a dullard. The youngest daughter, Kei has played piano since she was a child but thinks she has gone as far as she can and wants to quit music school. Then one day, he announces he is remarrying. The daughters aren’t happy and, as they set about trying to stop their father, they begin to examine their own lives and personal philosophies in the heart-warming drama.

Twenty-one year old former high school baseball player, Kohei, learns that he is dying from cancer. He is told that he only has six months to live, and decides that he wants to do something daring and risky. He proposes to five trusted members from his former baseball club that they form a ring of cat burglars that would steal from those who commit crimes. His friends think it odd, but feel they cannot turn down a dying man’s request. With only six months, how much could they do anyway?

His parents having passed away, 21 year-old Natsuo must now take care of his teenage younger brother and sister and run the family bike shop. It is a heavy burden which he handles with an even measure of discipline and kindness. A shy young woman with a heart condition is impressed by his positive outlook and toughness, and she begins to help him with his responsibilities. It is while learning to deal with daily life and family crisis alike that their love begins to bloom.