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Maju Ozawa (小沢真珠)

Bad Luck Bride

花嫁は厄年ッ!   며느리는 액년 !   厄運新娘

70 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 11 eps|12 episodes

This year is the yakudoshi, or “critical age” for 32-year old Akiko, a television announcer. She lost her position in a news program to a rookie announcer. What’s worse, she is assigned to go undercover and experience life as a farmer’s bride for a variety program. Akiko pretends to be the fiancé of Ichiro, her ex-boyfriend, and begins her “bridal training” at the peach farm of Ichiro’s parents. Awaiting Akiko is a family filled with extraordinary personalities, led by the stern mother-in-law, Yukie.

Eternally 1/2

永遠の1/2   영원의 1/2   永遠的1/2

30 min. x 60 eps.|60 episodes

Midori Muroi and Fumiko Yoshimoto both gave birth to girls on the same day in a country home called “The Hometown Maternity Clinic.” But the clinic caught fire soon afterwards, taking the life of Fumiko. Midori manages to escape with both daughters. But when a test reveals her child’s blood type to be A, she suspects it isn’t fathered by her husband. On impulse, Midori swaps the two babies’ clothes, pretending that Fumiko’s daughter - whose blood type is O - is her true child. Midori’s true daughter goes to live with Fumiko’s family and is given the name Miyuki. 18 years later, she has grown up poor but happy, and starts corresponding by mail with Aki Muroi, Fumiko’s real daughter, the two referring to each other affectionately as “Heidi” and “Bamboo Princess.”

Goodbye, Ants

アリよさらば   개미여 안녕   再見螞蟻

60 min. x 12 eps.|12 episodes

Rock ’n’ roll superstar Eikichi Yazawa plays a substitute high school biology teacher whose clumsy social skills steadily mature as he helps his students struggle to balance work, school and extracurricular activities. The result is a heartwarming drama of the mentoring role of teachers during the difficult transition to adulthood.