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Scenario Writer Name: Kankuro Kudo (宮藤官九郎)


Detective Lovesick

うぬぼれ刑事   나르시스트 형사   花痴刑警

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

He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.

Extremely Inappropriate!

不適切にもほどがある!   부적절한 것도 정도가 있어!   極度不妥!

75min × 2ep / 60min × 8eps

Ichiro is a PE teacher in 1986 feared by his students for a "tough love" approach, harsh tongue and frequently “inappropriate” behavior. He’s also a dad trying to raise a rebellious daughter after having lost his wife to illness. When he gets transported in time to 2024, he encounters modern sensibilities that teach him about empathy, but also gives people of today reason to rethink their own political correctness in this time traversing comedy about change.

I am a HOUSEWIFE

吾輩は主婦である   난 주부이다   家庭主婦

30 min. x 40 eps.|40 episodes

Housewife Midori married her college sweetheart when she was 25. They were blessed with a son and daughter, and she has been very happy.
However, ten years after their marriage, her husband Takashi decides to quit his job in order to follow his dream. They are forced to move in with Takashi’s mother Chiyoko, who runs a used-book shop. Midori is given the job of managing the family’s budget, which she finds very stressful.
Takashi finally finds another job, but when he comes home one day, he discovers that, after trying too hard to balance the budget, Midori’s body has been taken over by the spirit of novelist Soseki Natsume!

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

池袋ウエストゲートパーク   이케부크로 웨스트 게이트 파크   池袋西口公園物語

75 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 10 eps. / 120 min. x 1 ep. (Special)|12 episodes

Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21 year-old Makoto has become a member of a youth gang called the G-Boys. Known for his cool head and ability to get things done, Makoto becomes a key trouble-shooter for the gang by diffusing tense situations and keeping his friends out of harm’s way. However, the death of his girlfriend and an escalating turf war with a rival gang threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.

Kisarazu Cat's Eye

木更津キャッツアイ   기사라즈 캐츠아이   木更津貓眼

60 min x 9 eps|9 episodes

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?

Kisarazu Cats' Eye - Go Major!

木更津キャッツアイ 日本シリーズ   기사라즈 캐츠아이 ( 극장판 )   木更津貓眼 日本篇

123 min.

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.

Kisarazu Cats' Eye : SAYONARA GAME

木更津キャッツアイ ワールドシリーズ   기사라즈 캐츠아이 월드 시리즈   木更津貓眼 世界篇

132 min.

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?

Manhattan Love Story

マンハッタンラブストーリー   맨해튼 러브스토리   曼哈頓愛情故事

60 min. x 11 eps.|11 episodes

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.

Prison Princesses

監獄のお姫さま   감옥의 공주님   監獄公主

75 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 9 eps|10 episodes

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.

Saving My Stupid Youth

ごめんね青春!Regret from My School Days   미안해 청춘!   對不起青春

75min x 2 eps / 60min x 8 eps|10 episodes

Following up on the hit mini-series, “Ryusei no Kizuna” (Meteor Shower Bonds”), pop singing star and actor Ryo Nishikido joins forces with popular hit-making, director-writer Kankuro Kudo for an explosive new series that delves into eternal themes of “teen youth” and “passion” without all the angst!
Cheerful and fun, it depicts student life as a Shangri-La. Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school, and leads a very ordinary life… except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago.
In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.
A fun and feel good “springtime of youth” drama made the way it should be.

Story of My Family!!!

俺の家の話   우리 집 이야기   我家的故事

75min × 2eps / 60min × 8eps|Eps 10

Now sidelined due to injury and age, former pro-wrestling star Juichi Miyama was once groomed by his father, Jusaburo, an acclaimed Noh actor and “Living National Treasure,” to be his successor. But the young Juichi rebelled, left home, and cut off ties with his family. Now he’s just learned that his father, having miraculously survived a critical illness, intends to marry his young caregiver and leave all his money to her. So Juichi decides to return home to help with his father’s care, setting the stage for a showdown between Juichi’s family on one side and his father’s mysterious caregiver on the other.

Ties of Shooting Stars

流星の絆

75min. x 2 eps. / 60min. x 8 eps.|10 episodes

“When we grow up… We’ll kill him together”. Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just elementary school children, and they vowed to avenge the death of their parents. Fourteen years later, their vengeful plan unravels countless new facts. A shocking revelation leads to an overwhelmingly emotional ending. What will become of the siblings who have lived their lives solely in reliance of their bond alone?

Tiger and Dragon

タイガー&ドラゴン   타이거와 드래곤   天龍地虎

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 10 eps / 120 min x 1 ep (special)|12 episodes

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.