Na spodnjem seznamu se nahajajo prihajajoče JDORAME. Jesenski del se je zaključil, prihaja zimski del.
Novo leto prinaša tudi začetek nove “taiga” drame z naslovom Sanada Maru, kjer glavno vlogo prevzema Sakai Masato. Horikita Maki bo prvič po njeni poroki zaigrala v drami Higanbana, ki je prej izhajala v terminu “drama special”. Po 4-ih “drama speciali-ih” prihaja “Specialist”, kjer ima glavno vlogo Kusanagi Tsuyoshi. Arimura Kasumi bo prvič nastopila v komercialni drami “Itsuka Kono koi o Omodashite Kitto Naiteshimau”, Ayase Haruka pa bo tudi prvič imela glavno vlogo v drami, ki bo filmska adaptacija novele “Never let me go”, ki jo je napisal vsem poznani Ishiguro Kazuo. Drami, ki nastajata pod taktirko TV ASAHI “Aibou” in Kasouken no Onna” in drama “Itsuka Tiffany de Chousuku O” iz NTV, pa se nadaljujejo, kjer so se končale v prejšni sezoni.
Čisto spodaj je še seznam “drama special-ov”.
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| Itsuka Kono Koi o Omoidashite Kitto Naiteshimau (Love That Makes You Cry) |
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| Air Date: | 9 pm, Mondays, 18 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Arimura Kasumi, Kora Kengo, Takahata Mitsuki, Nishijima Takahiro, Morikawa Aoi, Sakaguchi Kentaro, Urai Kenji, Fukushi Seiji, Morioka Ryu, Nagano Mei, Sakurai Yuki, Ware Zendo, Hayashida Miyu, Yasuda Ken, Otani Naoko, Tanaka Min, Emoto Akira, Takahashi Issei, Matsuda Miyuki, Kohinata Fumiyo, Yachigusa Kaoru | |
| Synopsis: | “Love That Makes You Cry” follows the story of love, friendship and growth of six young men and women who move from countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. Among them is Sugihara Oto (Arimura Kasumi) and Soda Ren (Kora Kengo). After her mother died, Oto was raised by adoptive parents in Hokkaido. Although she has given up on having any high hopes or big dreams for her future, she still remains positive and faces life with optimistic attitude. One day, she finds out the fact that her adoptive parents are planning to marry her to the wealthy man in town in order to solve their financial debt. Soda Ren was raised by his grandfather in Fukushima. Ren works hard on one job after another in order to earn the money to buy back his grandfather’s land so that they can start farming again. By chance, Oto and Ren meet in Hokkaido and they decide to move to Tokyo to find new life to change their fate and future. However, as soon as they arrive Tokyo, they get separated in the crowds… | |
| OTOUSAN TO YOBASETE (Let Me Call You Father-in-law) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Tuesdays, 19 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Watabe Atsuro, Endo Kenichi, Renbutsu Misako, Shinkawa Yua, Nakamura Tomoya, Yamazaki Ikusaburo, Nakamura Anne, Shinagawa Toru, Wakui Emi | |
| Synopsis: | Daidoji Tamotsu (Endo Kenich) is a 51-year-old single man who works as a department manager at a mid-size trading company. Though is an honest man with a sincere heart, he has been so focused on his career that he has never had the chance or opportunity to meet a woman for marriage. However, things drastically change when Tamotsu meets Miran (Renbutsu Misako), a 23-year-old woman with a charming smile and warm personality. Despite their age gap, the two fell in love adnd hope to marry each other. Hanazawa Kiichiro (Watabe Atsuro), also a 51-year-old man, has a wife and three children. Kiichiro has made his way to the top of the proverbial corporate ladder quicker than anyone else and now works as an executive at a leading trading company. One day, Kiichiro meets his daughter’s boyfriend, and that is…Tamotsu. Now, the two 51-year-old men who have nothing in common except their age begin a merciless battle as “daughter’s potential husband” and “potential future father-in-law”! | |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Wednesdays, 13 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Nagase Tomoya, Takei Emi, Koyuki, Nomura Shuhei, Kitaoji Kinya, Tsuda Kanji | |
| Synopsis: | He’s misanthropic, cynical, narcissistic, antagonistic, pseudo-egotistical and the best doctor you will ever see; Dr. Kishi Keiichiro.Based on the original manga series by Kusamizu Bin (story) and Megumi Saburo (art), “FRAGILE” follows the story of Kishi Keiichiro (Nagase Tomoya), a dashingly handsome pathologist who is intensely eccentric and brutally honest, but also holds one of the most brilliant minds. A pathologist is a physician whose job is to determine a diagnosis of disease or cause of death based on an assortment of data, including a patient’s tissue, bodily fluids, organ samples, blood, etc.
Only suit-wearer in a group of white lab coats, Keiichiro comes off as self-centered, antagonistic, and egotistical, yet he is also extremely strong-willed about keeping to his own high standards of morals and medical ethics. This may lead to some unconventional treatments for his patients if it means saving their lives. His unorthodox diagnostic approaches and radical perception typically pit Keiichiro against his own team, his boss and colleagues, but he will do whatever it takes to save his patients. |
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| NAOMI TO KANAKO (Naomi and Kanako) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Thursdays, 14 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Hirosue Ryoko, Uchida Yuki, Yoshida Yo, Miyakawa Ichirota, Yamaji Kazuhiro, Inukai Atsuhiro, Takahata Atsuko, Sato Ryuta | |
| Synopsis: | Based on the novel of the same title by Hideo Okuda, “NAOMI & KANAKO” tells the story that revolves around two friends who hatch a plan to kill the abusive husband of one of them.Oda Naomi (Hirosue Ryoko) dreamed of becoming an art curator, but she currently works in a department store serving VIP clients. Although she has been successful in her career, she feels fed up with her current position. One day, Naomi visits her friend from college Hattori Kanako (Uchida Yuki) and discovers that Kanako has been a victim of domestic violence from her husband Tatsuro (Sato Ryuta). Naomi advises Kanako to divorce Tatsuro, but Kanako is afraid of his reaction and unable to free herself from the situation. Just then, Naomi happens to see a clandestine Chinese who looks exactly like Tatsuro. Naomi soon begins to contrive a perfect scheme to kill Tatsuro. | |
| KASA O MOTANAI ARITACHI WA (Ants Without Umbrella) |
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| Air Date: | 11:40 pm, Saturdays, 09 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Kiriyama Ren, Kato Shigeaki, Sakata Masanobu, Adachi Rika, Watanabe Mai, Takeda Rena, Kobayashi Ryota, Ichikawa Riku, Minamisawa Nao, Ryu Raita | |
| Synopsis: | “Ants Without Umbrella” is a live-action drama based on a collection of short stories written by actor Kato Shigeaki, a member of Johnny’s idol group NEWS.The protagonist of the drama adaptation is a 30-year-old, unsuccessful sci-fi writer named Hashimoto Jun (Kiriyama Ren). Unable to publish any successful books, Jun lives off through his meager savings. One day, Jun is asked by his editor to write a “love-themed” short story for an online magazine targeted for young readers. Jun refuses at first since he has never written a love story before, but is convinced to take the job. Though the deadline was quickly approaching, Jun was unable to put on paper any words. One day, his childhood friend Murata Keisuke (Kato Shigeaki) stops by for a visit. While talking to Keisuke, Jun remembers an episode from his past which leads him to come up with an idea for his love story titled “Intercept.” | |
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| KAITO YAMANEKO (The Mysterious Thief YAMANEKO) |
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| Air Date: | 9 pm, Saturdays, 16 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Kamenashi Kazuya, Narimiya Hiroki, Hirose Suzu, Nanao, Kitamura Yukiya, Otsuka Nene, Sasaki Kuranosuke | |
| Synopsis: | What is justice? Is it about being kind? Or is it about winning? A certain man claims that “Justice is about robbing.“YAMANEKO (Kamenashi Kazuya) is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered all over the place. In every episode, YAMANEKO the hero thief throws a splash of “rotten justice” in your face. Pretentiously calling himself a “genius thief,” YAMANEKO is arrogant and acts like he’s the king of the world. Everything he does is bold and daring, but he remains elusive. There is indeed no match for YAMANEKO. He goes by one creed alone—“I will steal but I won’t deprive.”Why does he steal? Just what is he all about? These are the great mysteries of this incredibly entertaining yet highly unpredictable story! YAMANEKO—a new thief and hero emerges! |
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| MARS ~ Tada Kimi o Aishiteru | ||
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| Air Date: | 12:55 am, Sundays, 24 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Fujigaya Taisuke, Kubota Masataka, Iitoyo Marie, Yamazaki Hirona, Inaba Yu, Maeda Goki, Suzuki Yuka, Tahara Kanako, Okunaka Makoto, Watanabe Yutaro, Kikawada Masaya | |
| Synopsis: | One day during the spring break, Aso Kira (Iitoyo Marie) meets a Kashino Rei (Fujigaya Taisuke) riding a motorcycle while she is drawing a picture by the seaside. Unaccustomed to males, Kira responds curtly to him. They meet again as classmates at the start of the new school term. Rei usually does not insist on particular female, but he starts to take an interest in Kira. This surprises Sugihara Harumi (Yamazaki Hirona), who is in love with him, and his close friend Kida Tatsuya (Inaba Yu). Kira’s drawings bring her and Rei closer together emotionally. However, the transfer of Kira’s junior high school classmate Kirishima Masao (Kubota Masataka) to the school begins to set the destinies of the three of them in motion… | |
| ITSUKA TIFFANY DE CHOUSHOKU O (A Girl’s Breakfast) |
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| Air Date: | 1:30 am, Sundays, 10 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Triendl Reina, Tokunaga Eri, Mori Kanna, Aragi Yuko, Narita Ryo, Nakamura Yurika, Yanagi Shuntaro, Otsuka Hirota, Ishida Houshi, Iwai Kenshiro, Tsuda Kanji | |
| Synopsis: | Supplements, sweets, and canned coffee. Such is the breakfast of Sato Mariko (Triendl Reina), who has been living with her boyfriend for seven years. They started living together thinking that they could enjoy breakfast every morning with lots of love and smiles. Mariko rarely sees her high school friends, but one morning, they get together to talk about her boyfriend issues. Over breakfast, she decides to break up with him so she can find a new “Mariko.” And so her days of having ideal breakfasts begin. Noriko, Risa, and Shiori discover that they too can do something about their problems. Follow these four ladies as they face their various problems and grow, all the while enjoying delicious breakfasts. |
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| NIETZSCHE-SENSEI ~ Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita (Mr. Nietzsche In The Convenience Store) |
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| Air Date: | 2:55 am, Sundays, 24 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Mamiya Shotaro, Urai Kenji, Matsui Rena, Uchida Rio, Matsuda Ryo, Suga Yusuke, Jirou, Sato Jiro | |
| Synopsis: | Matsukoma-kun (Urai Kenji), a veteran part-timer and jobless university graduate, finds himself stressed and twisted around by Nietzsche-sensei (Mamiya Shotaro) his new colleague at the convenience store. Also known as Nii Tomoharu, Nietzsche-sensei is a university student studying Buddhism and has a peculiar way of serving customers. | |
| Rinshou Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri (Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa) |
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| Air Date: | 10:30 pm, Sundays, 17 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Saito Takumi, Kubota Masataka, Yuka, Yamamoto Mizuki, Makita Sports, Shimizu Kazuki, Horiguchi Hikaru, Matsunaga Nagisa, Onodera Akira, Hasegawa Kyoko, Matsuzawa Kazuyuki, Namase Katsuhisa, Natsuki Mari | |
| Synopsis: | Criminologist Himura Hideo (Saito Takumi) gets so much pleasure out of being in crime scenes that he’s even confessed to having wanted to kill someone. Constantly seeking out the ultimate crime, he is indeed a man with quite a few issues.Mystery writer Arisugawa Arisu (Kubota Masataka), on the other hand, keeps a close eye on Himura’s investigations and writes about them but at times completely misses the point. Not at all the type of guy you’d call dependable, Arisugawa nonetheless professes to be the protector of the clumsy Himura.
Although these two men appear like they have no business being in crime scenes, they mitigate each other’s shortcomings and use their compelling logic to unravel the elaborately woven tricks left behind by the criminals. It’s almost as if Himura and Arisugawa use incredible magical powers to tease out unimaginable truths! Himura stoically tackles bizarre and dark criminal investigations while Arisu’s sense of mission propels him to passionately cover the back of his conflicted and vulnerable buddy. Based on deep trust for each other, theirs is a touching friendship you won’t want to miss! |
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| HIGANBANA ~ Keishichou Sousa Nanaka (Whispers from a Crime Scene) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Wednesdays, 13 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Horikita Maki, Dan Rei, Jiyoung, Takanashi Rin, YOU, Daigo, Takahashi Keiko, Ichikawa Tomohiro, Kimoto Takehiro, Hirayama Hiroyuki, Sano Shiro, Daichi Ma | |
| Synopsis: | Love, friendship, career, marriage, childbirth, childrearing… Women who live in modern societies are faced with complex situations that drive them to become victims or perpetrators. Nagisa (Horikita Maki) the heroine, has the ability to “synch” with all the powerful emotions that linger in crime scenes. When this happens though, she blacks out. Even in her day-to-day life, she can hear people’s evil intentions and true colors and senses their lies and deception. That is why she always wears headphones in order to shut out people’s emotions. She works well with her colleagues at the Red Spider Lily unit, who are all brutally honest acid-tongued women with no qualms about speaking their minds.”Red Spider Lily” is an eclectic unit that includes a science geek, a single mom, and a woman who grew up abroad. Seen by many as a department that’s been taken off the main career track, Red Spider Lily turns out to be full of fabulous detectives! Crimes that women commit are almost always propelled by jealousy, maternal instincts, attention seeking, and envy—emotions that, for good or for worse, every woman possesses. This drama’s heroine, who hears voices that linger in crime scenes, and her colleagues solve cases using their female instincts. |
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| MONEY NO TENSHI ~ Anata no Okane, Torimodoshimasu! (The Angel of Money) |
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| Air Date: | 11:59 am, Thursdays, 07 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Koyabu Kazutoyo, Katase Nana, Aoi Wakana, Yagura Fuko, Fujita Miria, Inoue Arisu, Nakano Kumiko, Nagase Tasuku Takenaka Naoto | |
| Synopsis: | Kurihara Risa (Katase Nana) works as a manager for a Mexican restaurant in Osaka, Japan. She is also studying to become a lawyer. Risa recovered from severe money problems in her past and decides to open up a small financial counseling booth in the restaurant. She wants to help others overcome what she did. The first person to appear at her booth is Takeuchi Shigeru (Koyabu Kazutoyo). He eventually helps Risa with her financial consultations. | |
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| KAZOKU NO KATACHI (The State of Union) |
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| Air Date: | 9pm, Sundays, 17 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Katori Shingo, Ueno Juri, Mizuhara Kiko, Arakawa Yoshiyoshi, Chiba Yudai, Yanagihara Kanako, Nakamura Ann, Takada Hyouga, Okuda Tatsuhito, Nagao Mariya, Konishi Kiss, Irie Masato, Mizuki Arisa, Asaji Yoko, Mizuno Miki, Morimoto Leo, Nishida Toshiyuki, Fubuki Jun | |
| Synopsis: | “A single 39-year-old man who cannot get married” and “a divorced 32-year-old woman who doesn’t want to get married again”. The unlikely couple has enough trouble as it is, but with their nosey parents, their problems grow even bigger. This funny yet touching home drama asks viewers what family and marriage are. “In the current style of life in which people increasingly choose not to get married, this drama will make viewers think about the role of family and marriage once again” the producer says.Daisuke (Katori Shingo) works for a stationery manufacturer and enjoys being single. One day, a fire bell goes off at the apartment he recently bought. Daisuke accuses one of the residents, Hanako (Ueno Juri), who thinks her room is on fire. However, it is actually his father, Youzo (Nishida Toshiyuki), who smoked out Daisuke’s room when he was cooking. To make matters worse, Daisuke’s troublemaking father brought his son-in-law to live all together. His comfortable single life suddenly comes to an end… | |
| Damena Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai (Please Love Me!) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Tuesdays, 12 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Fukada Kyoko, Fujioka Dean, Miura Shohei, Nonami Maho, Suzuki Takayuki, Sano Hinako, Ishiguro Hideo, Kuro-chan, Naito Risa, Komatsu Kazushige, Ono Takehiko, Mimura | |
| Synopsis: | Michiko (Fukada Kyoko) is single and jobless since her employer went bankrupt. She likes to eat meat most of all, but can only afford cabbage, as she struggles to get a new job and her savings dry up from spending money on a younger men. With no boyfriend, no job and no money, Michiko is hopeless. She only has her passion for eating meat. One day when she tries to steal cat food from a stray cat, she comes across with her former boss, Ayumu (Fujioka Dean). After taking Michiko to his cafe, “Sunflower,” Ayumu suggests her to work there. While Michiko is delighted to have a job again, she is also worried about working under Ayumu who was strict and abusive at their former office. At “Sunflower”, however, she starts to discover a different side to Ayumu. | |
| Akutotachi wa Senri o Hashiru (How Bad Can We Get?) |
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| Air Date: | 11:53 pm, Wednesdays, 20 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Muro Tsuyoshi, Yamazaki Ikusaburo, Kurokawa Mei, Mitsuishi Ken, Nakamura Yasuhi, Shukugawa Atom, Konno Mahiru, Horibe Keisuke, Onishi Riku | |
| Synopsis: | This is the humorous yet touching suspense story of a self-centered man (Muro Tsuyoshi) in the middle of a mysterious kidnapping case. A director at a production company, Takasugi, quits his job because of his boss’ bad attitude and also finds himself in 100 thousand dollars worth of debt. After talking to his assistant, Sonobe (Yamazaki Ikusaburo), about the situation, they come up with a plan to kidnap the dog of a wealthy family. Then somehow a mysterious girl, Natsuko (Kurokawa Mei) and the young son of the wealthy family appear at Takasugi’s house. He is puzzled by the situation but soon finds out that a man called “John Lennon” has made Takasugi out to be the kidnapper. |
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| WATASHI O HANASAIDE (Never Let Me Go) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Fridays, 15 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Ayase Haruka, Miura Haruma, Mizukawa Asami, Suzuki Rio, Nakagawa Tsubasa, Mizuki Sakura, Emma Burns, Hamada Kokone, Kobayashi Kika, Ishikawa Tatsuki, Yamano Umi, Ito Ayumi, Matobu Sei, Komoto Masahiro, Aso Yumi | |
| Synopsis: | TBS presents a world first dramatization of “Never Let Me Go” – the British novel that sold over a million copies in the UK. Script-writer, Morishita Yoshiko (“The Emperor’s Cook” (TBS), “JIN” (TBS) and “Gochisosan” (NHK)) depicts the beauty of this world with a story of young love and their unusual destiny. This is a powerful story for young people in the modern world.30-years-old Kyoko (Ayase Haruka) has a “job”. The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding school of Yoko Gakuen in the mountains. Soccer boy, Tomohiko (Nakagawa Tsubasa), leader among girls, Miwa (Mizuki Sakura), and Kyoko (Suzuki Rio) are all in the same grade. Inspired by the educational philosophy of the principal – Emiko (Aso Yumi), teacher Tatsuko (Ito Ayumi) joins the boarding school staff, but soon finds the school rather strange. | |
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| AIBOU SEASON 14 (Partners: Season 14) |
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| Air Date: | 9 pm, Wednesdays, 14 October 2015 (continues from last season) | |
| Cast: | Mizutani Yutaka, Sorimachi Takashi, Suzuki Anju, Ishizaka Koji | |
| Synopsis: | Sugishita Ukyo’s (Mizutani Yutaka) partner, Kai Toru (Narimiya Hiroki), was arrested and Sugishita was put on an indefinite suspension. He takes “temporary residence in the “old” Special Missions Section which has lost its head. Kaburagi Wataru (Sorimachi Takashi) is a career bureaucrat who desires a secondment from the Ministry of Law to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department because of his interest in crime scenes. | |
| KASOUKEN NO ONNA SEASON 15 (Woman of the Crime Lab Season 15) |
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| Air Date: | 8 pm, Thursdays, 15 October 2015 (continues from last season) | |
| Cast: | Sawaguchi Yasuko, Naito Takashi, Wakamura Mayumi, Kazama Toru, Kaneda Akio, Saito Satoru, Osada Seiya, Sakimoto Hiromi, Yamamoto Hikaru, Nishida Ken | |
| Synopsis: | Sakaki Mariko (Sawaguchi Yasuko), a member of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Crime Lab, meets her greatest enemy, Ochiai Sakiko. Nicknamed the “queen of firearms and drugs”, Sakiko is an outstanding female detective who has transferred to the Organised Crime Special Division, a department recently established by the top brass to strengthen measures against firearms and drugs. | |
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| Air Date: | 9 pm, Thursdays, 14 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Minami Kaho, Ashina Sei, Natsuna, Wada Masato, Hiraoka Yuta, Fukikoshi Mitsuru | |
| Synopsis: | At the exit of the Shiga Central Prison located by the banks of Lake Biwa, stands a lone man who had just been released from the prison. He is none other than Takuma Yoshito (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi), a man who had been convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. 10 years ago, Takuma was trialed and found guilty of rape and attempted murder and was sentenced to 15 years jail. However, 10 years into his sentence, the victim woke up from her coma and was able to confirm that her attacker wasn’t Takuma. Takuma was actually a topnotch criminal profiler called specialists in Japan, and was reinstated to the Kyoto Prefectural Police. This time, he leaves Kyoto and goes to Tokyo where he is assigned to a newly established unit. The devastating death of an important person is the greatest catalyst for his decision to get into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in order to expose a big conspiracy. | |
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| Air Date: | 11:15 pm, Fridays, 05 February 2016 | |
| Cast: | Kiritani Mirei, Matsuzaka Keiko, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Machida Keita, Mizusawa Erena, Takasugi Mahiro, Takahashi Hitomi, Kohinata Fumiyo | |
| Synopsis: | Kisaragi Sumi (Kiritani Mirei) is 65-years-old and still a single woman. When she was younger, she worked at a flower farm and flower shop run by her family. Sumi wanted to go to college, but she had to take care of her grandmother, who got in an accident, and general household affairs. After her grandmother, Sumi also had to take care of her father and mother. Now, Sumi is 65 and she has never had a boyfriend. She is proud that she worked so hard, but now she wishes she could live a new life and become young again.One day, Sumi wakes up and finds herself with the appearance of a 20-year-old. She introduces herself as Sumire and gets another try at youth. | |
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| ASADORA: ASA GA KITA (Sunshiny Asa) |
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| Air Date: | 8am – 8:15am, Mondays- Saturdays 28 September 2015 |
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| Cast: | Haru, Miyazaki Aoi, Tamaki Hiroshi, Terajima Shinobu, Masu Takeshi, Hayashi Yoichi, Kondo Masaomi, Fubuki Jun, Emoto Tasuku, Tatsumi Takuro, Manda Hisako, Yamauchi Takaya, Miyake Hiroki, Nono Sumika, Dean Fujioka | |
| Synopsis: | Towards the end of the Edo era, in the town of Kyoto, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Imai Tadamasa. He was blessed with 3 children, Hatsu, Asa and Kyutaro. His eldest, Hatsu (Miyazaki Aoi), was a traditional girl who loved to play the koto and sew. Whilst his second daughter, Asa (Haru), was an impish hoyden who loved sumo wrestling. Asa was engaged to be married to the second son of a distinguished family who ran a money changer business in Osaka, Shirooka Shinjiro (Tamaki Hiroshi). Although Asa was furious when she had first heard about the betrothal, when she met up with Shinjiro for the first time, his charisma greatly attracted her and she fell in love with him in no time.After their marriage, at the cusp of the Meiji era, the Shirooka’s found themselves in dire financial straits, as money changing was no longer a lucrative business anymore. Shinjiro deemed himself not suited to making money and devoted his time to playing the shamisen and pursuing other refined cultural activities. As they neared bankruptcy, Asa decided to turn to coal mining, as that is the much-needed commodity at that time. She set off to Kyushu by herself, to talk to the coal miners to talk about coal supply.
Meanwhile, Hatsu was also married to another prominent family of money changers in Osaka. Facing the same financial difficulties as the Shirooka’s, Hatsu and her husband ran away in the middle of the night, disappearing without a word. One day, Asa bumped into her sister and tried to offer her financial help, but the young couple refused, as they wanted to rebuild their lives using their own capabilities… The drama depicts the challenges faced by Asa, in a very much male dominated society, and how she overcomes them triumphantly. It also showcases the changes in the Japanese society as the Meiji Restoration slowly swept across the nation |
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| TAIGA: SANADA MARU | ||
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| Air Date: | 8 pm, Sundays, 10 January 2016 onwards | |
| Cast: | Sakai Masato, Oizumi Yo, Kimura Yoshino, Nagasawa Masami, Kuroki Haru, Kusakari Masao, Takahata Atsuko, Kusabue Mitsuko, Terajima Susumu, Nakahara Takeo, Fujii Takashi, Hira Takehiro, Danta Yasunori, Endo Kenichi, Yoshida Yo, Fujioka Hiroshi, Takashima Masanobu, Saito Yuki, Kondo Masaomi, Uchino Masaaki, Nishimura Masahiko, Fujimoto Takahiro, Kohinata Fumiyo, Suzuki Kyoka, Katsura Bunshi, Kobayashi Takashi, Takeuchi Yuko, Yamamoto Koji, Kataoka Ainosuke, Niiro Shinya, Nakagawa Taishi | |
| Synopsis: | In February 1582, 9 years after the sudden death of Takeda Shingen, the Takeda clan faces a desperate situation under Takeda Katsuyori. Betrayed by his vassals, a large army led by Oda Nobunaga invades the territory and takes the castles one after another. Sanada Masayuki (Kusakari Masao), the vassal of Takeda, proposes to meet Oda at Iwabitsu Castle and leaves to prepare for the impending battle. However, his proposal is dismissed by Katsuyori and the troop marches towards Iwadono Castle. Masayuki’s son Nobuyuki (Oizumi Yo) and Nobushige )Sakai Masato) decide to head for Iwabitsu where their father is waiting. | |
| NIGERU ONNA (A Fleeing Woman) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Saturdays, 09 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Mizuno Miki, Naka Riisa, Kaku Kento, Tabata Tomoko, Denden, Takahashi Tsutomu, Misaki Ayame, Takahashi Katsunori, Kato Masaya, Furuya Ikko, Harada Mieko, Endo Kenichi | |
| Synopsis: | A suspense drama that revolves around a 40-year-old woman Rieko (Mizuno Miki), who is fresh from prison after jailed for 8 years by a false charge. Rieko starts searching for her best friend who betrayed her while encountering a young murderess, Mio (Naka Riisa). From this moment, Rieko’s journey changes into an escape journey. | |
| ITOOSHIKUTE (My Darling) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Tuesdays, 12 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Tanaka Rena, Yoshida Eisaku, Akiyoshi Kumiko, Mizuhashi Kenji, Honjo Manami, Ogata Kanta, Oka Mitsuko, Ishikura Saburo, Hirata Mitsuru, Minami Kaho, Kobayashi Nenji | |
| Synopsis: | A love story revolves around a 30-year-old female dyeing artist, abandoned by her father, living in a small town in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. She was leading a solitary life with a feeling of being unloved, but the encounters with her father and mistress make a change in her mind and she gradually awakens to the sense of loving someone. | |
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| Air Date: | 8 pm, Thursdays, 14 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Aoki Munetaka, Matsuo Suzuki, Yuka, Koike Teppei, Hayami Akari, Yamazaki Ginnojo, Kitamura Yukiya, Takaoka Saki, Kishibe Ittoku, Fuji Sumiko | |
| Synopsis: | Set in Osaka in 1703, a story revolves around Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Matsuo Suzuki), known for the dramatist of “The Love Suicides at Sonezaki,” and a mysterious gambler Mankichi (Aoki Munetaka). The story portrays the two and the background story of the play. | |
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| ARECHI NO KOI (Love of the Wilderness) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Saturdays, 09 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Toyokawa Etsushi, Suzuki Kyoka, Taguchi Tomorow, Tomita Yasuko, Kawashima Umika, Murakawa Eri, Matsushige Yutaka, Chisaka Kensuke, Maeda Aki, Kaku Tomohiro, Saito Ayumu, Harumi Shiho, Lily, Hashimoto Miwa, Yamada Yuki, PANTA | |
| Synopsis: | Kitazawa Taro (Toyokawa Etsushi) played a central role in post-war Japan’s modern poetry movement due to the launch of the poetry magazine ‘Arechi’ with fellow poets in 1947. 28 years later in 1975, the 53-year-old works at a newspaper’s proofreading department as he continues to compose poetry and cherishes ordinary happiness every day. But one day, Kitazawa falls in love with Akiko (Suzuki Kyoka), the wife of his good friend Mitamura Kiichi (Matsushige Yutaka). He abandons his wife (Tomita Yasuko) and two children (Kawashima Umika, Chisaka Kensuke) and leaves home… | |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Saturdays, 13 February 2016 | |
| Cast: | Nakai Kiichi, Santamaria Yusuke, Pierre Taki, Aoyagi Sho, Yamamoto Ryuji, Shinagawa Toru, Miura Masaki, Niizuma Seiko, Murai Kunio, Iwamatsu Ryo, Iijima Naoko, Watabiki Katsuhiko | |
| Synopsis: | Old-fashioned gangster Sakaguchi Kenta (Nakai Kiichi), Self Defence official Okawara Isao (Pierre Taki) and Hirohashi Hidehiko (Santamaria Yusuke), secretary to politician Yamauchi Ryuzo (Murai Kunio), were betrayed by their respective organisations because they stuck to their “principles” rather than money and career advancement. These three “scoundrels” gather under former detective Mukai Gonzaemon (Watabiki Katsuhiko) who urges them, “Stop putting up with unreasonable things. Try doing what you like.” They start to attempt to behave sensibly in their own way. | |
| UTENAI KEIKAN (Police Officer Can Not Shoot ) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Sundays,10 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Tanabe Seiichi, Ishiguro Ken, Nakagoshi Noriko, Takahashi Kazuya, Kabe Amon, Hizuki Hana, Sugata Shun, Tomosaka Rie, Shimada Kyusaku, Yamamoto Gaku | |
| Synopsis: | Shibasaki Reiji (Tanabe Seiichi) works as a planning section chief for General Affairs Department in Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is an elite member in the organization and is focused on moving up further. He does not have any experience in actually making arrests. Reiji Shibasaki then receives a phone call from his boss Nakata (Ishiguro Ken) instructing him to allow his subordinate Kido Kazuhiko to take part in shooting training. Kido Kazuhiko previously suffered from depression. Reiji Shibasaki follows the instructions, but Kido soon kills himself after receiving a handgun from him.Shibasaki is interrogated over Kido’s sucide, but his boss denies making the phone call regarding Kido. Who made the phone call? Shibasaki Reiji begins to investigate the case, not necessarily to uncover the truth, but to regain his position at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. | |
| MEGA BANK SAISHU KESSEN (Megabank The Last Battle) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Sundays, 14 February 2016 | |
| Cast: | Shiina Kippei, Kiritani Kenta, Ishibashi Ryo, Ogawa Tamaki and Otozuki Kei. | |
| Synopsis: | The drama is based on legendary fund manager Hatano Sho’s novel “Megabank Giga Battle”. Directed by the Financial Services Agency, Teito Bank merges with Tozai Bank and EFG Bank, thereby creating the megabank Tozai Teito EFG Bank (TEFG) with Teito Bank as its core. After the merger, the staff members from Teito Bank take control. The hierarchy among people from different banks remains entrenched in the megabank.Among the staff, there is a crafty dealer named Katsura Mitsuyoshi (Shiina Kippei). And while he is not from Teito Bank, his abilities are recognized by the superiors, hence he is promoted to the managing director of the Exchange Department. On the other hand, there is a staff member named Nihei Shohei (Kiritani Kenta) who is from the predecessor of EFG Bank, Meikyo Bank, and works in the general affairs department. Though he is “at the bottom of the TEFG”, he refuses to submit himself to this hierarchy and focuses his energies on work instead. One day, the top executives of the TEFG have a confidential talk with the bureaucrats of the Financial Services Agency, who then settled to buy super-long-term government bonds. And out of nowhere, and at an unfortunate timing, the Japanese government bonds plunge, making the TEFG suddenly falls into the crisis of bankruptcy. To make the TEFG financially viable again, Katsura and Nihei join forces to fend off against foreign fund holders which attempt to purchase the TEFG and the conspirators among the bureaucracy. What fate awaits Katsura and Nihei who are going to challenge their biggest gamble of all time!? |
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| KEISHICHOU ZERO GAKARI~ Seikatsu Anzenka Nandemo Soudanshitsu | ||
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| Air Date: | 8 pm, Fridays, 15 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Koizumi Kotaro, Matsushita Yuki, Adachi Yumi, Kinoshita Takayuki, Harada Natsuki, Tezuka Toru, Rokkaku Shinji, Horii Arata, Kishi Asuka, Terajima Susumu, Ishimaru Kenjiro, Kato Cha, Osugi Ren | |
| Synopsis: | Superintendent Kobayakawa Fuyuhiko (Koizumi Kotaro) is a naive career police officer who cannot read situations. He is transferred from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s National Research Institute of Police Science to the newly established “anything” consultation office of Suginami Chuo Police Precinct’s Community Safety Division as a result of some incident. This consultation office passes off for a new initiative to react quickly to the feedback of the public. But in reality, it is a garbage dump for people who have caused trouble and been discarded. The members of the precinct mock it as the “Zero Section”. Kobayakawa’s buddy is the strong-minded, foulmouthed veteran detective Terada Torami (Matsushita Yuki). The two of them who do not get along and the very individualistic members of the section solve difficult cases dashingly. | |
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| Air Date: | 12:12 am, Saturdays, 16 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Yoshida Kotaro, Takahata Mitsuki, Oguri Shun, Katagiri Jin, Otsuka Nene | |
| Synopsis: | The son of the second generation owner of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop ‘Kururiya’ in Tokyo’s Kototoibashi, Kururi Takuzo (Yoshida Kotaro) was born and raised in Tokyo. He received a strict education from his father, who was a man with an old-fashioned way of thinking, and his skills in making the shop’s signature dango have surpassed his father’s. But in his personal life, he has divorced thrice and is a rather sloppy man to women. Now at the age of 55, he leads a carefree life. His hobby is to go for walks in town with the antique single-lens reflex camera that his father bought for him when he was a child, and capture the scenery of the good old-fashioned Tokyo which will change someday. In the middle of such days, Takuzo encounters women whom he is attracted to. He spends a time with each woman, talking over delicious alcohol and food while having a fleeting love. Will love work out for him? | |
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| KAMOGAWA SHOKUDO (Kamogawa Canteen) |
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| Air Date: | 10 pm, Sundays, 10 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Kutsuna Shiori, Iwashita Shima, Zaizen Naomi, Yoshizawa Hisashi, Daichi Yasuo, Maro Akaji, Toyohara Kosuke, Hagiwara Kenichi | |
| Synopsis: | Customers relying on a single line advertisement “Search for food with memories”, finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no signboard or fabric curtain. Those who come to this inconspicuous eatery near Higashi Honganji in Kyoto are people of today who have troubles. Work, family, life, love, interpersonal relationships … … Although their troubles are wide-ranging, the eatery’s poster girl Kamogawa Koishi (Kutsna Shiori) accepts customers’ troubles with sincerity while her father, Nagare (Hagiawa Kenichi) uses the instincts and powers of observation honed as a detective, to identify what meals customers truly desire and demonstrates his skills by recreating them. Customers who eat the “food with memories”, which are the fruits of the efforts of Koishi and Nagare, will leave Kamogawa Shokudo, finding the courage to live and pleasures of life. | |
| HABURASHI / ONNA TOMODACHI (Toothbrush / Girlfriends) |
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| Air Date: | 11:15 pm, Tuesdays, 5 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Uchida Yuki, Kaneko Nobuaki, Ichikawa Miwako, Okada Yoshinori, Chisun, Duncan, Oka Mayumi, Omi Toshinori, Ikewaki Chizuru, Tezuka Yuki | |
| Synopsis: | They were high school classmates, spent their youth together in the school choir and certainly had similar dreams. But one rainy night 20 years later … … Furusawa Mizue (Ikewaki Chizuru) suddenly shows up at the home of popular scriptwriter Makabe Suzune (Uchida Yuki), with her young son (Tezuka Yuki). She has lost her job, money and even the home she lived in. Claiming that Suzune is the only one she can turn to, Mizue beseeches Suzune to let her stay for one night. However, this quickly becomes a promise to stay until she gets employment. Unable to cruelly thrust mother and child away, Suzune’s daily life and work get disrupted. Then, a series of strange incidents start to happen to Suzune’s surroundings. Through this reunion of two classmates who have led completely different lives, all sorts of dormant feelings erupt and memories that they were starting to be forgotten are resurrected. | |
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| Air Date: | 8pm, Fridays, 15 January 2016 | |
| Cast: | Higashiyama Noriyuki, Katsumura Masanobu, Kondo Yoshimasa, Matsubara Chieko, Hira Takehiro, Tsugawa Masahiko | |
| Synopsis: | The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune (Hira Takehiro) was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms advanced by Yoshimune. Ooka Echizen (Higashiyama Noriyuki), an Edo magistrate, punished evil that brought suffering to the common people, making judicial decisions with humanity and fairness that came to be known as “Ooka Sabaki”. He would go beyond his status and position, and work very hard for the people’s happiness. He was also their pride. | |
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| Drama SP | TV | Air Date | Time | Cast |
| Fuji Family | NHK | 02 Jan | Sat, 9pm | Yakushimaru Hiroko, Koizumi Kyoko, Mimura |
| Nobunaga Moyu | TV Tokyo | 02 Jan | Sat, 9pm | igashiyama Noriyuki, Ishimaru Kanji, Sato Ryuta, Kuriyama Chiaki |
| Bocchan | FUJI TV | 03 Jan | Sun, 9pm | Ninomiya Kazunari, Matsushita Nao, Furuta Arata, Yashima Norito |
| Utsukushiki Mitsu no Uso | FUJI TV | 04 Jan | Mon, 9pm | Moonstone: Nagasaku Hiromi, Dan Rei, Murakami Jun Honoo: Tsuchiya Tao, Kadowaki Mugi, Murakami Nijiro Heibon: Suzuki Kyoka, Terajima Shinobu, Sometani Shota |
| Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san SP | FUJI TV | 04 Jan | Mon, 11:30pm | Hayami Akari, Miyama Karen, Furuhata Seika |
| Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi ~ Mizuumi de Hirotta Onna | TV Tokyo | 06 Jan | Wed, 9pm | Funakoshi Eiichiro, Nakayama Shinobu, Koizumi Kotaro |
| Kanojo ga Koishita Shokunin-san ~ Mary wa Takumi ni Kubittake | TV Tokyo | 06 Jan | Wed, 11:58pm | Chiba Yudai, Taylor, Takenaka Naoto |
| Keiji Ballerino | NTV | 09 Jan | Sat, 9pm | Nakajima Yuto, Nagasaku Hiromi, Takashima Masahiro |
| Saikou no Oyako | TBS | 10 Jan | Sun, 9pm | Fujiyama Naomi, Naka Riisa, Enoki Takaaki, Kaku Chikako |
| Jungle Fever | NHK BS Premium | 11 Jan | Mon, 9pm | Gouriki Ayame, Daito Shunsuke, Shinohara Tomoe, Anan Kenji |
| Kenji no Shimei | TV Asahi | 17 Jan | Sun, 9pm | Kamikawa Takaya, Matsushita Yuki, Shida Mirai |
| Kenji no Shimei | TV Asahi | 17 Jan | Sun, 9pm | Kamikawa Takaya, Matsushita Yuki, Shida Mirai |
| Kuro no Shamen | TV Asahi | 24 Jan | Sun, 9pm | Dan Rei, Uchiyama Rina, Harada Taizo |
| Chihoshi wo Kau Onna | TV Asahi | TBA | TBA | Tamura Masakazu, Hirosue Ryoko, Mizukawa Asami |
