Asian Drama

Mizushima Satoru is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miharu Miyuki, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Mizushima Satoru asks for her cellphone number, but she doesn’t own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Mizushima Satoru & Miharu Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Mizushima Satoru decides to propose her, but, on the day he is going to propose her, Miharu Miyuki doesn’t show up at the cafe.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Analog" (アナログ) by Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし).

Duration: 2 hr. 0 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Ratings: 8.2

Yano Katsuhiko, a weather forecaster who is divorced and is introduced by his friend, Taguchi to popular radio DJ Yukawa Sachi aka "Love Specialist". Yano recalled seeing pictures of her before but the person he actually saw is Sachi's friend, Yujin.

Cinderella Complex is about the affair between a popular married high school teacher and his female high school student. When his wife, another teacher at the school, discovers his affair and vows revenge, things start to go awry.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Cinderella Complex" (シンデレラ・コンプレックス) by Inoue Risako (井上里彩子).

Episodes: 7

Airs On: Friday

The 63rd work of NHK Taiga Drama depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese female poet who wrote "Tale of Hikaru Genji". This story is set in the mid-Heian period.

(Source: nhk.or.jp)

Episodes: 40

In the year 1986, Ichiro Ogawa is a middle-aged man. He works as a PE teacher and the advisor of the middle school's baseball team. He is called the "Ogawa of Hell," because he is foul-mouthed and he repeats inappropriate behaviors. But at home, he is a single parent who has raised his daughter alone since his wife died due to a disease. He is an ordinary father who worries about his daughter acting out. Somehow, Ichiro Ogawa travels through time to the year 2024. There, he meets various people, including single mother Nagisa Inushima who works at broadcasting station.

Meanwhile and in the year 2024, Sakae Sakisaka works as a sociologist She is a flag bearer of feminism and frequently appears in the media to talk about gender discrimination or other gender issues. She and her son happen to time travel to the year 1986.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Friday

The story revolves around a company called “Office AIR Cleaning” that specializes in providing a unique break-up service for those who cause trouble to others due to their selfish in-house extramarital affairs.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the web comic "Onsha no Furin no Kudan: Zettai ni Wakare Sasemasu" (御社の不倫の件～絶対に別れさせます～) by Tatsuki Yuuma (樹ユウマ).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Tuesday

7 huge holes suddenly appear in locations around Japan. The holes appear in random places like in the sky, in the middle of a road, in a field, or in the middle of the city. Citizens are confused about the holes, and different investigations are carried out about the holes, but the true nature of the holes remains known. As time goes by, people begin to live with these holes. Many people go into the holes, but nobody has returned from the holes.

Then, a man named Ozawa appears who worships the holes as a god. He insists that salvation can be found in the hole. Eight people who are followers of Ozawa gather at a resort facility. The eight people are Kawabata, Sugaya, Matsuoka, Aoyama, Watanabe, Shingo, Iguchi, and Okamoto. Following Ozawa's rule, they must talk about why they want to go and record themselves before they enter the hole.

(Source: AsianWiki)

After an accident, Motomiya Yuri can hear other people's inner voices when she looks into their eyes. Due to these telepathic abilities, Yuri hears people's true feelings that she does not want to know, and she often gets hurt in secret. She becomes afraid of knowing other people's true feelings, and she becomes afraid of showing her true feelings to others as well. She does not get close to people if not necessary and gave up on falling in love.

One day, Yuri meets Yoon Tae Oh, a younger Korean student. Tae Oh has a bright and friendly personality and is loved by everyone around him due to his innocence. He is straightforward and extremely pure when it comes to love. When she happens to make eye contact with him, she hears his inner thoughts and voice, but in Korean! With Tae Oh she starts to think that the love he had given up on might still be possible. Will Tae Oh's bright and straightforward presence melt Yuri's closed heart, which is unable to reveal her true feelings?

Episodes: 10

Duration: 57 min.

Airs On: Tuesday

Why did the girl have to die? The mother becomes the tycoon's father's lover... The father becomes the tycoon's wife's hair stylist... The uncle becomes the tycoon's daughter's Korean tutor... And the sister becomes a journalist investigating the tycoon's son... The family of the high school girl disguise themselves to infiltrate the tycoon's life in order to uncover the truth behind their beloved daughter's death. Revealing shocking truths on the way, this is a story about an imposter family tackling mysteries and seeking revenge!

(Source: YTV)

Episodes: 10

Adapted from the manga series "Intercom ga Naru Toki" (インターホンが鳴るとき) by Rio (りお) and Sebata Jun (瀬畑純).

Episodes: 10

Centers on a 39-year-old pharmacist. She lives a peaceful life, doing the job she loves. However, the man she has loved for a long time has gotten engaged to another woman. On her way home from a drinking party with her colleagues, a younger man appears in front of her, and somehow, they start to live together out of the blue. Meanwhile, she meets another man who gives her peace of mind with his honesty and kindness. As she starts to realize the true meaning of happiness and the importance of being loved by someone, something begins to change within her…

A psychological thriller centered on Sakai Yoichi, a freelance video director, and Mitsumi Kei, a piano teacher who moonlights as a serial killer. When Yoichi, who is stuck in his current situation doing small jobs to make ends meet, returns to his office, there's a package waiting for him. Inside is a human finger, and the message for Yoichi to get in touch if he's interested to "document his activities." Yoichi was going to call the police, but after considering, he decides instead to contact the sender. The person he meets at the designated house is none other than pianist Mitsumi Kei. This encounter leads Yoichi to continue documenting the murders, but what awaits him as a result of this decision... remains to be seen.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

Okatani Wataru, who was an ace reporter in the social affairs department of a major newspaper company, witnesses his wife having an affair and decides to get a divorce. Although he makes steady preparations to gain custody of his daughter, a talented lawyer he consults with tells him that his chance of winning is only 10%. Instead of going ahead with the divorce right away, he works hard with his partner, a detective, to gather evidence of his wife’s affair in order to earn the right to be the rightful caretaker of his daughter.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Rikon Shinai Otoko" (離婚しない男) by Ohtake Reiji (大竹玲二).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Saturday

Business editor Miyata Akihiro invites University professor Iwanaga Takashi to write a column for his publication. It’s not their first encounter since they used to be star-crossed lovers way back in high school. In still-to-be-explained circumstances, Miyata broke the affair completely, sealed the romantic episode, and moved on. With his busy schedule and a girlfriend to boot, his ‘normal’ world is starting to unravel and collide with his dark past. Can Miyata and Iwanaga start all over again?

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Episodes: 12

Duration: 40 min.

Airs On: Saturday

18 years ago, Aota and her boyfriend Obuchi murdered her parents and chopped up their bodies.

An editor is approached with a proposal for a novel based on the incident, and they soon uncover a shocking truth…

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the novel "Saka no Ue no Akai Yane" (坂の上の赤い屋根) by Mari Yukiko (真梨幸子).

Episodes: 5

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Episodes: 10

Duration: 45 min.

Airs On: Tuesday

High school sophomores Ryo, Hikaru, and Chika are living a seemingly peaceful high school life while harboring hidden emotions. One day, Hikaru and Chika find 8mm film in an old warehouse inside the school. A stunning girl in the film captures Hikaru’s attention, while Ryo worries about Hikaru, and Chika keeps an eye on the beautiful girl, whose gaze seems to pass by.

(Source: BLTai.com)

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Friday

The Tenpo period near the end of the Edo period. Katsuie's wife, Onobu, struggles to make ends meet, but never ceases to smile innocently. Her husband is Katsu Kokichi. His arms are very strong and she can't say she doesn't like it when asked. Her son, Rintaro, is clever, intelligent, aspiring to study Dutch studies, and eventually saves the people of Edo as "Katsu Kaishu."

The era is the reform of Tenpo. In addition to the noisy world, every time Kokichi brings in trouble, he is confident. Furthermore, Rintaro falls in love with Fukagawa geisha! Katsuya continues to make a fuss.

Kuga Kazuyuki aspires to become an actor. He auditions for the lead role in a theater company's next work. Among the 300 people who take part in that audition, only seven people are selected for a final audition round. Kazuyuki is among the final seven participants. These seven people then travel to a snowy mountain villa and stay there for four days to take the final audition. By the director's orders, all contact with the outside world is not allowed. Soon, the participants begin to disappear one by one.

When Aihara Ame was a high school student in Nagasaki, she wasn’t confident in herself due to her past. Asano Taiyo was a student attending the same school as Aihara Ame. He was the only person who talked to her brightly. With him, she was able to see her life positively for the first time in her life. She had feelings for him. After her graduation, she went to Tokyo to fulfill her dream of becoming a patissier without telling Asano Taiyo about her feelings for him.

After 8 years, she returns to Nagasaki. One day, she meets Asano Taiyo, whom she has never forgotten, and is elated to see him again. An accident soon occurs, and Aihara Ame falls into deep despair. A man appears in front of her and introduces himself as a guide from the afterlife. He tells her that if she gives her heart to him, he will make a miracle for her.

Meanwhile, Asano Taiyo is a bright person. His family has operated a fireworks shop for generations in Nagasaki. His dream is to become a fireworks expert and succeed his father in their family business. Even though he is a bright and honest person, he didn't tell Aihara Ame about his feelings for her when they were together. He meets Aihara Ame, whom he has never forgotten, again for the first time in 8 years.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Duration: 54 min.

Dogai Ryuga, the Golden Knight Garo, has regained his golden glow and destroyed the evil plots of Horror. An encounter with a mysterious knight clad in “steel” leads Ryuga to the next test. Now, the story that approaches the origin of the protector begins!

(Source: Japanese = garo-project.jp)

Episodes: 12

Duration: 23 min.

Aired On: Thursday

In an audacious reworking of the biopic, this ensemble drama sees jazz pianist Minami Hiroshi’s memoir cleverly reinterpreted into a surreal and playful story about chasing dreams, disillusionment and the inner lives of professional artists. Closer to playing two sides of the same coin than tackling a dual role, Ikematsu Sosuke embodies two versions of Minami – the naïve upstart and the jaded pro – who magically cross paths as they become entangled with a cast of colourful characters in the seedy alleyways and jazz clubs of Ginza over a single night.

Nezu Haru, a third-year student at the University of the Arts, is studying video production. This is his first time making a film as a director, but he is having trouble deciding what the subject should be.

Yoshikawa Kazuya, who works as a photographer at the same time and is concerned about Haru's situation, receives a "Motus" notification on his smartphone. "Motus" is a smartphone app that posts real photos without filters, and Haru is not interested in it at all, but a post from his junior, Usui Miyako, shows Haru's girlfriend, Kuga Yuri, having an affair with another man.

(Source: Japanese = Wikipedia)

Adapted from the song by the group This is LAST (ディス・イズ・ラスト).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Friday

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Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Friday

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Episodes: 3

Aired On: Tuesday

The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko and her political marriage to the 10th shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

A shocking incident is the start of a tragic chain of events that befall an ordinary family of four: Maehara Akio, his wife Yaeko, their son and Akio’s elderly mother, Masae. Akio is a commonplace company employee but has to carry his family’s tragedy on his shoulders as a psychological battle unfolds between himself and Kaga Kyoichiro. In order to get the Maeharas back to being a genuine family, Kaga disentangles the complex web of family interactions with his keen perception. Just when it is determined that the case has been solved.

Since his wife died, Masahiko has raised his daughter Hitomi by himself. Hitomi is now all grown up and an adult, but they still live together and rely on each other. On New Year's Day, they talk with each other like they usually do, but they both reveal bombshell news. Hitomi tells Masahiko that she is going to get married in 3 months. Masahiko tells Hitomi that he was informed that he has only 3 months left to live. They are both shocked by each other's news.

Masahiko is strongly opposed to his daughter's marriage because her future husband is an unpopular comedian and is 10 years older than her. Meanwhile, Hitomi tries to persuade her father to get medical treatment. Because they want each other to be happy, they can't give up their position and try to persuade the other person. In the end, they decide they don't want to waste the next 3 months and write down things they want to do. Hitomi writes down things she wants to do before she gets married, and Masahiko writes down things he wants to do before his death.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Monday

An original anthology drama based on the theme of live streaming, that depicts the connections between online streamers ("livers") and their listeners.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 4

Duration: 30 min.

Aired On: Saturday

Mizuki is a marathon runner forced to hang up her running shoes and find a job in the “real world.” She's been laser-focused on running her whole life and developed very little in the way of social skills, totally neglecting any thoughts of a love life. Her love for sweet food is the only thing that brings her joy.

When Mizuki takes a job at a high-end hotel, she turns out to be hopeless at it. With no experience or natural talent for customer service, she makes gaffe after gaffe. One day, she crosses paths with Kaji, a genius pâtissière who works at the hotel and has a reputation as a womanizer. Infuriated at how badly her post-running life is turning out, Mizuki vents at Kaji. Iinstead of angering him, her tirade inspires Kaji, who appoints her as his new taste taster.

(Source: Viki; edited by MyDramaList)

Adapted from the manga series "Sugar Sugar Honey" by Suzuki Yufuko (鈴木有布子).

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Monday