Asian Drama

Fukami Noa (Ashida Mana) loves big cars because of the influence of her father, Shiro (Harada Ryuji). He is the third generation owner of Fukami Motors, a car repair shop. One day, her father suddenly commits suicide, leaving her shocked. Noa is told by Katsuragi Ippei (Iwaki Kouchi), a former Tokyo Metropolitan Police detective who is her father’s acquaintance, that he did so to assume responsibility for the disappearance of 300 million yen in corporate pensions that his father had left to him. Kuwata Renji (Okamoto Kenichi), the sharp company president of the investment advisory firm, Best Advisers, is the mastermind. Vowing the seek revenge on Kuwata, Noa hits difficult management books to build up her knowledge and works out a plan to recover the pension money. Then she takes the position of company president. She announces to the employees that she will get back the 300 million yen that was stolen and turnaround the business. Although Katsuragi detests kids, he decides to make use of his detective skills and intuition to give Noa a helping hand. Noa gathers together his elderly friends with special skills; former trading company employee, Kuramochi Eisaku (Maeda Gin), locksmith Kashima Tokichi (Kurosawa Toshio), electrical engineer Midorikawa Daimaru (Ono Takehiko), and former actress Miwa Nagisa (Ishida Ayumi) and challenges Kuwata … …

Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kuni Kara centers around the story of the Kuroita family.

Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, and learn the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.

An extreme elitist, Ueba Kamo is a Tokyo University graduate and bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance. Due to her mother’s sudden passing, she is forced to turn herself into an okami, or proprietress at a ryokan (Japanese style hotel). Growing up she had loathed her hometown Kyoto as much as she hated her rare name. Uebaya, the ryokan, is smothered in debt and she cannot imagine letting go of her freedom and success she worked so hard to obtain. In a fever of resentment, she grudgingly takes on the family business, dead set and confident that she would be able to turn the business around in no time. But becoming an okami isn't as easy as she imagined. The ryokan’s reputation plummets and the entire crew of employees begin criticizing her... Trying to escape her critical situation, Kamo is greeted by a shrewd consultant in finance. The crafty man’s name is Kinugawa Shuhei and as they quarrel and try to deceive each other, they find themselves becoming partners. The two set their mission to rebuild the ryokan back to its normal state.

What was the relationship between Kamo and her deceased mother? Was the ryokan more important to her than Kamo? Why is Kamo the okami of a ryokan she thought she would never set foot in again?

Overcoming the obstacles set in front of her, Kamo gradually becomes attached to her position as okami. Had this been her vocation all along? Don’t miss the breathtaking heart-thumping chronicles of a born-again okami!

The Homeless Student is a film adaptation of a national best-seller autobiography novel "The Homeless Junior High School Student". After a term closing ceremony, Hiroshi comes up home and finds the yellow tape attachment on the entrance of his house. Hiroshi suddenly becomes homeless at fourteen. He starts to spend his nights in public parks and eat cardboard to survive. Homeless life with laughter and tears. However, through the homeless life, Hiroshi learns important things as a person. ..

Duration: 1 hr. 56 min.

Ratings: 7.1

Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. He gows up and become a swindler himself, known as Kurosagi. He swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the master swindler Katsuragi Toshio even though Toshio had a hand in the destruction of Kurosaki's family.

He's life begins to change when he meets Yoshikawa Tsurara, a young law student who disapproves of his disrespect of the law.

A Young monk Sanzo Hoshi sets out for India, never forgetting to keep a "believing heart" as he travels together with Son Goku (monkey), Sagojo (water monster) and Chohakkai (Pig), those spirits who are always causing problems. What adventures are awaiting our band of travellers on their way, and will friendship and love prevail in the end?

The Young Kindaichi is back and better than ever! In this first of many cases, Kindaichi finds himself onboard a cruise ship in which the captain mysteriously disappears the day after a big party. A search of the ship finds nothing, except for little drops of blood on the light switch in the captain's room. Might it be a clue perhaps? You bet! When what looks to be a case of serious foul play unfolds, the ship's radio is found disabled-so much for contacting the authorities. So, far out at sea until they can reach land, it's up to Kindaichi and friends to find the killer - and stay alive!

Set in the southern city of Nagasaki during the 1920s, the story depicts the romantic involvement between a beautiful aging woman who used to be a legendary geisha, Aihachi, and an equally aging businessman and amateur scholar and historian, Jujiro Koga, that take place in the city of Nagasaki. Smitten with her talent and mature beauty, Koga invites Aihachi to record Nagasaki folk songs before they disappear forever.

Adapted from Rei Nakanishi's award-winning novel.