Asian Drama

Called Ishiko because she is obstinate, 28-year-old Ishida Shoko graduated at the top of her class at Tokyo University’s law faculty but has failed the bar exam four times. Although she tells the people around her that it is not that she cannot become a lawyer but that she ought not to, Ishiko gave up on the bar exam out of fear that she would fail again. She has been working as a paralegal at her father Wataro’s law firm. 34-year-old Haneoka Yoshio, a high school graduate who dropped out of university in the US after six months and spent several years wandering around the country, passed the bar exam on his first try thanks to his photographic memory. He professes to be Haneo with a personality as light as a feather and brands himself an unconventional talented lawyer. In reality, he lacks the ability to respond to situations and his train of thought grinds to a halt when the unexpected happens. The two of them with their own inferiority complexes are thrown together when Haneo makes the acquaintance of Ishiko’s father and comes to the law firm.

27-year-old Ookado Akiha who vows to stay single, gets a proposal to enter into a fake marriage from 30-year-old Momose Shuu who wants to get the status of a married man for some reason. Through living together as a fake couple, their relationship gradually changes.

Installment 42 in this long-running series of true horror stories

Shuichiro Kiriyama returns to Japan after working for the FBI [in America] for 12 years. Once again, he starts working with the Statute of Limitation Management Department. Since the statute of limitation for serious crimes like murder were abolished in April, 2010, the Limitation Management Department has become an easy, worthless job. As a hobby, Shuichiro Kiriyama begins to investigate the unsolved cases which are about to be abandoned due to the expiration of the statute of limitation. Shizuka Mikazuki joins him once again.

Satoko, a librarian is not confident with herself because she has never been in a relationship although she is 30 years old now. She encounters a gentleman named Ryosuke and falls in love with him instantly. A man who proclaims he is "Stendhal", the author of the French literature "Love Theory" suddenly appears in front of Satoko who hopes to change herself every day. It is a good thing for Satoko who is surprised at seeing this "illusion" which, in her mind, appears because she is so worried about her love. What's more, to make Satoko and Ryosuke have a blossoming love, Stendhal guides Satoko with love secrets and gradually changes her! In this way, they two will become closer. However, Satoko has a "certain past secret" she does not want to be known by anyone...

Adapted from the novel "Unmei no Koi wo Kanaeru Stendhal" (運命の恋をかなえるスタンダール) by Mizuno Keiya (水野敬也).

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It's an extravaganza of song and dance when everybody's favorite, Misora Hibari, stars in this highly entertaining samurai tale from noted filmmaker Watanabe Kunio who directed "Chusingura-The Daiei Version" the very same year. The Japanese belief in the mystical powers of the fox are taken to the extreme as Okon is the 'vixen' leading a group of foxes that sometimes steal from the farmers and townspeople.

It's been a long time since Goro Inogashira didn't have a long distance business trip. This time he goes to Hakata, Fukuoka prefecture. He first visits his friend's store and then goes to a small udon restaurant and meets the owner.

Just after Goro makes a presentation about Bordeaux, one of the sister cities of Fukuoka. Soon after he will find himself surrounded by the Hakata dialect.

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Harashima Hiromi had worked at the headquarters of Yotsuba Bank since she joined the metropolitan bank straight out of college. However, she has a very strong sense of justice and caused an incident three years ago. This resulted in her secondment to an affiliate company. This time, Hiromi is selected to head the Corporate Sales Division at the Taito branch as part of Yotsuba Bank’s project on women who excel, and ordered to turn around the struggling bank branch. As a bank employee who puts customers first, she works on reorganising the bank branch with bold ideas and energy.

Hayako Tatsuki (Nao Matsushita) is a single 34-years-old woman. She works as an elementary school teacher and she is generous to kids. Hayako likes to eat and drink. Her hobby is working out. She thinks she wants to marry someday, but she doesn't do anything to meet a man for marriage. Hayako is happy because she has a good relationship with her parents and she is surrounded by cute children at her school. Nevertheless, Hayako feels lonely at times. One day, she finds a a man’s picture hidden in the drawer of her living room. The man is a potential blind date for Hayako Tatsuki. Later, her father suddenly collapses and goes to the hospital. Hayako thinks about her parents as a couple who have trusted each other for such a long time. She begins to think seriously about marriage and struggles to marry.

Kazu, Keisuke, Ippei and Tadashi all work at the same advertising company and stay at the same company dormitory. They struggle to deal with their customers, but they like working in advertising. Their only outlet to relieve their stress is to have dinner together on Fridays.

Sugiyama (Ikki Sawamura) used to be the most popular copywriter at the largest advertising agency. He quit his job there to open up his own advertising agency, but his company doesn't do very well. He decides to move his company to a dead shopping district of a port town in decline. Even though the port town is lifeless and in serious decline, people go to see Sugiyama with small requests. Sugiyama begins his struggle as a small advertising agency.

A romantic comedy. The story of a gardener's daughter Korjun (Kwan) who was once labeled as an ugly duckling by the brother of a cold businessman Sila (Win). As they grew up, Sila continues to be the obedient, strategic, and mature son while Natee [Sila's brother] (Bank Artit Tangwiboonpanit) is a womanizer, dating women until he becomes bored of them. Korjun, know called Angie, returns from studying in the States as a beautiful girl. Her goal is to charm Natee into loving her then dumping him as he did to her when they were younger. Unintentionally, Korjun is drawn to Natee after he helps her escape a fashion show. Natee also returns her feelings this time, however Sila has another plan of his own. Sila wanted Natee to marry a girl (Lena) that he has chosen for him. Lena's father is a well-off businessman who can help support Sila's company which is suffering financially. Sila tries to break the two apart without success, even locking her in his bathroom once. He eventually tries to make Korjun fall in love with him. Love begins to blossom as he gets closer to her. Therefore, the two must choose to continue following their plans or follow their hearts.