Asian Drama

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

Adapted from the novel "Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu" (invert 城塚翡翠 倒叙集) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Adapted from the novel "Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu" (invert 城塚翡翠 倒叙集) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Jozuka Hisui has a special ability that allows her to identify people who committed murder and she can hear spirits. She can’t tell the police, because they would not believe her. Her special ability also couldn't be used as legal evidence. She leads a lonely life due to her special ability. Jozuka Hisui meets mystery writer Kozuki Shiro, who helps the police to solve cases. Jozuka Hisui and Kozuki Shiro work together to solve cases.

Adapted from the novel "Medium: Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui" (medium 霊媒探偵城塚翡翠) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Jozuka Hisui has a special ability that allows her to identify people who committed murder and she can hear spirits. She can’t tell the police, because they would not believe her. Her special ability also couldn't be used as legal evidence. She leads a lonely life due to her special ability. Jozuka Hisui meets mystery writer Kozuki Shiro, who helps the police to solve cases. Jozuka Hisui and Kozuki Shiro work together to solve cases.

Adapted from the novel "Medium: Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui" (medium 霊媒探偵城塚翡翠) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Miyabe Arata, owner of the Roppongi Nidaime Miyabe bar, fights against those who have absolute power. His goal is to take revenge on Nagaya Holdings, a giant in the Japanese food industry. The owner of the holding companies, as well as his son, had a destructive influence on Miyabe Arata's life in the past.

Adapted from the webtoon "Itaewon Class" (이태원 클라쓰) by Jo Gwang Jin (광진).

Mamiya Hibiki is a sincere young man with a bright personality. He works as a car mechanic and lives with his girlfriend Ogasawara Kurumi. They have dated since they were high school students. Hibiki makes a plan to propose to Kurumi. On the day he will propose to his girlfriend, he slides off a tunnel and becomes trapped. 4 days later, he is able to escape, but he faces a different world. There are no people outside, the traffic system is destroyed, and there are bloodstains on the streets. What happened to the world? Hibiki tries to find Kurumi.

Set in the 1990's, high school student Ayu lives with her mother and grandmother in Fukuoka. She works as a model, but, to pursue an acting career, she goes to Tokyo with her grandmother. While attending a high school, she picks up acting work, but only minor roles. One day, Ayu meets Masa, who is the executive director of record label A Victory. He decides to make Ayu into a singer. According to Masa, Ayu prepares to make her debut as a singer. Meanwhile, she encounters jealousy from rivals at her record label. Trusting Masa, Ayu endures her problems. She also develops feelings for Masa and Masa also holds feelings for her.

Sato Yui is a dispatched contract worker at Amagi Pharmaceutical Company. Her pet has died and she feels deep sorrow over its death. One day, she drinks alone at a bar and shouts, with tears running down her face, "Develop medicine to bring back someone to life!" At that time, a man walks towards her. He makes a spiteful remark that that there is no such medicine that can bring someone back to life. He also tells her to stop barking and to go home. Yui feels anger within herself and she trips him. She then leaves the bar. Yui is unaware that the man she tripped is Amagi Kyoichi and he is the CEO of Amagi Pharmaceutical Company.

The next day, Yui hears at work that the CEO is looking for her. When she gets to his office, she realizes the man she tripped in the bar is the CEO. She thinks that she might get fired, but he suddenly tells her to "Please treat me as a slave."

Adapted from the manga series "This Guy is the Biggest Mistake in My Life" (この男は人生最大の過ちです) by Kokonose Shiki (九瀬しき).

Hama Shoko is a 32-year-old single woman and a contract worker. She is not good at romance and does not have a boyfriend, but she wants to get married. For the past 2 years, she has been looking for a man to marry. Still unable to find the right guy, Hama Shoko decides to take a solo trip. While on the airplane, she meets a handsome younger man. During her trip, she happens to meet the younger man again. Hama Shoko lies to him and tells him that she is a married woman. The man tells her "let's have an affair during this trip."

Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.

Based on the novel "Sego Don" by Hayashi Mariko.

Surgeon Daimon Michiko is sent to Totei University Hospital this time. Although it reigns as the top university hospital in the country, the hospital’s reputation has suffered greatly from various cover-ups, medical malpractice and fighting factions. Furthermore, the person who has snatched the seat of the new hospital director with the plan of reestablishing the hospital’s brand and gaining great power, is none other than the strategist Hiruma Shigekatsu, who has a longstanding grudge against Michiko. At Totei University Hospital, the medical departments have weakened as the administrative department increases control. Only doctors who have powerful brands are kept to run the hospital, which has transformed into a mere business organisation. What will Michiko stand up against in a power game rife in the healthcare setting?