Boulangerie Kurebayashi, a bakery at Sangenjaya is open from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. It is a small, queer shop that is run by owner Kurebayashi Yosuke and baker Yanagi Hiroki. Six months ago, Yosuke suddenly went from high-flying salaryman to owner and apprentice of this newly started bakery. He seems unskilled but looks happy learning to make bread. It is not just that. He looks happy being a baker. One night a female high school student called Nozomi suddenly turns up at Boulangerie Kurebayashi. Then she makes a declaration that sounds like a lie. “I’m the younger sister of Kurebayashi Miwako. I would like your hospitality from today.” Kurebayashi’s wife Miwako died six months earlier. Nozomi is shocked. However, Kurebayashi lets her stay in the shop without question... ~ jdramas.wordpress

Harashima Shuichiro (Sanada Hiroyuki) is a wealthy but lonely businessman who succeeded his father's company after his death. Reputed to be cold, merciless, and corrupted in his dealings, he seeks only to expand his company and profit at the expense of others. One day, he experiences some painful seizures and decides to secretly visit a clinic. To his horror, he finds out that he has an incurable case of cancer and only has three months left to live. There, he is asked by a working-class man, Konosuke Shimodaira (Tamaki Koji) to lend him 30 cents. Unknowing of Harashima's plight, Konosuke cheerfully promises to pay Harashima back. Happy yet poor, Konosuke is the direct foil of Harashima - a man living an empty existence with money.

From this moment onwards, Konosuke invites Harashima into his world - a world without money, but brimming with compassion and friendship, alien concepts to Harashima's cold heart. Although Harashima at first resists Konosuke's attempts to become friends, he eventually gravitates towards Konosuke and his friends' warmth, even finding love in the innocent Kaori (Matsushima Nanako). However, they have no idea that Harashima is the same man who is planning to demolish their homes in order to build a business center. How will his newfound friends react, and what will Harashima do with his last remaining months left to live?

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Tokugawa Yoshimune is the 8th Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate. He continues to have bad people creating havoc within his city of Megumi. With the help of his close associates, Lord Tokugawa is allowed to roam throughout his city, disguised as Tokuda Shinnosuke, an average Joe living within Megumi. By mixing in with the population, Shin-san (as everyone in the city calls him) is able to research issues first-hand. His help includes oniwaban (ninjas) and the captain of the Megumi fire company. Yoshimune uses the fire company as his base while he's away from Himeji Castle. The captain of the company and the oniwaban know his identity, but everyone else in the city is unaware that he is the Shogun. Once Yoshimune solves the crimes, he confronts them. Just about every time, the bad people whip out their samurai swords in an attempt to kill Yoshimune, although most of the time they still don't know who he REALLY is. Most of the time, Yoshimume flips his samurai sword so that the dull side is out. This way, he can still take his opponents down without making sashimi out of them. Very rarely will he actually hit people with the sharp part of the blade... They have to be some really mean guys for Yoshimune to go that far! The show was frequently topical and touched on many themes of present-day life. The most common subject was political corruption. Drugs, unequal power relationships, poverty, urbanization, the generation gap, inflation, and the tension between Japanese and foreign knowledge were recurring themes. Abarenbo Shogun aired from 1978 thru 2002. In 2003, TV Asahi aired a final episode, ending Matsudaira Ken's 25-year reign.

This original series stars Takashi Sorimachi as the pro baseball player Shunsuke Ogi, who is forced to retire after a shoulder injury. He continues to train in hope of returning to the game, but a sudden accident leads to his death. God decides to give him a second chance, placing his soul into the body of another man - a wealthy fund company manager - but adjusting to his new life isn't easy.

The reunion of two sisters and the quarrels between them are used to examine the changing relationship between China and Hong Kong in the past 30 years. The blood relationship can not be denied. As China becomes more powerful, the drama questions how do Hong Kongers position themselves? Would you still want to be a Hong Konger in the next life? Can the current social conflicts be solved with money? With theemerging integration of China and Hong Kong, what core values can Hong Kong people still defend?

A thief who calls himself Blue Oracle stole into the jewllery shop which Daidoji Fumino runs, and got away with diamonds worth some 60 million yen. The criminal had sent a cryptic warning beforehand, but the police deemed it a prank. There is criticism from the public because they did not undertake an investigation. Meanwhile, the inauguration ceremony for the new police commissioner Mitarai Chikao is being held at a hotel in Tokyo. Yabe Kenzo and Akiba Barando have been roped in to provide security, but they ignore their mission and are their usual carefree selves. Then, in an unexpected turn of events, Yabe makes the acquaintance of the police commissioner’s daughter Miki who has come to the party. A talented girl who has topped the national elementary students exam for the second consecutive year, Miki brilliantly solves the riddle in a new warning addressed to the police commissioner. That night, Yabe who mistakenly thinks that he has been entrusted with the Blue Oracle investigation by the commissioner, elatedly holds a press conference and makes a great show of declaring war on the criminal. Rising to the challenge, the criminal sends another new warning to the police. Yabe is held responsible for instigating a new crime with actions that were uncalled for, and ends up in hot water. On the other hand, with the police’s reputation on the line, they try to break the code, but do not know the answer and the investigation ends up stalled. Yabe, who is being forced to hand in his resignation for his recklessness, thinks of making use of Miki and goes to see her. Meanwhile, Miki the mystery buff, also asks to be included in the investigation by taking advantage of her father’s weakness. --JDramas--

Rensuke Hazuki (Takuya Kimura) is the young president of highly successful furniture company Regolith. Looking to expand his expand overseas, Rensuke plans to open a store in Shanghai, China. News of the store opening in Shanghai causes protests from factory workers who fear the store may cost them their jobs. Rensuke then travels to Shanghai with old high school friend Maemi (Ryoko Shinohara) - whom Rensuke hopes will design the interior of his flagship Shanghai store. Rensuke and Maemi then meet a representative for the local factory workers named Shumei (Chiling Lin). The meeting then changes the lives of Rensuke, Maemi, and Shumei ...