Adapted from the 1971 homonym novella, written by Taiwanese author Chiung Yao 瓊瑤.

The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is just 29 years old. With a wisdom and vision beyond his years, he tries to prolong the life of this 200-year-old dynasty which began with Ieyasu. However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma, and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.

Summer, Beijing. A love triangle develops between Ke Lei, a young part-time worker doing odd jobs, Su Yan, the nurse for whom Ke Lei has been secretly in love, and Si Jia Yi, a cheerful girl who has a crush on Ke Lei.

A female general who gave her heart to the wrong man embarks on the road of revenge!

Ling Yun Ge is an invincible female general who has won the world for the sake of her beloved to help him become the crown prince. However, her sincerity has been met with betrayal and deception. Upon her return, she becomes the heavenly woman and to have her is to gain the world. Finally, she has gotten her revenge and began to see the person who has been standing by her all this time. Who would have thought everything was planned by Mu Yun Lan.

Is the truth really what it seems?

Three TV crew staff - photographer Hoshina Nozomu, director Sabura Takumi, and voice staff Hachisuka Hikaru, come across a doll with a USB port. They delve into the myster of the data found in the doll.

Kaneko Misuzu Monogatari (TBS Drama Special, 09 July 2012) tells about the brief life of poet and songwriter Kaneko Misuzu (real name, Kaneko Teru). The story starts in the spring of 1920, Kaneko Teru (Ueto Aya) has just graduated from high school. She is young and vibrant and has dreams of becoming a poet. Her cousin, Masasuke (Imai Tsubasa) is very fond of her, and yearns to tell her of his feelings. However, he does not know the awful truth about his adoption, and that he is actually the younger brother of Teru. Feeling that Masasuke and Teru are getting too close for comfort, Masasuke's adoptive father tries to separate the two. Later on, Teru will also be forced into an unhappy marriage with a man she does not love... ~ earthcolors

Four high school girls from troubled homes are living in a high school dormitory, and decide to go on a summer vacation trip, with some of their teachers. In part, the girls want to meet boys, and possibly to have their first "personal experience" .

After dying, a young girl's soul takes over the body of a lonely boy to try to be with her boyfriend once again. However, she has one week for her boyfriend to fall in love with her new body. Or else both her and the boy's body dies.

Episodes: 4