Yutaka Matsushige

AKA: 松重丰, یوتوکا ماتسوشیگه

1.8765

1963-01-19

Fukuoka, Japan

Biography

Crew Roles

The Solitary Gourmet

Director

The Solitary Gourmet

Screenplay

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {251}

Yukinari Hatano

2009-07-27 6.4

Dear Doctor

Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the village ...

Genre :Drama

2006-10-27 0

Kanashiki Tenshi

The body of a 59-year-old male is found on the banks of a river. The stepson, Kazuo, confesses to his involvement but also implicates his estranged sister Nami. Two detectives, Okishima Keisuke and Ko ...

Genre :Mystery

Tomona's Father (voice)

2022-05-28 7.2

Inu-Oh

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan. ...

Genre :Animation, Drama, Music, Fantasy, History

Nishimura

2004-12-11 7.5

Lady Joker

Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are the focus of this detective-thriller/social-drama inspired by the unsolved 1984 kidnapping of a Japane ...

Genre :Thriller, Crime, Drama

Hattori Hanzou

2005-09-17 6.551

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take plac ...

Genre :Action

Yoshino

1998-01-31 7.1

Ring

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger. ...

Genre :Horror, Thriller

Nobuyoshi Ko

2004-11-06 6.528

Blood and Bones

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seaf ...

Genre :Drama

Akira Goto

2021-10-30 6.7

What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?

Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money herself by ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Family

Yukio

2003-08-03 7.166

Last Life in the Universe

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes ac ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

2010-01-23 0

All to the Sea

Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Yoshino

1998-01-31 5.275

The Spiral

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by ...

Genre :Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

2002-09-28 6

Rock'n'Roll Mishin

A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label. ...

Genre :Drama

Inogashira Goro

2014-08-09 9

孤独のグルメSeason4 真夏の博多・出張スペシャル

It's been a while since Gorō has been on a business trip far from home, but now he's in Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Inogashira Goro

2016-08-03 9

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Makoto Date

2007-03-03 6.572

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunat ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Comedy

Ramen Chef

2005-07-02 6.3

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decid ...

Genre :Comedy

Tomobe

2007-11-10 7.095

Adrift in Tokyo

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo. ...

Genre :Comedy

2020-08-21 7.021

Threads - Our Tapestry of Love

Ren Takahashi and Aoi Sonoda were both born in 1989. They met for the first time at the age of 13 and became each other's first love, but they separated. At the age of 21, they met again. They were un ...

Genre :Romance

2002-08-24 6.6

Drive

Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the b ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Crime

Kawabata

2009-05-23 6.9

Instant Swamp

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique s ...

Genre :Comedy

Matsunori Ito

2008-03-25 8

Operation Love Special

Genre :Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

Anka

2001-12-15 5.7

The Princess Blade

Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with ...

Genre :Action, Science Fiction

Bomb Disposal Team Leader

2010-07-03 5.2

Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose

After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Com ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Comedy

2000-11-25 5.75

Another Battle

Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss di ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Crime

Aida

2011-09-10 7.2

Phone Call to the Bar

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Crime

Inogashira Goro

2020-12-31 10

孤独のグルメ 2020大晦日スペシャル～俺の食事に密はない

Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Inogashira Goro

2019-12-31 10

孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル緊急指令！成田～福岡～釜山弾丸出張編！

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Inogashira Goro

2018-12-31 7

孤独のグルメ大晦日スペシャル京都・名古屋出張編

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

2003-06-14 5.5

Jusei: Last Drop of Blood

After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has married and is now holding a regular job. However, he is continually harrassed by a police inspecto ...

Genre :Action

2002-10-11 0

Tokyo Gokudo Conflict Outbreak

The long awaited visualisation of the original manga ...

Genre :

2001-04-13 0

Gokudo Retsuden Sakura (HANA) and Dragon (RYU)

The birth of outlaw violence, depicts the passionate and fierce way of life of men that chose the path of Shura. ...

Genre :

2004-09-20 0

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special

***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase wo Anata ni" (we bring you misfortune) promoting a new sales concept: giving its clients misfortune to mo ...

Genre :TV Movie, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Drama

Fujimaru

1992-06-16 5.9

The Guard from Underground

A former sumo wrestler, now working as a security guard, goes on a murderous rampage. ...

Genre :Thriller, Horror, Crime

Daigoro

1995-06-03 7

A Last Note

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past ...

Genre :Drama

2016-05-28 0

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special

Genre :Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Detective Shigeta

2012-09-03 7.022

Beyond Outrage

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Out ...

Genre :Action, Crime

2011-10-01 6.6

Dog × Police: The K-9 Force

Yusaku Hayakawa dreams of becoming a detective, but works as a trainer for police dogs. When Yusaku gets an albino shepherd named Shiro, he forms a special bond with him. Everyone says that Shiro does ...

Genre :Drama

Koya

2002-05-14 5.5

Doing Time

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Akihisa Takabayashi

2022-03-04 7.014

The Last 10 Years

Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love – until she meets a man named K ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Shigefumi Shiraki

2001-03-17 6.5

Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protecti ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy

2006-02-04 0

Princess in an Iron Helmet

Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2022-04-29 5.5

Tsuyukusa

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local factory, spending time with her neighbor’s son, and attending her sober-lifestyle group. One night while drivi ...

Genre :Drama

Ichiro Fujieda

2003-11-03 6.2

One Missed Call

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their futu ...

Genre :Horror, Mystery, Fantasy

2008-12-14 8.5

The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor

Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a nobleman. There’s just one woman in this world that he loves, Shiho (Emi Wakui) but when he meets h ...

Genre :History, Drama

Haruhiko

2013-06-01 6.2

Real

Neurosurgeon Koichi uses an experimental technique to enter the brain of his beloved Atsumi, who is in a coma after attempting suicide. In his quest, Koichi drifts steadily further into the sweltering ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

1995-11-24 6

Akagi the Gambler

After a death-defying game of chicken one evening in 1958, Akagi nonchalantly enters a Yakuza Mahjong parlor to shake the cops' trail. Even unfamiliar with the rules of Mahjong, his gambling intuition ...

Genre :

2014-01-18 9

A Woman from Ashio

A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident in the late Meiji Period. The drama depicts the st ...

Genre :Drama

Suteji

2007-12-15 6.5

Little DJ

Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, ...

Genre :

Sasaoka

2012-01-01 0

The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai

After she drives drunk and hits an old woman, a famous novelist is threatened with a law suit by the woman's son... unless she lets him publish his manuscript under his name. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Romance

Tamba

2022-01-14 6.8

The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -

Dako, Boku-chan and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island. ...

Genre :Comedy

Noboru Yamikumo

2022-02-04 4.6

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Action, Romance

2001-09-15 0

Jingi 29: Gokudo Corpse Robbery

Former sand group member Kasahara attacked the Akamatsu group's office and robbed cash. Kasahara, who was driven by the Akamatsu group and lost his escape, asks Hitoshi for help. Jin, who judged that ...

Genre :

2010-08-23 7

Kaidan Horror Classics

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers. ...

Genre :Horror, Drama

2002-12-14 0

SF Whipped Cream

In the year 2060, KEN, a 25-year-old young man raised by aliens living illegally on Earth, makes a living by selling dubious drugs, idolizing Carl Gotch as a god. One day, he is caught cheating on his ...

Genre :

Kazuo Kurose

2008-08-30 7

Myu will Give Daddy Her Legs

The drama is based on a true story of Yamaguchi Hayato (25), a young man who learns he has a rare illness known as CIDP, which affects the nervous system. He begins to lose the functioning of his limb ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

2001-01-01 0

Chogokudo

Togashi, the leader of Togashi-gumi, boasts enormous power. The leader of the Ryuokai is sent to prison because he distrusts him who controls the town, and a mysterious man who calls himself Takishima ...

Genre :Crime, Action

Kim-Jung Woo

2022-05-13 6.8

Drive Into Night

A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron facto ...

Genre :Drama

2013-11-28 0

Lemming

Yukichi Matsumoto's 2013 stage adaptation of Shuji Terayama's "Lemmings". Two cooks share a room, one of which talks with his mother's head: it lives beneath their tatami mats. On the other side of th ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Music

2006-10-21 0

The Catch Man

Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the importan ...

Genre :Drama

Detective Shibamoto

2014-05-30 5.4

Monsterz

A somber paranormal thriller that offers an original, exciting variation of the tale of two men with supernatural abilities, locked in a duel to the death. A battle between a man who can control peopl ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller

Katsuya Ozaki

2006-05-03 7.1

Sun Scarred

Katayama is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he comes across a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and surprisingly wins the fight. This ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Inogashira Goro

2016-01-01 9

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special ~Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition~

First business trip away from Tokyo in a while ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Kobayashi

2011-01-03 6.7

Red Finger

A 7 years girl is found dead in the local park’s toilet. Kaga Kyouichiro, who was asked to find the girl, and his cousin Matsumiya Shuhei who’s assigned to investigate the murder case, have to work to ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery, TV Movie

Inogashira Goro

2021-12-31 9

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Full Throttle Driving! Picturesque Sceneries~

Genre :TV Movie

Inogashira Goro

2017-01-02 9

Fried levanilla with rib steak from Tsudanuma in Nakano

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

2016-04-05 0

素敵な選TAXI SPECIAL〜湯けむり連続選択肢〜

Edawakare, the driver of the Time Taxi that allows passengers to return to their life's turning points, visits a hot spring this time around. An array of guests at the inn are fraught with troubles in ...

Genre :

Aoki

2023-01-06 6.167

Família

One day a young Brazilian man living in Japan crashes his car into the side of the house of a happy family. They take him in after realizing he had been beaten. As they get to know each other they fin ...

Genre :Drama

1999-07-30 4.375

Embalming

Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle ...

Genre :Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

井ノ上

2003-02-15 0

Eau de Vie

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Romance

Taichi Yugawara

2007-05-26 5.9

Talk, Talk, Talk

The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mashima

2007-06-23 7

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his ...

Genre :Comedy

Mayuta

2005-05-07 6.667

Negotiator

In this movie, Japan's top negotiator confronts a formidable foe threatening Tokyo's subways. As high-stakes tension brews, Mashita must outsmart an adversary with a personal vendetta, testing his ski ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inogashira Goro

2023-12-31 8

孤独のグルメ2023大晦日SP 井之頭五郎、南へ逃避行『探さないでください。』

Genre :TV Movie, Drama

2018-03-30 0

ミッドナイト・ジャーナル消えた誘拐犯を追え

Genre :Crime

2006-08-26 4.5

Rough

A diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team. High school diver Ami and swimmer Keisuke don't exactly get along. Their par ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Nekoshima

1999-11-10 6.6

Charisma

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, h ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Hiroaki Soma

2015-01-31 6.4

Maestro!

Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra ...

Genre :Drama

Ryu Kenzaki

2014-11-01 7.6

Midnight Diner

A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruck ...

Genre :Drama

Masaki Kubo

2000-04-29 6.9

Monday

A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

2003-09-27 5.8

Rockers

Guitarist Ko-chan is a mess of sexual repression after a childhood at the mercy of two elder sisters eager to use him as a guinea pig for their make-up skills. Bassist Gaku-chan keeps a bucket in the ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Comedy, Music

2001-10-06 8.1

Go Heat Man!

17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade pizza to make up for her broken camera. After disc ...

Genre :Drama

(segment "Shaking Tokyo")

2008-08-16 6.9

Tokyo!

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out a ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

2004-06-12 0

Believer

Genre :

Yasuo Ikezawa

2014-09-07 6.295

Kabukicho Love Hotel

This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ushiyama

2009-04-11 7.2

Crows Zero II

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a his ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime, Comedy

1999-11-16 0

蜷川幸雄演出「パンドラの鐘」

Genre :

Takeshi Minorikawa

2010-06-05 6.5

A Lone Scalpel

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, h ...

Genre :Drama

2022-09-12 0

大川と小川の時短捜査

The president of an IT company is found dead. The cause of death is believed to be an overdose of medication for a chronic illness, but the possibility of murder emerges since potassium and other subs ...

Genre :

Takuya's father

2007-12-15 0

Smile

Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

2013-05-24 6.2

It's Me It's Me

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother and pretends to be her son. He then gets the mothe ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

Inogashira Goro

2022-12-31 10

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Ushiyama

2007-10-26 7.1

Crows Zero

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth. ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

Haruhiko Suzuki

2014-05-17 8.6

Seven Weeks

Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named Nobuko suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo's unk ...

Genre :Drama

Doctor

1995-09-14 6.056

Flirt

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people invol ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Kamikura Yasuo

2024-08-23 6.9

Last Mile

On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, that is delivered from the world's largest shopping site, explodes. Soon after, a series of mysterio ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Kenzaburo Kawajiri

2015-07-18 6.1

Hero

Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama, Crime

Katsushika Hokusai (voice)

2015-05-09 6.669

Miss Hokusai

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world. ...

Genre :Animation, Drama, History

Prisoner

2008-12-20 5.955

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime

Aida

2013-05-11 7.7

Detective in the Bar 2

A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political worl ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Action

Touji Seo

2016-02-23 5

Lost and Found

Atsuto was abandoned by his mother when he was young. He now works in the lost and found department at the Hoshigaoka Station. He spends his days imagining about the owner of the lost item, how the it ...

Genre :Drama

Kobayashi

2012-01-28 6.324

The Wings of the Kirin

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie

2023-06-09 6.5

Dreaming in Between

Facing an unacceptable reality, a teacher is trying to reclaim relationships with his family, students and former friends. Reassessing his past, he contemplates how to go on with his life. ...

Genre :Drama

Tetsuto Kuroiwa

2016-10-08 8

Good Morning Show

The morning variety show, a staple of television around the world, offers news and entertainment but TV host Shingo didn’t expect to be himself the source of the news and entertainment. ...

Genre :Comedy

Goro Inogashira

2025-01-10 7.5

The Solitary Gourmet

Upon receiving a message from an old friend’s daughter, Goro arrives in Paris and learns of the elderly man’s wish to taste a particular soup he had in his childhood before he dies. Deciding to help, ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Drama

2003-06-14 0

Rodeo Drive －ロデオドライブ－

Genre :

2001-03-30 0

Saiaku

Genre :Mystery, Drama, TV Movie

2024-09-27 6.9

Cloud

Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle. ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller

Nakazato

2024-03-14 7.3

18×2 Beyond Youthful Days

Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Ryu

2016-11-05 7.4

Midnight Diner 2

The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love. ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Kozo Sekihata

2016-11-12 6.7

Museum

In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in charge of the case, soon discovers that his own family is connected to the crimes. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Detective Shigeta

2017-10-07 6.827

Outrage Coda

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Ha ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Drama

2017-04-12 5.8

Prison Break

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches t ...

Genre :TV Movie, Drama, Crime

2005-03-26 2

Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire

Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rum ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Aida

2017-12-01 7.6

The Last Shot in the Bar

In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency. ...

Genre :Thriller, Crime

Kuroiwa

1999-02-18 7.1

Adrenaline Drive

A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Romance

Detective Morohashi

2018-03-02 6.222

Dynamite Graffiti

When Suei was little, his mother had an affair with a young man who lived next door. Suei's mother and the young man killed themselves by using dynamite. After Suei graduated from high school, he work ...

Genre :Drama

Toshinari Suwabe

2018-08-24 6.1

Killing for the Prosecution

Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. Whe ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller

Yasunori Fusaki

2018-09-21 6.61

Cafe Funiculi Funicula

Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Drama

Isoyama

2018-11-09 6.4

Love At Least

For Yasuko every day is a challenge. Due to her mental illness and hypersomnia, simple things like household chores and holding a job seem impossible. Added to the mix is an indifferent, almost distan ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Tekkan Yosano

2019-01-11 7.7

This Old Road -KONOMICHI-

A genius and reckless poet and a hard working musician are asked by the CEO of a children literature magazine to write a war song to send children into the battlefield. ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Itakura Toru

2015-09-26 0

2030 Kanata no Kazoku

In Tokyo in the year 2030, 27-year-old Itakura Kakeru lives in a shared apartment. He is suddenly approached by Ogiwara Misae, his housemate three years his senior, about wanting his help to have a ch ...

Genre :

Hideto Kaitsuka

2007-11-25 6.5

Aoi Hitomi to Nuage

Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist. ...

Genre :Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie

2011-09-09 7

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of her friends. Those friends suddenly begin to die one by one. Kazuko learns that one of those deaths i ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime

Kunio Hikita

2019-10-20 6

Mr. Hikita, I Am Knocked Up

A couple are perfectly happy to not breed and procreate. Thus their life is a content and unselfish one. He writes and admires his wife. However, she informs him that she wants a child. They try and t ...

Genre :Drama

Goro Kakeida

2018-09-23 0

Designated Lawyer

Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfare service corporation back in 2010. Seizo Tagane is then given immunity for his testimony, but peopl ...

Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Tadataka Matake

2016-10-02 0

Sniper

Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that puts her at risk. Her achievement immediately beco ...

Genre :

Sanemon Motomura

2019-08-30 5.7

Samurai Shifters

Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran, Shunnosuke Katagiri carries out his mission. ...

Genre :Comedy, History

Toshio

2007-09-15 6.19

Sukiyaki Western Django

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path. ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Comedy, Western, Thriller

2000-10-02 0

The Breed

Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...! ...

Genre :Horror

(segment "It's Me")

2004-05-08 6.8

Prayer Beads

This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror. ...

Genre :Horror

Sendo

2020-02-23 6.5

Chichi to Musuko no Chika Idol

A high school teacher, struggling to keep up with today's youth and estranged from his only son, receives the news about a terrible accident that left his son in a coma. Wanting to know more about his ...

Genre :Music, Family, Drama, TV Movie

Kenjiro Kiuchi

2010-08-21 7.5

Dogwood Tree

A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Shunsaku Onodera

2020-01-05 7

Tomorrow's Family

Risa Onodera, played by Miyazaki, had a groom runaway on the wedding day four years ago. Her father, Shusaku (Matsushige) and her mother, Machiko (Matsuzaka), built a large two-family house to live wi ...

Genre :TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

Yosuke Mizushima

2020-10-30 7

The Voice of Sin

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tap ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Fujio Yoshii

2020-01-24 7.6

Our 30-Minute Sessions

College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same bod ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Music, Comedy

2000-10-21 0

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

2019-12-21 5.5

Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie

The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses. ...

Genre :Comedy

2007-01-13 4.5

Si-Sei 2 -The Fallen Spider-

A tattoo changes a woman. A tattoo changes a man. Tattoo is everything ... Asami, a woman who breaks into an affair with a man who has a wife the name is Ninomiya, a man who leaves the house apart fro ...

Genre :Drama

2003-01-11 7

T.R.Y.

At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to ...

Genre :Action, Comedy

Kitao (school teacher)

2015-04-11 6.7

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Teacher Kitao

2015-03-07 7

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide. ...

Genre :Thriller

Inogashira Goro

2017-12-31 10

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

Genre :TV Movie

2021-04-09 6.7

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set. ...

Genre :Comedy

2009-10-20 6

Go Find a Psychic!

Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while for the rest of the year they hide their abilities. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

The Ji'an Family

2005-05-27 0

Welcome to Irabu's Office

Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Matsuoka

2000-05-18 7.7

Eureka

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose. ...

Genre :Drama

2007-08-25 10

Oyaji

Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a tremendously tough man, growing to become the very essence of "manliness" himself in order to live his l ...

Genre :Action, Drama

2005-06-04 0

いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。

Genre :

2024-09-30 6

大川と小川の休日捜査

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Inogashira Goro

2024-12-31 8

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル　太平洋から日本海五郎、北へあの人たちの所まで。

2024 TV Movie ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Kawada

2024-11-29 6.3

Faceless

Kaburagi was arrested as a suspect in a brutal murder case, but he escapes. He continues to hide and move all around Japan. During this time, he meets Sayaka, Kazuya and Mai. Detective Matanuki is on ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama

2005-12-10 0

Fugitive Joichiro Kijima

This work is a spin-off drama from the film " Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi ," which was released in May 2005 as a spin- off project "Dancing Legend Movie" of the drama " Bayside Shakedown," which was ...

Genre :

2001-07-21 7

Getting Wild With Our Monkey

A down-on-his luck writer meets a movie producer, who asks him to write a screenplay on the condition that he visit locations for the film. Chaos ensues. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Cornelius (voice)

2025-11-21 0

Scarlet

After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach ...

Genre :Animation, Action, Romance, Fantasy

1998-11-28 7

Shomuni

Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda ...

Genre :Comedy

Shirakawa（白川）

2005-06-03 0

Tokyo Friends

Tokyo Friends is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on TV but released as a set of 3 DVDs. Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episo ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

2021-01-08 10

Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors

Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at o ...

Genre :Comedy

2010-04-21 0

Azamijô no lullaby

Genre :

2021-04-24 5

How to be Likable in a Crisis

Makoto Kanzaki is a PR man at a university. He is swept up in a series of scandals and is driven into a corner as he tries to make temporary solutions. A satirical comedy about modern society depictin ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2003-01-15 6

最後の弁护人

Genre :Drama

Fan

2022-01-06 9

Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break

Depicts how Ryunosuke Kamiki spends his days off during breaks in shooting dramas and movies. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Kazuya Kamoshita

2014-08-31 8.3

A Sinner's Lie

Serious legal thriller starring Hideaki Ito which depicts the glory and the darkness of an infamous and highly paid lawyer. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Professor Tadano

2006-01-13 6.7

Time Limit Investigator

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, bec ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Shoichi Kurihama

2010-07-07 0

Monster Magnitude: 9

Monster attacks are a common occurrence in Japan. A special division of the Japan Meteorological Agency has been established to predict such attacks, as well as support the Japan Self-Defense Forces a ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2004-01-06 0

Fire Boys

A young boy is saved by firemen in a fire. His name is Daigo Asahina. Now he's a grown-up and has recently received his credentials as a firefighter. He has wanted to become a firefighter like the her ...

Genre :Drama

2020-10-26 0

横山秀夫サスペンスシリーズ

Genre :Mystery, Crime

Matsubara

2002-07-02 0

Searchin' for My Polestar

Genre :Drama

Gonpachi Yamamoto

2013-01-06 7.9

Yae's Sakura

Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase. ...

Genre :Drama

Issaku Hosono

2003-07-02 0

Papa for One Summer

A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo sets off to meet him, but is completely shocked whe ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1999-04-15 0

African Nights

A story of young women living in the same local community. Yaeko (Suzuki Kyoka) moves to a condo named "Mezon Africa," and notices her neighbors are all a bit strange. Matsuyuki Yasuko acts selfish ne ...

Genre :Drama

Ogasawara Dan

1998-01-18 0

Feeling relief is easy

Higashiyama Noriyuki stars as a playboy who is not about to be caught, and relative newcomer, Ryo, is the naive young woman who dreams of eventually ensnaring him even if she must sit back and watch h ...

Genre :Drama

1999-04-17 5

Hunt of a New Wolf

Asakura Tetsuya is a man who leads a double life. By day, he is a mild-mannered and affable salaryman in the Mogi Corporation. Come night, he takes on the persona of a hardened and violent individual ...

Genre :

Yasuo Ooga

2007-02-17 8.7

Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

A Japanese bank is being targeted by Horizon, an American financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms. Horizon sends the Japanese financier Masahiko Washizu to do the job with on ...

Genre :Drama

2015-12-23 0

警視庁特命刑事☆二人

Genre :

Matsunori Ito

2007-04-16 8.6

Operation Love

A missed confession of love haunts a young man on his best girl friend's wedding day. Sudden appearance of a mysterious Angel enables him to go back in time to regain the love of his life. Will he suc ...

Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Ryumon(龍門)

2021-09-17 0

Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses

Police dog handler Ippei Aoba has a problem. It's called Oliver. To others, Oliver is a genius police dog that comes from a long line of geniuses, but, to Ippei, he appears—literally—as a lazy, foul-m ...

Genre :Drama

Goro Inogashira

2023-03-26 8

The Solitary Gourmet Spring Special 2023

Genre :Drama

岸文平

2005-12-10 0

ドラマ　クライマーズ・ハイ

Genre :

Soichiro Yagami

2015-07-05 7.397

Death Note

Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a "Death Note", which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Goro Inogashira

2012-01-04 8.854

Solitary Gourmet

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese c ...

Genre :Drama

Professor Shoda

2008-01-08 7.3

Honey and Clover

The series depicts the relationships and lives of a group of five art school students. This is a live-action television drama based on the manga and anime series with the same name. ...

Genre :Comedy

Teruyama Shimura

2021-11-28 7

IRIBITO –Stranger–

Takamura Naho is the deputy curator of Ariyoshi Art Museum which has a large collection of art. She took over from her grandfather Ariyoshi Kisaburo who is an avid art collector and founded this priva ...

Genre :Drama

Osamu Juusaka

2010-07-30 8

Atami's Police Investigators

The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp natio ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Shinigami-kun's boss

2014-04-18 6.7

Shinigami-kun

Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Tamotsu Ohba

2004-04-15 6

Divorce Lawyer

Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own office. She confidently sets out to build her business, but soon her former firm is putting up obstacles a ...

Genre :Drama

Hiroshi Koide

2009-10-15 6.3

The Waste Land

Iki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Tetsuya Kusaka

2012-10-23 8

Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed

"Late blooming Sunflower -My life renewed-" is a story of 7 young adults living their ordinary days near the Shimanto river of Kochi prefecture, renowned as the last of the crystal clear streams. Some ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Hanjiro

2007-01-11 8.3

Dear Father

Set in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young itamae (cook for Japanese dishes) struggles his life, love and work while the long-lasted r ...

Genre :Drama

Hisao Aoki

2010-07-19 8

Summer Romance Shines in Rainbow Color

Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Most of the time, Taiga only gets to appear in variety shows. One day when his ...

Genre :Comedy

Kenzaburo Kawajiri

2001-01-08 8

Hero

Former delinquent turned unconventional prosecutor Kohei Kuryu shakes up the legal world with his street-smart instincts and unorthodox style, clashing with ambitious colleague Maiko Amamiya while his ...

Genre :Drama

Yutaka Koshigekuchi

2004-07-07 6

Last Present

Hiraki Asuka is diagnosed with cancer with three months left. She returns to her daughter and former husband, both of whom she had abandoned before, in order to spend her last days, especially with he ...

Genre :Drama

Shozo Usui

2012-04-18 8

Answer ~ Keishichô Kenshô Sôsakan

With the progress made in forensic science, the number of cases of arrested criminals proven innocent because of new DNA tests have been increasing. The police always expect to swiftly solve cases. As ...

Genre :Drama

Mr. Ou

2016-04-30 6

Totto Television

A drama series based on the novel "Totto Channeru" by famed Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. ...

Genre :Drama

2016-09-21 0

家族の基礎～大道寺家の人々～

Genre :Drama, Family

Kosaku Kanbe

2009-01-08 7.7

Ordinary Miracles

One day, a middle-aged man, Fujimoto Makoto, is standing on a train platform, about to jump in front of a train. Nakashiro Kana and Tasaki Shota both happen to be on the same platform, and sensing wha ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Ikuma Kano

2008-10-11 7.5

Bloody Monday

A genius high school student and also a hacker uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to fights against "Bloody Monday", the worst and most evil form of viral terrorism, in order to save his family ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Crime

豊豊さん

2017-05-04 10

おげんさんといっしょ

Genre :Talk, Comedy

Yasuki Wada

2016-04-12 8.1

Sleepeeer Hit!

Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Toshio Yabushita

2015-01-19 7.4

Dating: What's It Like To Be In Love

Yoriko Yabushita works at a Yokohama research laboratory. She tracks trends in relation to macroeconomics. She is 29-years-old and enthusiastic about her work. She also enjoys efficiency and having a ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Inogashira Goro

2022-03-31 7

Solitary Gourmet Original Broadcast

As the first original distribution of the "Kodoku no Gourmet" series, six new short stories featuring small disasters and happenings related to food. ...

Genre :Drama

2009-05-23 7.2

MR.BRAIN

Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most ...

Genre :Mystery, Drama, Comedy

Sawada Rintaro

2022-04-19 6.2

Is Love Sustainable?

After her mother dies, Kyoka moves in with her father, Rintaro, who begins to obsess over finding spouses for himself and his daughter. ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

2011-07-29 0

NHKスペシャル未解決事件

Genre :Drama

Toru Kasai（加西徹）

2003-04-08 6.5

Kao

A drama set in a police department depicts how a woman grows and matures as a human being as she suffers from the gap between reality and ideals in an environment where women are looked down upon. Miz ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

2012-09-26 0

Dr. Kadokura Shuuhei no jiken karute

Genre :

Kamikura Yasuo

2018-01-12 8.417

Unnatural

Mikoto, a forensic investigative examiner, and her partners trace down the evidence of crimes and unravel the puzzles behind mysterious deaths. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Haruhiko Hamura

2014-07-27 8

Transformation

Somebody’s brain is living inside of me. Medical thriller based on the novel by Keigo Higashino which has sold over 1,250,000 copies. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Ryu Kenzaki

2009-10-09 8.096

Midnight Diner

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still com ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

2002-10-09 7.611

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kamey ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

2001-04-12 4.75

R-17

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Himself

2017-01-14 8

Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare

Kenichi Endo, Ren Osugi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Susumu Terajima, Yutaka Matsushige and Ken Mitsuishi all receive offers to take part in a big budget drama series with a famous lead actor and world famous d ...

Genre :Comedy

Wada Masanori

2007-10-01 8

Chiritotechin

The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her s ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Detective Seiichi

2013-10-07 0

Detective's Eyes

Nobuto Natsume worked at a youth detention center, but began working as a detective after the age of forty. He begins his new career as a detective in the violent crimes section at Higashi-Ikebukuro P ...

Genre :Crime

Daichi's father

2011-04-19 7

Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye

The basis for the drama is the novel “Kashikogi” by author Cho Chang-in, which has sold 2 million copies in Korea since its publication in 2000. It has already been adapted as a television drama and a ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Zunmin Wang

2008-11-16 6

Prisoner

Genre :Drama

2022-02-06 8

Ningen Kowai

Rakugo has the image of a humorous story, but it is also a treasure trove of “scary stories”. Among them, this work boldly arranges a performance in which "human fear" stands out, and does it in an om ...

Genre :Mystery

Yasuo Kamikura

2020-06-26 7.4

MIU404

The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Kazumi Shima is selected as a new member of MIU. He is int ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

Kohsuke Imai

2013-01-13 7.5

dinner

This drama follows the staff of an Italian restaurant and their everyday struggles. “Roccabianca” is a famous and popular Italian restaurant, but their head chef and owner Tatsumi suddenly collapses ...

Genre :Drama

Eisuke Hasumi

2015-04-22 6.8

Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist, Rintaro Hino, listens closely to the aching hearts of people, relieving them of their pain. His practice is growing but despite his achievements, Dr. Rintaro himself falls short in one ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Shuichi Tsukasa

2012-01-15 0

Man of Destiny

A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key fi ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Kaoru Chono

2014-10-21 9

Women Does Not Allow That

31-year-old Urara Iwasaki (Kyoko Fukada) makes an error during her first trial as an attorney which hurts her client. Urara Iwasaki thinks law isn't right for her and she quits her job. She now has a ...

Genre :Drama

Tetsuo Sawaguchi

2012-07-08 0

Summer Rescue

Genre :Drama

2019-03-23 5

Two Homelands

Kenji Amo is a 2nd generation Japanese-American. He was born in America, but went to school in Japan. He returned to America to study at UCLA. Now, Kenji Amo works as a reporter for a newspaper in the ...

Genre :Drama

Motohisa Kawana

2019-04-16 8.8

Perfect World

Tsugumi, who works at an interior design firm, has an unexpected encounter with her first love from high school, Itsuki, at a dinner with her client’s whole comp any, an architectural firm. Seeing Its ...

Genre :Drama

豊豊さん

2022-08-06 7.8

おげんさんのサブスク堂

Genre :Talk

Iashikawa Kazumasa

2023-01-08 7.7

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thought he'd live out his days quietly as a hostage. But fate had other plans. Inspired by Mikawa warrio ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

木暮正人

2019-05-12 8

Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation

Saeki Shuichi was a detective, but he quit his job. He now works at a detective agency. One day, a couple asks the detective agency to find a man named Sakagami. The man killed the couple's son and se ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Crime

Makita

2002-04-11 6

Big Money

"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of the trade about stock exchange from a well-experienced investor. The backdrop of this story is the elabor ...

Genre :Drama

2009-02-15 8

KOBAYASHI KENTARO TELEVISION

Genre :

2010-08-23 0

Kaidan Horror Classics

Four renowned Japanese directors each adapt a supernatural short story by Japanese literary masters for the KAIDAN HORROR CLASSICS omnibus series. In his adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's THE ARM, Ma ...

Genre :Drama

东龙太郎

2019-01-06 7.8

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Oba Tamotsu

2004-04-15 0

Divorce Lawyer

Genre :

Nekomura

2020-04-08 7.3

Today's Nekomura

A cat who dreams of reuniting with its owner & works as a housekeeper to save money. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

村上衛

2013-09-27 0

Shikatsushi: Jô-oh no hôigaku

Matsushita plays Kiriyama Yuki, an assistant professor in forensic science at a university's faculty of medicine, who's great at finding the true cause of unnatural deaths. On the other hand, she has ...

Genre :Drama

2016-01-09 0

Arechi no Koi

In 1947, a year heavily tinged by the scars of war, Kitazawa Taro, Mitamura Kiichi, Arikawa Nobuo and other fellow poets who would play a central role in post-war Japan’s modern poetry movement gather ...

Genre :Drama

Ryu

2009-10-09 8.096

Midnight Diner

Genre :Drama, Comedy

鮎川五郎

2012-10-21 7.2

Hitori Shizuka

In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke into his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective Oomura a ...

Genre :Drama

Toda Kageyu

2005-05-01 0

Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

A story of Yagyu Jubei, master swordsman from the well-known Yagyu-Shinkage school in the Edo period. Even decades after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, many were framing plots to topple ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Yuji Ugai

2019-05-22 6.5

The Great White Tower

Genre :Drama, Mystery

2007-03-08 0

Did you quit again, husband? ~The famous magistrate of the late Edo period, Oguri Kozukenosuke~

Genre :Drama

2024-10-04 8

Every Solitary Gourmet

Genre :Drama

Ryu Kenzaki

2016-10-21 7.8

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple ...

Genre :Drama

Self

2025-02-27 9

K-foodie meets J-foodie

Korea's top foodie Sung Si-kyung joins Japan's beloved Yutaka Matsushige on a tasty adventure as they explore culinary gems across Korea and Japan. ...

Genre :Reality, Talk

Self

2019-07-27 7.7

How Do You Play?

Yoo Jae-suk reunites the producing team of Infinite Challenge and presents you How Do You Play? The Indefinitely expanding YOONIVERSE, based on Yoo's blood, sweat, and tears, will entertain viewers at ...

Genre :Reality, Comedy

Self

2025-02-22 0

Office Workers

Genre :Comedy

Self

2024-08-13 10

Run Jin

The beginning of a self-set journey of hardships. 'Run Jin' is a remake of the popular show 'Run BTS!', but with the idol as the main protagonist. This show offers a mix of fun, excitement, and hear ...

Genre :Reality

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Byplayers: What If Supporting Actors Lived On a Deserted Island for a TV Tokyo Morning Drama?

Cast in a new morning drama series, our five leads head out to an isolated house on what appears to be a deserted island via boat. Finding no crew or other castmates, they turn to leave, only to find ...

Genre :Comedy

2020-08-24 0

警視庁遺失物捜査ファイル

Genre :

1992-10-09 5

NIGHT HEAD

It is said that the mysterious "power" of human beings is hidden in 70 percent of the brain called Night Head. Two brothers have been incarcerated in a secure scientific facility for the past fifteen ...

Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

2012-11-09 0

疑惑

Genre :

2001-07-03 0

Love From a Lie

Genre :Comedy