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Kamisama no Nyobo

10.0

In a portrayal of Panasonic founder Matsushita Konosuke and his wife, Mumeno. Matsushita was born in 1894. In 1915, he married Iue Mumeno, who was 19 at the time. Three years later, he founded the Matsushita Electric…

Rikon Syndrome

6.7

A counselor tries to resolve the problems of three different couples - a husband whose wife of 30 years threatens divorce, a wife who is troubled by domestic violence, and a wife dealing with psychological harassment.…

Kippari!!

6.0

~~ Adapted from an essay "Kippari! -How to Change Yourself in Just 5 Minutes-" by Kamioka Tome. *Because of a drug controversy concerning one of the actors, Taishu Kase, the drama originally came out in a shortened (cut…

Yume no Mitsuke Kata Oshietaru!

An elementary school teacher who lost his passion for his job and became lethargic is assigned to an elementary school in the Kanto region. However, the school was just a "bullying eradication model school" with many…

Tokyo Bordello

~~ Adapted from the book "Meiji Yoshiwara Saiken Ki" (明治吉原細見記) by Sato Shinichi (斎藤真一).

Himawari

8.0

Masako Odate is an only daughter who aspires to be an actress. She wants to understand the lives of others and experience their pain and joy. Overcoming her mother's objections, she enters the entertainment world, only…

Kippari!

9.0

It tells the story of a woman who tries to change her life, attitude and old habits after becoming a wife and mother. (Source: kisskh) ~~ Adapted from the essay "Kippari! -How to Change Yourself in Just 5 Minutes-"…

Ai to Shi wo Mitsumete

7.0

Senior high school girl, Michiko contracted a terminal illness. While she and her boyfriend, Minoru, attended university they wrote 400-plus letters to each other over 3 years. Miko died at the age of 21 subsequently.…

Makeinu no Toboe

4.0

The story covers the life of makeinu, or as one Japanese psychologist refer as parasite singles. In Japan, a woman not married and bearing children by her 30s are considered to be a burden to Japanese society, as it…

Himawari: Okegawa Joshi Daisei Stalker Satsujin Jiken

~~ Based on the Ino Shiori murder case that occurred on October 26, 1999. ~~ Adapted from the books "Okegawa Joshi Daisei Stalker Satsujin Jiken" (桶川女子大生ストーカー殺人事件) by Torigoe Shuntaro (鳥越俊太郎)…

Pikaresuku Ningen Shikkaku

2.0

In 1948, a man and a woman commit suicide by drowning in Tamagawa Aqueduct, Tokyo. The woman was a beautician Tomie, and the man was a writer Osamu. The story presents the events that led to this tragedy. ~~ Adapted…

Mori no Gakko

7.4

~~ Adapted from a book by zoologist Kawai Masao that portrays Masao's childhood..

Chinese Dinner

Hoshino, who runs 5 billion political party-related black gold in the underworld, is about to start a meal in a room of a high-class Chinese restaurant that he owns, celebrating the success of his imminent work. However,…

Saigo no Sutoraiku

Adapted from Akiyo Tsuda "The Last Strike-Tsunemi Tsuda and Living 2 Years and 3 Months". Tell's biographical story of Tsunemi Tsuda , real baseball pitcher, who died untimely because of brain tumor. (Source: kisskh)

29 Sai no Yuuutsu: Paradise Thirty

5.0

Based on the book Paradise Thirty by author Nonami Asa (乃南アサ).

Oba Acha ma, Koware Chatta no?

~Adapted from Hiroshi Ikushima's semi-biographical essey. Hiroshi Ikushima's (former TBS announcer) mother-in-law became unable to walk due to a meniscus injury and eventually began to suffer from dementia . It describes…

Shin Ten Made Todoke

Kowai Dowa: Thumbelina

6.8

The last one of six stories from the Kowai Fairy Tale series (コ ワ イ 童話). Each of them is a loose and macabre adaptation of one of the classic fairy tales. This story adapts a fairy tale, "Thumbelina" by Grimm's…

Kowai Dowa: Rapunzel

The fifth of six stories from the Kowai Fairy Tale series (コ ワ イ 童話). Each of them is a loose and macabre adaptation of one of the classic fairy tales. This story adapts a fairy tale "Rapunzel". Yui, after…

Kowai Dowa: The Ugly Duckling

The fourth of six stories from the Kowai Fairy Tale series (コ ワ イ 童話). Each of them is a loose and macabre adaptation of one of the classic fairy tales. This story adapts a fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling". Yuma,…