When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn’t lost her sense of duty or her persistence. While investigating her stories, she tends to notice details that imply some hidden truth beneath the surface, leading her to probe deeper into dangerous secrets.

Main Cast

• Nakama Yukie as Narumi Ryoko
• Kaname Jun as Toyama Shiro
• Sato Tomohito as Takafuji Shinichi
• Ashina Sei as Makise Misuzu
• Urano Kazumi (浦野一美) as Nishio Rika
• Tsujitani Yoshimasa (辻谷嘉真) as Katayama Tamotsu
• Tanaka Yoji as Nakahara Makoto
• Sakai Toshiya as Jonouchi Hitoshi
• Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Narumi Koji
• Tanaka Tetsushi as Kashimura Hideaki
• Terajima Susumu as Nagakura Eiichi

Other Information

• Title: アンタッチャブル
• Title (English): Untouchable
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Mystery, comedy
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-16 to 2009-Dec
• Air time: Friday 21:00
• Theme song: Orion by GIRL NEXT DOOR

Links

• Official site

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Seira was raised in India, but she is sent back to Japan to continue her education at an affluent boarding high school. Although she has lived in luxury, the well-bred Seira is kind and generous, earning her many friends at the school. One person who dislikes Seira is the school’s director, though she treats Seira well due to the father’s fortune. Then, during Seira’s 16th birthday party, the director informs her that her father has died, leaving her penniless. As a result, she is forced to work as a servant in order to pay off her school bills.

Main Cast

• Shida Mirai as Kuroda Seira
• Hayashi Kento as Miura Kaito
• Tanabe Seiichi as Aran Yukio
• Okamoto Anri as Shoji Masami
• Kutsuna Shiori as Mizushima Kaori
• Kojima Fujiko as Takeda Maria
• Shinohara Tsugumi (篠原愛実) as Kawahara Hinako
• Takatsuki Sara as Asahina Makoto
• Kikuzato Hikari as Shimizu Naomi

Other Information

• Title: 小公女セイラ
• Title (romaji): Shokojo Seira
• Also known as: A Little Princess
• Format: Renzoku
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-17 start
• Air time: Saturday 20:00
• Theme song: Kanashimi wa Kitto by UVERworld

Link

• Official site

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Aoinosuke Tanaka (Ryosuke Yamada) was born with a weak left eye. Then one day, Aoinosuke’s older brother Yumehito (Yu Yokoyama) dies mysteriously, allowing Aoinosuke to receive a cornea transplant from his deceased brother. After the surgery, whenever there is a shock to his left eye he sees strange images of a possible robber and money bills. Aoinosuke assumes the images might be clues to his brother’s death and starts an investigation with the help of high school nurse Hitomi Sayama (Satomi Ishihara). But just when their probe begins, an unidentified criminal organization appears to disrupt their investigation …

Other Information

• Title: 左目探偵ＥＹＥ
• Title (romaji): Hidarime Tantei EYE
• Also known as: Left-Eye Detective EYE
• Format: Tanpatsu
• Genre: Crime
• Viewership rating: 9.1 (Kanto)
• Broadcast network: NTV
• Broadcast date: 2009-Oct-03
• Air time: Saturday 21:00-22:54
• Theme song: Memories by Hey! Say! JUMP

Main cast

• Yamada Ryosuke as Tanaka Ainosuke
• Yokoyama Yu as Tanaka Yumehito
• Ishihara Satomi as Sayama Hitomi
• Terawaki Yasufumi as Ohuchi Kenjo
• Okada Yoshinori as Kato Takashi
• Katahira Nagisa as Komukai Noriko
• Horiuchi Ken as Hamada Tsuyoshi
• Tanaka Yoji as a professional killer
• Nakahara Takeo (中原丈雄) as Sugimori Nobuhiro
• Abe Yuji (阿部祐二) as a reporter
• Takanishi Mika (鷹西美佳) as an announcer
• Miyashita Tomomi (宮下ともみ) as a policewoman

Links

• Watch Hidarime Tantei EYE Online – Watch free Drama

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A tale of tragic love between Yoshimori, a station employee at a quiet, rural station, and Kahori, the wife of the heir to a family fortune. When Kahori’s husband uncovers their affair, the star-crossed lovers try to flee with Kahori’s daughter. Their search for safety and happiness takes them across the nation, from Hokkaido to Kagoshima. Filmed on location, this is an unforgettable story of romance told against the backdrop of some of the most beautiful scenery in Japan.

Main Cast

• Toyokawa Etsushi as Shibata Yoshimori
• Natsukawa Yui as Machimura Kahori
• Sano Shiro as Watanuki Hiromu
• Nagasaku Hiromi as Akimoto Mikiko
• Suzuki Anne as Machimura Shiori (Kahori’s daughter)
  • Yamada Maiko as Shiori (older)
• Nakaya Noboru (仲谷昇) as Watanuki Junichiro (Hiromu’s father)
• Maeda Gin as Shibata Kenji (Yoshimori’s father)

Other Informatiuon

• Title: 青い鳥
• Title (romaji): Aoi Tori
• Also known as: L’oiseau Bleu / Blue Bird
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Romance, human drama
• Episodes: 12 + 1 Special
• Viewership ratings: 17.7
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 1997-Oct-10 to 1997-Dec-19
• Air time: Friday 22:00
• Theme song: Wanderin’ Destiny by Globe

Awards

• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Cast
• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Natsukawa Yui)
• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Newcomer (Suzuki Anne)
• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter (Nozawa Hisashi)
• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening
• 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song (Wanderin’ Destiny by Globe)

Links

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Next door to Chuo TV’s offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner’s passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter Shinobu Gamo to speak on his behalf. Owner’s real name is unknown. He would prefer to be addressed as the shops’ "Master" rather than its owner – not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don’t really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn’t show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee.

Cast

• Matsuoka Masahiro as Tencho (coffee shop owner)
• Koizumi Kyoko as Akabane Nobuku
• Tsukamoto Takashi as Gamo Shinobu
• Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Bessho Hideki
• Morishita Aiko as Chikura Maki
• Matsuo Suzuki as Doigaki Satoshi
• YOU as Doigaki Haruko
• Sakai Wakana as Emoto Shiori
• Funakoshi Eiichiro as Funakoshi Eiichiro
• Nekoze Tsubaki
• Natsukawa Jun
• Omi Toshinori
• Toyama Kyoko
• Asari Yosuke

Other Information

• Title: マンハッタンラブストーリー
• Title (romaji): Manhattan Love Story
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Romance, comedy, drama
• Episodes: 11
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2003-Oct-09 to 2003-Dec-18
• Air time: Thursday 22:00
• Theme song: Love Love Manhattan by TOKIO

Awards

• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Casting
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song ("Love Love Manhattan")
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Koizumi Kyoko)
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter (Kudo Kankuro)
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director
• 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement

Links

• Official site
• Watch Manhattan Love Story Online – Watch Free Drama

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As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That’s where the forensics labs come into play. Sasaki Mariko (Sawaguchi Yasuko) is a highly talented forensics scientist who must dodge stereotypes, as well as disparaging comments from veteran detectives.

Cast

• Sawaguchi Yasuko as Sasaki Mariko
• Naitou Takashi as Domon
• Kato Takako as Domon’s sister
• Ono Takehiko as Mariko’s father
• Yamazaki Hajime
• Saito Satoru
• Izumi Masayuki as Inu-kun (Mariko’s assistant)
• Tanaka Ken (田中健)
• Morimoto Ryoji as Detective Sugiuchi
• Maruyama Tomomi as Taniguchi Asao
• Kusakawa Yuba (草川祐馬)
• Kinami Haruka
• Suzuki Anju (ep1)
• Yamazaki Yuta (ep2)

Other Information

• Title: 科捜研の女 (1999-2002) / 新・科捜研の女 (2004-present)
• Title (romaji): Kasouken no Onna (1999-2002) / Shin Kasouken no Onna (2004-present)
• Also known as: Investigator Mariko (KIKU-TV) / Woman of the Crime Lab (TV Asahi)
• Genre: Crime/forensics
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-14 to 2005-Sep-15
• Theme song: Mahiru no Tsuki, by Shimatani Hitomi

Links

• Website
• Watch Investigator Mariko Season 2 Online – Watch Free Drama

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As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That’s where the forensics labs come into play. Sasaki Mariko (Sawaguchi Yasuko) is a highly talented forensics scientist who must dodge stereotypes, as well as disparaging comments from veteran detectives.

Cast

• Sawaguchi Yasuko as Sasaki Mariko
• Naitou Takashi as Domon
• Kato Takako as (Domon’s sister)
• Yamazaki Hajime
• Saito Satoru
• Izumi Masayuki as Inu-kun (Mariko’s assistant)
• Tanaka Ken
• Kusakawa Yuba (草川祐馬)
• Fukaura Kanako
• Handa Kento
• Mizoroki Ken (溝呂木賢)

Other Information

• Title: 科捜研の女 (1999-2002) / 新・科捜研の女 (2004-present)
• Title (romaji): Kasouken no Onna (1999-2002) / Shin Kasouken no Onna (2004-present)
• Also known as: Investigator Mariko (KIKU-TV) / Woman of the Crime Lab (TV Asahi)
• Genre: Crime/forensics
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Episodes: 9
• Broadcast period: 1999-Oct-21 to 1999-Dec
• Theme song: Kono Namida Hoshi ni Nare, by ZARD

Links

• Website
• Watch Investigator Mariko online – Watch Free Drama

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The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package.

Chapter 1 – Ueno is a part-time street performer who sings and plays guitar. When a series of Robin Hood-style thefts begin to occur around Tokyo by a woman with guitar case, police suspect Ueno of committing the crimes.

Chapter 2 – Miyuki is a struggling animator who works late everyday, and is constantly scolded by her superiors. One night the elevator she gets on suddenly stops leaving her trapped…

Chapter 3 -

Chapter 4 -

Chapter 5 -

Main Cast

• Ueno Juri as Ueno (Chapter 1), Miyuki (Chapter 2), Misuzu (Chapter 3), herself (Chapter 4), Hinata (Chapter 5)
• Arai Hirofumi
• Lily Franky
• Eguchi Noriko
• Nakayama Yuichiro
• Muto Akiko
• Sawaki Ruka
• Pierre Taki
• Hamada Gaku
• Hirata Kaoru
• Yamazaki Hajime
• Aoki Munetaka

Other Information

• Title: 上野樹里と5つの鞄
• Title (romaji): Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban
• Also known as: Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
• Format: Renzoku
• Episodes: 5
• Broadcast network: WOWOW
• Broadcast period: 2009-Sep-03 to 2009-Oct-01
• Air time: Thursday 23:30
• Theme song: Kaban no Banka by Ueno Juri

Links

• Official site

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Kamiya Naoki is a young player from a professional basketball team. But due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he is unable to show his true skills on the court. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist. One day, Riko finds Naoki’s lost cell phone on a bus, and their meeting begins a friendship that eventually turns into love. However, Naoki was already considering marriage with his current girlfriend. And it doesn’t help matters that Naoki’s coach has fallen in love at first sight with Riko!

Cast

Players

• Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki (SG)
• Mizobata Junpei as Hatano Shuji (SG/G)
• Kaneko Nobuaki (金子ノブアキ) as Yoyogi Ren (F/SG)
• Aoki Munetaka as Moriguchi Shuto (PF/C)
• Nagai Masaru as Utsunomiya Toru (team captain/PG)
• Ishida Takaki (石田剛規) as Saga Hiroaki (SG)
• David M as Larry Brown (C)
• Abe Shohei (阿部翔平) as Nishizaki Ken
• Fujiyama Makoto (藤山誠) as Ito Shigeru
• Matsuzaki Yutaka (松崎裕) as Endo Yuji
• Nakamura Tomoya (中村友也)
• Miyanaga Yuto (宮永雄太)
• Saido Masahiko (西堂雅彦)

Other

• Ogi Shigemitsu as Ashikaga Kunimitsu (company director)
• Ito Hideaki as Kawasaki Tomoya (head coach)
• Maekawa Yasuyuki as Mishima Yusuke (retired player/temporary
• Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki
• Komatsu Ayaka as Kanazawa Shion
• Maya Miki as Kamiya Makiko
• Oomasa Aya as Kamiya Yuri
• Chisun as Komaki Yukino
• Kawabata Ryuta as Komaki Yusuke / Kakogawa Masashi

Other Information

• Title: ブザー・ビート
• Title (English): Buzzer Beat
• Tagline: 崖っぷちのヒーロー / Gakeppuchi no Hero
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Romance, sports
• Episodes: 11
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-13 to 2009-Sep-21

Links

• Official site

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The story takes place in 1955, 10 years after losing in WWII. It tells the story of the government officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), who are carrying out their mission to make Japan as affluent and wealthy as the western world. The story revolves around Kazakoshi Shingo, otherwise known as “Mr. Ministry of International Trade and Industry”, and unfolds around the battle between the “industry supporters” who want to protect the national industry, and the “trade supporters” who are aiming for free trade to globalize the country.

Main Cast

• Sato Koichi as Kazakoshi Shingo
• Sakai Masato as Niwano Takahisa
• Takahashi Katsumi as Ayukawa Kotaro
• Sano Shiro as Nishimaru Kenji
• Nishimura Masahiko as Maruo Kaname
• Sugimoto Tetta as Maki Junzo
• Fukiishi Kazue as Yamamoto Makoto
• Tanaka Kei as Mikage Taiki
• Tokoshima Yoshiko as Kazakoshi Machiko
• Murakawa Eri as Kazakoshi Takako
• Takahashi Katsunori as Katayama Taisuke
• Funakoshi Eiichiro as Tamaki Hirobumi
• Kitaoji Kinya as Ikeuchi Nobuto

Other Information

• Title: 官僚たちの夏
• Title (romaji): Kanryotachi no Natsu
• Also known as: The Summer of the Bureaucrats
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Politics
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-05 start

Links

• Official site

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