Atsuro Watabe

The Unbroken

overview: WOWOW brings acclaimed author Toyoko Yamasaki's 1999 literary tour de force to life on the small screen for the very first time. Audiences have already received television adaptations of Yamasaki's other works – The Ivory Tower (白い巨塔), The Grand Family (華麗なる一族), The Waste Land (不毛地帯), A Son of the Good Earth (大地の子), and My Destiny (運命の人) – and can now add The Unbroken (沈まぬ太陽) to that list with this long-awaited production.  Features a star-studded cast and additional filming on location in Africa and the Middle East.

character: Shiro Gyoten

original_name: 沈まぬ太陽

Keizoku: Unsolved Cases

overview:
Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases with her hardened partner Tōru Mayama.

The television series was broadcast in eleven episodes between 8 January and 19 March 1999. A two-hour "special drama" was then broadcast on 24 December 1999. The series has been called "epoch-making" in the police procedural genre on Japanese television.

character: Tooru Mayama

original_name: ケイゾク

Beautiful Life

overview: Kyoko's, a wheelchair-bound librarian, first meeting with her hairdresser leads to more encounters as Kyoko starts to like him because he treats her normally despite her condition.

character: Masao Machida

original_name: Beautiful Life〜ふたりでいた日々〜

First Love

overview: Kasumi is shocked to discover that her older sister's fiance is the man she first fell in love with five years ago in high school. At the time, he was her high school teacher and ultimately quit his job racked with guilt over their relationship. Kasumi was deeply hurt and struggled for a long time to overcome her sadness. Now the two of them must come to terms with their secret past before the ones they care about in the present are hurt.

character: Nao Todo

original_name: First Love

I Wanna Fall in Love

overview:
A story that examines the relationships and bonds that seven random people share with one another and how that bond develops over the course of the series.  Beginning with a meeting of six of them.

The seven main characters are named after the colours of the rainbow.

character: Akai Ryosuke

original_name: 恋がしたい 恋がしたい 恋がしたい

Love Again

overview: Mizuki Yoshino's love for schoolmate Yuta Ogari having gone completely unnoticed. She learns to forget about him after they take their separate paths in life. However, just as Mizuki is about to marry into a very wealthy family, she happens to meet her old love again. He is also involved in a relationship though, and the feelings that their meeting rekindles threatens to disappoint and anger those who are trying to keep them apart.

character: Yuta Ogaki

original_name: ラブ・アゲイン

Flat Out Tokyo Girl

overview: 19-year-old Saeki Rei (Takei Emi) comes to Tokyo. Rei’s redeeming traits are her cheerfulness and distinctive positivity, but everything she does is always unheard of and unsuccessful. Because this foolhardiness causes trouble to the people around her each time, she ends up being called a girl who is unable to read situations. Rei moves to Tokyo with neither a dream nor goal, and is reunited with her father Suzuki Takuya (Watabe Atsuro) who abandoned her mother and her 15 years ago. Although she opposes her father for making her mother miserable, his dissolute life rouses her into action. “This won’t do. I’ve to make this person happy or I can’t move on with my own life!” And so, she runs about with the aim of getting her father remarried in her first experience living in Tokyo. With cheerfulness and positivity, she overcomes various difficulties and slowly changes the people around her too.

character: Takuya Suzuki

original_name: 東京全力少女

Forever Child

overview: When three 12-year-old victims of child abuse are introduced to each other at a mental hospital, they form a bond that proves to be unbroken by personal growth and adulthood. After saving Yuki, from drowning in the ocean, Ryohei and Shoichiro consider themselves her protector....a feeling that carries over into adulthood. When the three are reunited seventeen years after meeting at the mental hospital, they find that their feelings for each other are just as strong as before. Yuki now cares for others as a nurse, Shoichiro is a controlling lawyer, and Ryohei is a career police investigator. When a body surfaces in the local river, the three are drawn into a series of murders to which they all feel powerfully connected...

character: Nagase Souichirou

original_name: 永遠の仔

Who Do You Think You Are?

overview: While working in the leisurely atmosphere at a food company's factory, Futaro is asked to return to their corporate headquarters by his good friend. Unfortunately, he finds himself assistant to Izumi, a highly demanding expert on Italian food culture. Futaro gets off to a rocky start with his new female boss, and always seems to be saying or doing the wrong thing. He also doesn't seem to be particularly suited to his new position on the Italian Restaurant Project, considering he doesn't even like tomatoes! But Futaro may still have a few tricks left up his sleeve that he can use to win over Izumi and find success in his new job.

character: Akira Okano

original_name: なにさまっ！

Love Letters - Men We Have Loved

overview: The husband leaves home, leaving behind his wife and child and his job as a middle school teacher. He leaves all this to live with a former girlfriend so that he can nurse her as she battles with terminal illness. He has decided to nurse her until the end. This sudden take-charge approach from a man she thought of as indecisive causes the wife to look at her husband in a completely different way. To top it off, the husband asks her to drop in on the ex-girlfriend from time to time to keep her company. Despite herself, she agrees to her husband's request. She thought that cursing her husband and celebrating the ex-girlfriend's suffering would make her feel better but instead she finds herself even more attracted to him. She even finds herself growing closer to the ex-girlfriend, creating a curious bond between the two women. In the midst of all this, the relationship between the husband and wife continues to change.

character: Shouichi Ikehara

original_name: 恋文 〜私たちが愛した男〜

松本清張没後20年特別企画・危険な斜面

original_name: 松本清張没後20年特別企画・危険な斜面

name: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

original_name: 世にも奇妙な物語特別編

The Beautiful Neighbor

overview: A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki, and an ordinary housewife, Eriko, who has a happy family, causes Eriko's serene daily life to fall apart. Eriko's husband, Shinji becomes the target of Saki's advances and finds himself caught between her and his wife.

character: Yano Shinji

original_name: 美しい隣人

Bitter Blood

overview: A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.

character: Akimura Shimao

original_name: ビター・ブラッド

Into the White Night

overview: What happens with two children commit two different muders in order to protect each other? Does salvation exist for them? In order to walk beneath the sun once more, Ryouji and Yukiho find themselves in a twisted web from which neither can escape without abandoning the other. Having no one but each other, this drama follows the events the follow that fateful day… 14 years ago.

character: Isamu Matsuura

original_name: 白夜行

A Fading Summer

overview: A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.

character: Hidekazu Kaji

original_name: 翳りゆく夏

Knockin' on Locked Door

overview: Gotenba Tori and Katanashi Hisame are private detectives who work together and run the detective agency Knockin' on Locked Door. They are partners and, at the same time, rivals. They use different methods to solve cases and also have different personalities. Gotenba Tori is good at solving cases in terms of how the case took place. He always wears a black turtleneck regardless of season, and he doesn't hesitate to express his feelings. Meanwhile, Katanashi Hisame is good at solving cases in terms of why the case took place. He is guided by common sense and always wears a suit with glasses. These two detectives with different personalities take on the most difficult cases and work together to solve them.

character: Koushirou Amagawa

original_name: ノッキンオン・ロックドドア

Mr. Straightforward

overview: Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design. However, he is inept when it comes to love. Kenichiro's destiny changes after he meets Kurita Narumi, an audacious, self-centred impish female. He becomes serious about leading her back to the right path which she finds interesting. While getting pushed around by Narumi, who is the exact opposite of him, Kenichiro learns about her way of doing things and way of life. He is stimulated by her and gradually gets attracted to her... Before long, he starts to look at a new self and at the things he had believed were correct, maturing into a more upright man.

character: Norio Yabe

original_name: まっすぐな男

Avalanche

overview: Seiichi Habu is a member of the mysterious outlaw group Avalanche. The group exists at a time when moral hazards run rampant among politicians, bureaucrats, businesses, and even among ordinary people.

character: Kengo Oyama

original_name: アバランチ

Masamune Shogun

overview:
Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the questionnaire survey conducted by NHK, it is shining in the most favorite river drama.

The original is Yamaka Sosaichi's novel "Date Masamune", the biggest drama on the theme of the Date house was the first time in 17 years since the "Shinnogi remained" (1970), which painted Datejo in the Edo period. It depicts the life of Matsudo Date of Sengoku warrior · Date Masamune who built the foundation of Sendai clan 620,000 stones in his generation as a result of my own wisdom and talent.

original_name: 独眼竜政宗

Dakara Korosenakatta

overview: Serial killer vs newspaper reporter. A shocking mystery depicting an unprecedented theatrical crime! Can the reporter played by Hiroshi Tamaki stop the assault of serial killers with "words"???

character: Ryuichi Yoshimura

original_name: だから殺せなかった

name: Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo

overview: Hinako Todo (Haru) is a first-year detective who graduated from the police academy at the top of her class. She always carries with herself a bottle of shichimi chili peppers which was left by her late mother and sprinkles shichimi over everything she eats. Despite her a bit quirky/cheerful demeanor, she holds dark secrets locked deep within her heart… Hinako became a detective, because she wants to find the line between people who kill and those who don't. Once her "crime-solving switch" is on, nothing can stop Hinako from tackling even the most bizarre crime cases. Armed with her overwhelming memory and unstoppable curiously, will Hinako be able to find answers to her question through seeking to solve various crimes?

character: Iwao Atsuta

original_name: ON 異常犯罪捜査官・藤堂比奈子

Onna to Otoko no Nettai

overview: Jaded journalist Sonoko gets a tip-off about a possible terrorist-related revenge attack. While pursuing the story, she uncovers a deeper conspiracy. A foreign terrorist attack. Local girls poisoned by pollutants. As a journalist and a woman, she must uncover the truth.

character: Satoshi Shindo

original_name: 女と男の熱帯

ストーカー 逃げきれぬ愛

character: Tatsuya Saegusa

original_name: ストーカー 逃げきれぬ愛

Shita-Machi Rocket -Engineer vs. Elite-

overview: Kohei’s company holds the patent of an engine valve system required to develop a space rocket. Will he finally be part of a successful rocket launch?

character: 財前道生

original_name: 下町ロケット

The Story of Dominating Countries

overview: Based on the award-winning novel by Shiba Ryotaro, the drama is set in Japan several centuries back in the Sengoku period. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Saito Dosan, Oda Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide.

original_name: 国盗り物語

MPD: Animal Unit

overview: Tomozo Sudo is a detective. Due to an incident, he is excluded from investigative work. He is then assigned to work in a division responsible for taking care of animals whose owners are suspects or missing. Keiko Usuki is a police constable and works in the same division. She loves animals more than humans. Keiko develops inferences from clues from animals left behind at crime scenes. Tomozo and Keiko work together to solve cases.

character: Tomozo Sudo

original_name: 警視庁いきもの係

黙秘

original_name: 黙秘

Atari no Kitchen!

overview: Kiyomi is a third-year college student whose shy personality leads to difficulties in making friends. However, she starts working part-time at a family restaurant where she is able to change herself and communicate with customers through her cooking.

character: Zenjirou Nakae

original_name: あたりのキッチン!

Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi

overview: Kanoko Saho is fired from her father's company, Fawn. She worked hard in the manufracturing world but was fired regardless. In the background is the ploy of person called a "headhunter". Watari Kaori, who calls herself a headhunter, appears in front of Saho. As a result, Saho begins working at the same headhunting company, "Forteflows", as Watari. Saho works confronting clients while a dark cloud begins to drift over Fawn.

character: Masaki Togari

original_name: 引き抜き屋～ヘッドハンターの流儀～

Signal

overview: Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day, and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.

character: Shinnosuke Nakamoto

original_name: シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班

Kashi Mashi Meshi

overview: A man killed himself. Due to his death, three of his former classmates from art school, reunite for the first time in a long while. These three people have connections to the man in different ways, including his ex-girlfriend, the manager of a rugby club where the man played, and his ex-boyfriend. While struggling with their own lives, these three people begin to meet and have meals together.

original_name: かしましめし

GAME OF SPY

overview: Hashiba Takeru is the leader of Global Operation Service (GOS), a secret spy organization housed within the Public Security Investigation Bureau which is tasked with eradicating criminals who are targeting Japan for various reasons.

character: Kenzō Shiratori

original_name: ゲーム・オブ・スパイ

Yokoyama Hideo Suspense

overview: There are four episodes based on short stories by mystery novelist Yokoyama Hideo.  Each episode depicts a stand-alone murder mystery.

original_name: 横山秀夫サスペンス

Designer Baby

overview: Hiroshi Chikamori is a famous doctor in physical engineering. His one week old daughter Nozomi is abducted at the hospital. Yuri Hayami (Meisa Kuroki) is a detective in a special investigation team. She is also 8 months pregnant. Inspector Himura (Satoshi Jinbo) suddenly summons Yuri and assigns her to observe Nozomi’s mother Yuko (Yumi Adachi) at the hospital. Yuri Hayami goes undercover at the hospital and works with Detective Fukuske Dobashi (Daichi Watanabe) who takes the identity of her husband. Doctor Susami (Atsuro Watabe) doesn't have an alibi for the time period when the baby was kidnapped. Yuri suspects Doctor Susami. Meanwhile, the kidnapper calls and reveals a ransom demand.~ Based on the novel "Dizaina Beibi" by Takashi Okai

character: Susami Seijirou

original_name: デザイナーベイビー

Satomi Hakkenden

overview:
"Satomi Hakkenden" tells the tale of eight samurai brothers and their adventures, with themes of loyalty and family honor, as well as Confucianism, bushido and Buddhist philosophy.

"Satomi Hakkenden" is based off a 19th century 106 volume epic novel written by Kyokutei Bakin. The novel was written over a period of 30 years. Kyokutei Bakin had gone blind before finishing the tale, consequently, dictating the final portions to his daughter-in-law Michi.

character: Chuudaihoushi

original_name: 里見八犬伝

ST MPD Scientific Investigation Squad

overview: The ST is a group of outcasts though each highly talented in their realm of specialty. Besides Akagi, the team includes a female profiler with a boyish appearance and a phobia of "orderly" things who is never afraid to speak out, a female physicist with a superhuman hearing ability that can pick up sounds afar and a constant fear of being "constrained," a combat-skilled chemist with an acute sense of smell and an aversion to pointy objects, and a monk who would have won the Nobel prize in chemistry if he had chosen the path to do so. In short, the "ST" is a menagerie of odd people which makes Yurine question whether his promotion was just a one-way ticket off of the career track...But gradually, the ST team begins to grow on Yurine, as he does everything he can to sustain the team. Can the ST prove themselves worthy of their badge and prevent their disintegration, and will Akagi and Yurine's partnership somehow find common ground to overcome their differences?

original_name: ST 赤と白の捜査ファイル

犯罪症候群

overview: Muto Takashi is a former police detective who uses illegal methods to solve cases which are difficult to handle by the police. Kaburagi Wataru is a police detective and Muto's buddy, and Tamaki takes charge of the special missions given to Muto. While exploring the lives of these men, the topic of whether revenge is right or wrong is discussed in this drama.

character: Tamaki Keigo

original_name: 犯罪症候群

Kurokouchi

overview: Detective Keita Kurokouchi (Tomoya Nagase) continues to extort money from politicians whom Keita Kurokouchi has information on. By using his information he is able to crack unsolved cases. Rookie Detective Mayo Seike (Ayame Gouriki) is excellent with her job and also a bit naive. She conducts an internal investigation on Detective Keita Kurokouchi, but they become partners and work on cases together..

character: Sawawatari Kazunari

original_name: クロコーチ

Love Exposure: The TV-Show

overview: The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt. A television miniseries extension of Sion Sono's 2008 tragicomedy.

Angels and Demons: The Cold Case Unit

overview: Makita Hikari is a police officer. She has a pure personality and doesn't question people’s motives. Due to her personality, she is constantly deceived by suspects and finds herself relegated to a trivial job in the cold case resource room. One day, a mysterious man, Chajima Ryunosuke appears. Through Chajima, Hikari begins works in the newly formed Cold Case Anonymous Investigation Unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The department tackles unsolved cases by offering leniency to suspects for information on the main culprits. Ryunosuke Chajima is himself a devious attorney. Why he takes part in the Cold Case Anonymous Investigation Unit is unknown.

Let Me Call You Father-in-Law

overview: Daidoji Tamotsu is a 51-years-old man. He decides to marry his girlfriend that is 28 years younger than him. One day, his girlfriend, Hanazawa Miran bring him home to meet her dad, Hanazawa Kiichiro. Tamotsu and Kiichiro are shocked when they found out that they are the same age.

Rookies

overview: Led by their fervent teacher, a high school baseball team full of delinquents vows to make it all the way to the national championship tournament.

Labyrinth

overview: A genius doctor named Yuichiro Nozaki comes to a hospital to know the reason of his sister's death. The doctor is wondering if someone of the hospital killed her. Finally, Yuichiro finds doctor Katsuhiko Sonobe is a suspect of the murder, but notices Katsuhiko's wife loves Yuichiro.

Papa Katsu

overview: 20-year-old university student Anri is chased out of her house when her mother has a new boyfriend. While spending every night at different Internet cafes, Anri comes to know about "papakatsu" and subsequently meets a 45-year-old university lecturer Wataru. Anri then moves into the apartment which Wataru rents for her before finding out about a secret which he has been hiding from her.

Inspector Zenigata

overview: Inspector Zenigata takes on cases in Japan.

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

overview: 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 warriors, he becomes a minor lord and dives into a war-torn world ruled by monsters like Nobunaga and Shingen.Life-or-death moments, miscalculations, and no time to breathe—what will you do, Ieyasu?

Platinum Town

overview: Tetsuro Yamasaki returns to his hometown to find that it is in financial crisis. He quits his job and settles in his hometown to help the town get out of this crisis.

War of Money

overview:
Tomio Shiraishi graduated from a prestigious university and now works for foreign securities company. He has a beautiful fiancée, Kozue Aoike, and no complaints with his life. One day, his father kills himself, leaving behind large debts. Tomio Shiraishi is liable for his father's debts. He pays what he can with his savings account, but it is not enough. He is chased by moneylenders. Tomio loses everything. His job, fiancée and savings. He then becomes homeless.

Tomio Shiraishi then decides to work for Daisuke Akamatsu, who runs Akamatsu Finance. Akamatsu Finance is the company that drove Tomio Shiraishi to become homeless. The company looks like a normal finance company, but it actually lends money with high interest. Tomio Shiraishi decides to do anything, including illegal acts, to make money.

NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

overview: A long-running NHK investigative strand that revisits headline-making unsolved cases with a hybrid of docudrama and documentary, drawing on police files, journalists’ notes, and new interviews to surface leads and lessons.

original_name: NHKスペシャル 未解決事件

Daughter of Lupin

overview:
Hana comes from a family that has been thieves for generations. Hana refuses to become a thief and she wants to live a normal life. She currently works as a librarian and she is dating Kazuma, who works as a public officer. She hears that Kazuma's family are all public officers. One day, Hana visits Kazuma's family. She discovers that Kazuma's family, including Kazuma, are actually all police officers. Hana gets involved in a case and falls into trouble.

Based on novel "Rupan no Musume" by Dai Yokozeki.

Captured Hospital

overview: The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo a police officer on leave of absence has to save the hostages within a set time limit.

The Story of One Century

overview: The Story of One Century tells the stories of three women, living in three different Japanese eras: Taisho (1912-1926), Showa (1926-1989) and Heisei (1989-present). The first generation takes place in the 1920s at the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Togura Aya, coming from a wealthy and influential family, marries against her will to a wealthy man Yokoyama Heikichi, who can help her father tide over his financial difficulties. It seems to be a wrong move, and life goes on meaninglessly for her, until she makes up her mind to follow her heart (Kota Yashiro, a man with a humble background).

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

overview: The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.

The Name of the Game Is a Kidnapping

overview: Shunsuke Sakuma works with numerous clients as a planner for an advertising agency. He is somewhat of a mysterious man and popular with women. He deals with his work and his personal life in the same manner, like he is playing a game. He is currently working on a large project involving a car company. The project is progressing well, but he is suddenly excluded from the project by the car company's vice president, Katsutoshi Katsuragi. Shunsuke Sakuma’s pride is wounded from his exclusion and he becomes extremely upset at that. He happens to meet Juri Katsuragi who is Katsutoshi Katsuragi’s daughter. She also holds a grudge against her father. Shunsuke Sakuma and Juri Katsuragi decides to team up to get revenge. They take part in a kidnapping game.

Love is Still Necessary

overview: Rage, a pimp who only loves money and himself, is sent to jail for 6 months. While he is in the jail, Rage’s partner, Reiji, dies in a traffic accident. Released from prison, Rage finds himself having lost everything but a debt of 6 million dollars. One day, Rage is visited by a lawyer that mistakes him for Reiji. According to the lawyer, Reiji’s father died and left him a large inheritance. Reiji’s only other living relative is his blind sister. Rage smells money and hatches a plan to pretend to be Reiji and steal his money.

Prince of Happiness

overview:
This is the tragic love story of Shuhei and Umi. Shuhei is the only surviving son of a hospital director. He loves to play the piano as accompaniment to Umi's cello. Umi is the only daughter of a couple who own a little restaurant. As she is a great cellist, Umi obtained a scholarship to attend a famous music school in Austria. While Shuhei dreams of going to Austria with her, being the sole heir in his family, he has to take up medicine to become a doctor. Ryosuke is Shuhei's best friend, but he secretly covets Umi for himself.

On graduation day, Ryosuke purposely lied to the young lovers, causing them to miss meeting each other. On her way home, Umi was knocked over by a truck, and lost the full mobility to her fingers, dashing her dream of becoming a cellist. Shuhei meanwhile, thinks that Umi had given up on him, and left for Austria.

Secret of 10

overview: Shirakawa Keita works as a building inspector. He is a single father, who has raised his 14 year-old-daughter Hitomi alone since his divorce with ex-wife Sendai Yukiko. Yukiko works as a corporate lawyer for a large construction company. After his ex-wife left, Keita placed his daughter as a priority, making him the ideal father. One day, Keita receives a phone call. The caller informs him that "I have your daughter. If you want to save her life, go to your ex-wife." While looking for his daughter, Keita uncovers secrets about his daughter and ex-wife.

Hagetaka

overview: During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and is criticized for being a vulture. He tries to buy a bank and another company that are experiencing financial depression.

Hojo Tokimune

overview: The 40th NHK Taiga Drama is Hojo Tokimune. It tells the dramatic and turbulent life of young shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of Japan from invasion by Mongolia in the 1200's. It is a tragic story of betrayal and clan wars and Hojo Tokimune is at the center of it all. The main focus of the story is Hojo Tokiyori's older sons, their relationship, and their views and actions concerning Kublai Khan's attempted invasion. The two brothers, Tokimune and Tokisuke, are torn apart by politics.

I Wanna Punch That Scumbag!

overview: Hokomi Sato has hit rock bottom after being left at the altar on her wedding day. However, things start looking up when she meets the kind and compassionate Kairi Kuzuya. But in fact, he turns out to be the “worst womanizing scum of the earth!” Vowing never to be hurt again, Hokomi decides to change herself and takes up boxing, setting her life on a new course. Yet, she can’t seem to keep Kairi out of her life as she begins to learn of his eventful past. Follow Hokomi on her journey to mental and physical empowerment through this no-holds-barred boxing love story!

original_name: あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ

Kenkaku Shōbai

overview: Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.

Happy Kanako's Killer Life

overview: When Kanako accidentally applies to work at an assassination agency, the timid office worker discovers that she has a knack for bumping people off. Will she ever earn the respect of Sakurai, her prickly and kinda hot co-worker–and why is she still having silly workplace problems when she’s employed with hitmen?!

Dr. Ashura

overview: A renowned heart surgeon joins Taishaku General Hospital, igniting tension and power struggles as hidden agendas surface within the institution.

Monster

overview: Twenty-five years after a college student vanishes—leaving only the first joint of her finger behind—the case remains unsolved. Her twin brother, now a local police officer, is forced to team up with a transferred elite cop he doesn’t get along with. When a call leads them to search for a missing elderly man, they uncover clues that may finally unravel the long-buried truth.

Professional

overview: Haunted by a case he couldn’t solve, ex-detective Amane Ren now hunts the truth as an insurance investigator with unyielding resolve.

original_name: プロフェッショナル 保険調査員・天音蓮

Goodbye, Noir

overview: At a police unit dedicated to supporting crime victims, two women with contrasting approaches work together to help survivors rebuild their lives while confronting the emotional aftermath of tragedy.

普通话

渡部笃郎

biography: 日本男演员。1991年，因出演个人首部历史剧《青春之门》而出道。1995年，凭借故事片《寂静的生活》获得第19届日本电影学院奖最佳新人奖。1997年，主演爱情片《天国情书》。1999年，凭借悬疑犯罪剧《继续》获得第20届日剧学院赏最佳男配角奖。2001年，主演奇幻片《狗神》；同年，主演年代影片《大河的一滴》。2002年，主演爱情剧《不需要爱情的夏天》。2004年，主演爱情片《最后的爱，最初的爱》。2005年，主演奇幻影片《阿修罗城之瞳》。2010年，首次自导自演爱情电影《无言之冬》。2011年，因主演战争史诗电影《金陵十三钗》而广受关注。2012年，主演刑事题材影片《外事警察》。2014年，主演青春悬疑剧《父子刑警》。2016年，主演现代喜剧《让我叫你一声岳父》。2018年，主演医疗悬疑剧《灭癌陷阱》。2019年11月，参演富士台日剧《10的秘密》。

普通话

渡部篤郎

biography:
日本男演員。

1991 年，因出演個人首部歷史劇《青春之門》而出道。1995 年，憑藉故事片《 寂靜的生活》獲得第 19 屆日本電影學院獎最佳新人獎。1997 年，主演愛情片《 天國情書》。1999 年，憑藉懸疑犯罪劇《 繼續》獲得第 20 屆日劇學院賞最佳男配角獎。2001 年，主演奇幻片《 狗神》；同年，主演年代影片《 大河的一滴》。2002 年，主演愛情劇《 不需要愛情的夏天》。2004 年，主演愛情片《 最後的愛，最初的愛》。2005 年，主演奇幻影片《 阿修羅城之瞳》。2010 年，首次自導自演愛情電影《 無言之冬》。2011 年，因主演戰爭史詩電影《 金陵十三釵》而廣受關注。2012 年，主演刑事題材影片《 外事警察》。2014 年，主演青春懸疑劇《 父子刑警》。2016 年，主演現代喜劇《 讓我叫你一聲嶽父》。2018 年，主演醫療懸疑劇《 滅癌陷阱》。2019 年 11 月，參演富士台日劇《10 的秘密》。

Deutsch

Atsuro Watabe

biography: Atsuro Watabe ist ein japanischer Schauspieler. 2008 schrieb und inszenierte er den Film Echo of Silence mit sich selbst in der männlichen Hauptrolle.

also_known_as:
와타베 아츠로
آتتسورو واتابه

title: 再生巨流

title: Koto

overview: Set in the traditional city of Kyoto, Japan, this deeply poetic TV movie revolves around Chieko who becomes bewildered and troubled as she discovers the true facets of her past. With the harmony and time-honored customs of a Japanese backdrop, the story becomes poignant as Chieko’s longing and confusion develops.

title: Swallowtail Butterfly

overview: The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

title: Love Exposure

overview: The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing - which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian - dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

title: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

overview: Archeologist and avid puzzle solver Professor Layton and his assistant Luke are caught up in an adventure when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.

original_title: レイトン教授と永遠の歌姫

title: Zebraman

overview: A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.

title: Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

overview: There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.

original_title: 北の国か '92巣立ち 前編

title: Ashura

overview: Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought.  Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.

title: 円都 YEN TOWN

overview: Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly

title: がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

character: 羽島悠馬(はしま ゆうま)

original_title: がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

title: The Flowers of War

overview: A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

title: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

overview: Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.

title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Spring Special

overview: Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2004 Spring Special" presents five tales.  1. Koroshiya desu no yo (It's a Hitman, You Know) - starring Mizuki Alisa.  2. Jibun-counsellor (Self-counsellor) - starring Inohara Yoshihiko.  3. Be Silent - starring Watabe Atsuro.  4. Sasoimizu (Pump-priming) - starring Harada Taizo.  5. Saigo no Hitotoki (The Last Moment) - starring Nagasaku Hiromi.

original_title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Spring Special

title: R100

overview: Ruthless dominatrixes pursue a mild-mannered salesman who wants to get out of his unbreakable contract with a secret bondage club.

title: Masquerade Night

overview: An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.

title: Roman-ko Club: Ecchi ga Ippai

overview: Eight female members of a high school drama club try various erotic ways to raise money to put on a play.

original_title: ロマン子クラブ　エッチがいっぱい

title: Rookies the Movie: Graduation

overview: Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...

title: To Love

overview: Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception, Tsutomu manages to have his way with her. Coming from a broken home, he is frightened by love, so he cruelly allows her to wake up alone. A month passes and a more grown-up Tsutomu returns. The lovers joyously reunite and move in together. All is blissful until both notice a strange sore on Mitsu's arm. The doctors diagnose it as leprosy. Without telling Tsutomu, Mitsu checks into a leper sanitarium. Hanging out with society's pariahs gives her much insight. She discovers the old lepers to be wonderful people. In turn, Mitsu becomes their source of joy and renewed hope. Still, she misses her Tsutomu. One day, the doctors inform her that they erred and that the sore is not leprosy. Happily she heads back to her true love until she realizes with a guilty pang that to return to him would mean unhappiness for her newfound friends

title: Peak: The Rescuers

overview: Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident due to their own negligence. Even if a fellow rescuer dies, he's the kind of man who can look toward the corpse and say "You did your best." One spring, newcomer Shiina Kumi is assigned to the Nagano prefecture mountain rescue team where she experiences growth thanks to Sanpo's guidance and the seemingly harsh training methods of the team's captain, Noda. However, she becomes depressed when she's unable to translate her skills to a real-life situation. As her confidence wanes, multiple accidents occur simultaneously due to a mountain blizzard, forcing the entire team into action.

title: A Quiet Life

overview: A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.

title: Three... Extremes

overview: Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.

title: Inugami

overview: Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

title: Gravity's Clowns

overview: On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When a series of arson attacks strike the neighborhood, clues left at the crime scenes seem to be somehow related to the Okunos. Izumi and Haru try to get to the bottom of mystery, slowly unveiling a tragic family secret that has come back to haunt them.

title: Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer

overview: Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccesfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her upper class breeding, her colleagues don't expect much from her either, but she suprises them all with her motivation and astounding powers of deduction. Well-constructed mysteries and colorful characters abound in this stylish and edgy police drama.

title: ST: Aka to Shiro no Sôsa File the Movie

overview: The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Some members do not cooperate with others and others do not reveal themselves in front of others. With Samon as the leader of the ST team and young Inspector Tomohisa tasked with managing the team, the ST (Scientific Task Force) attempt to solve the most difficult of cases.

original_title: 映画 ST赤と白の捜査ファイル

title: Echo of Silence

overview: In a small town of Hokkaido, Yunni, Fusako Kurokawa (Saki Takaoka), lives a quiet life with her father. Life here is very simple, but it is good enough and she is happy enough. Days go on as usual. with some coincidence, she meets this man one day, Wataru Kadokura (Atsuro Watabe) a man who cannot speak. A very peaceful "time" now becomes part of her daily life as this strong emotion suddenly takes place in her simple quiet life.

title: Love Come

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai

title: Falling into the Evening

overview: Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica's conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but inscrutable woman named Hanako.

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma

title: Making of Zebraman

overview: A documentary on the making of “Zebraman” directed by Takashi Miike.

title: Keizoku Special: Phantom

overview: After the events of the series, Shibata has lost her memories and is reassigned. Meanwhile, a strange case regarding a cursed tree that kills whoever's name is written on its trunk surfaces among mysterious deaths. Following different leads, Shibata and the Unsolved Cases unit will meet again as they investigate. Asakura, it seems, is also plotting behind the scenes...

original_title: ケイゾク／特別篇〜死を契約する呪いの樹

title: Sunshine Ahead

overview: Based on a true story, "Sunshine Ahead" tells the story of environmentalist Koji Kinjo & his wife who embarks on a ambitious plan to create coral reefs in the sea. Although it takes the couple 10 years to finally succeed, they are able to persevere and become the first persons to ever spawn coral reefs.

original_title: てぃだかんかん ～海とサンゴと小さな奇跡～

title: Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

overview: A vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins conspire to kill Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. Things heats up as Iemitsu plans a journey across Japan where assassins lie in wait. Working with elder statesman Okubo Hikozaemon is Musashi Miyamoto who wants to unravel the mystery of who is behind this plot and things heat up further when some of them are the greatest swordsmen in the land!

title: Last Love, First Love

overview: A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill.

title: The Dangerous Slope

overview: At a companywide meeting, Bunsaku Akiba sees Toshie, an old girlfriend who is now the secretary and lover of Nishijima, the chairman who has control over the entire group. Although Akiba is married, the love affair between him and Toshie flares up again. Akiba uses Toshie to approach the chairman, but as Toshie gets more possessive of him, Akiba starts to have murderous thoughts.

title: Hi to Shio

title: Black Lizard

title: The River with No Bridge

overview: A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside.  The two boys are continuously harassed by their teachers and classmates through their childhood as a result of their Buraku heritage.  In the midst of the 1918 Great Rice Riots in Osaka, Seitaro meets with Asako, the daughter of a rice shop owner, and falls in love with her. She too is of Buraku descent.  At the same period, Hideaki, an old friend of the brothers returns to Komori, and he along with Koji and the townspeople create "Zenkoku Suiheisha", the National Levelers Association, an organization pledged to build a bridge over the river of discrimination, making all people equal in every way.

title: A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

overview: The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian translator, Nicholai, played by Sergei Nakariakov - a trumpeter from Russia.  Some months later after they have returned, Nicholai and Yukiko meet again while he is auditioning for the Tokyo orchestra where seeds of romance begin. Yukiko's father, however, is diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer. Yukiko returns home to be with him in his final months as he decides not to go through therapy and let the disease run its course.  Coming into contact with a childhood friend while at home Yukiko is left to choose between her old friend and Nicholai, all while having to face the emotional struggle of dealing with her father's impending death.

title: Detective in the Bar

overview: 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 world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.

original_title: 探偵はBARにいる2 ススキノ大交差点

title: Heat After Dark

overview: Heat After Dark is director Ryuhei Kitamura's first theatrical release. This 50 minute film is predominantly a character study within an intense action drama. Those familiar with Kitamura's later works, perhaps especially Versus will realize this is the beginning of his characetristic modus operandi. Here, the well defined characters consist of the innocent (the cop), the relatively good (Atsuro Watabe), the relatively bad (Shinichi Suzuki), and the absolutely bad (Shigeru Izumiya ), and a few other Yakuza hoodlums thrown in for entertainment.

title: The Unconcealed Woman

overview: Based on a story written by actress and author Hideko Takamine. Kimizuru Kawamoto is a popular geisha in Shitaya, Tokyo in 1926. Kimizuru is pregnant with the child of Hiroshi, the son of an large company's president, who tells her to wait for marriage until he returns from Germany in 3 years.

title: ST Keishichou Kagaku Tokusou-han

overview: Five outstanding researchers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s crime lab are gathered and given powers for special investigations in response to diversified modern crimes. They are called the Scientific Task Force or ST for short. The new, elite Inspector Yurine Tomohisa becomes the ST’s commanding officer. Meanwhile, a shooting rampage breaks out. Five people are shot and one of them, a female company employee, dies. The media reports this as Japan’s first case of indiscriminate shooting. The ST is mobilised and Yurine heads to the crime scene...

title: Death Water

overview: Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.

title: Out Burn

overview: Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs to try and keep the peace. However, Eiko has some sidelines: she's a moneylender to her fellow police officers without charging interest in return for information and is also willing to do the odd side job for those on the criminal side for the money.  One day, Kasumi (Riho Takada), who is the daughter of Senma-gumi gang's leader (Toshiyuki Nishida), is found stabbed to death. As this threatens to pit gang against gang, Eiko and the police have to hurry and find her killer.

original_title: アウトバーン マル暴の女刑事・八神瑛子

title: Koi

overview: The story is set in the 70s where Ishihara plays Fumiko, an university student, who gets involved romantically with her assistant professor Katase Shintaro (Iura Arata) and his wife Hinako (Tanaka Rena). However, on 28 February 1972, the police finds Shintaro seriously injured and a young man working in a electronics store (Saito Takumi) dead in a bungalow at Karuizawawhile Fumiko and Hinako are also present at the scene. The truth behind the case is not known and the case is quickly classified as a crime of passion which leads to Fumiko being sent to prison. 40 years later, a report writer Torigai Mitsuhiko (Watabe Atsuro) comes to know about this case and goes to interview the elderly Fumiko (Harada Mieko) in prison which leads him to find out what really happened at the bungalow.

title: Masquerade Hotel

overview: A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.

title: Nurse Call

overview: Igarashi Kozue, a nurse at a Tokyo university hospital, feels bored with her job despite her experience. Yamazaki Natsumi, a younger nurse, is enthusiastic. Shibata Yuichi, a soccer student, is admitted with a fracture and a tumour, facing potential amputation. Igarashi helps Yamazaki support Yuichi, but Yamazaki resigns due to lost confidence. Yuichi’s frustration leads to a misunderstanding, causing him and Igarashi to resign. A soccer match for former cancer patients, organised by Professor Oiwa, helps Yuichi regain hope.

title: Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

overview: Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.

title: The Green City

overview: Hot-selling artist Sosuke Natsume suddenly declares filmmaking on the final day of his concert. Although the staff at his music agency are panicking because of his sudden declaration, Natsume keeps preparing for it with the help of his old friend, cameraman Tamura. The film production finally starts after the staff agreed to his declaration.  However, many obstacles, such as the severe public eyes on "cross-industry filmmakers," stand one after another in front of him...

title: Hard Romanticker

overview: Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole overflowing with sex and fury. Day after day, (fictional) Gu finds fresh foes and makes the local hoodlums want to kick his ass. While working multiple dead-end part-time jobs, he cruises around town on his scooter in search of gangland trouble: leaping across rooftops with irate hordes of punks in hot pursuit, running off with a fetching belle in a sailor suit, rescuing a schoolgirl from being gang-raped at a glue-sniffing orgy…

title: Rainbow Bridge

overview: Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same tenement house.

title: 都庁爆破！

overview: TBS broadcasts "New Year Drama Special" Metropolitan Bombing! "" From 9 o'clock on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. This is a drama based on "Tokyo Metropolitan Bombing!" Authored by Tetsuo Takashima, a writer Takao Takashima, who appealed in a novel by the tsunami and nuclear power plants in modern Japan before these occurred.

title: Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

overview: Hana Mikumo (Kyoko Fukada), born into the "L Family," a family of thieves for generations, falls in love with Kazuma Sakuraba (Koji Seto), the son of a family of police officers for generations. While hiding her true identity, she dreams of living a normal life.  Eventually, Kazuma discovers her true identity, but the two overcome numerous difficulties, accept their fate, and finally get married. They are blessed with a child, An, and live happily, despite the problems that arise between their two families.  Then one day, Hana's father, Takashi (Atsuro Watabe), declares his "retirement from thievery" after a certain incident. He then gives Hana and Kazuma a slightly belated honeymoon as a gift for all the trouble he has caused them.  However, this turns out to be the "L Family's" final job in search of the greatest treasure in history, and a grand adventure that will uncover a family secret that even Hana is unaware of.

title: Lesson

overview: The days of love between a free-spirited heroine who continues to seek freedom and a young man who is attracted to her charm. Starring Kumiko Akiyoshi.

title: Fukushu no Teio

overview: Tatsuya Shijo was leading a blissful life with her wife and daughter. But all hell came down when a madman murdered his wife and daughter and bizarrely his sister, who was about to get married, killed in a hit and run incident. Vying for revenge, Tatsuya became a professional killer.

title: いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。

original_title: いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。

title: Suzuki=Bakudan

overview: An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist. However, Suzuki first claims to know about the bombs through psychic clairvoyance, and then claims he was hypnotized to forget. He gives hints about the bombs with riddles while riling up his interrogators, especially senior detective Kiyomiya and his junior Ruike. Things seem to be connected to a disgraced cop named Hasebe, who committed suicide after a scandal some years ago. But is Suzuki actually the perpetrator behind the bombs or not?

title: Chanko

title: The Taika Reforms

overview: A drama introduces the well known coup in the 7th Century Japan followed by the Taika reform which marks the start of the nation by portraying the friendship and betrayal between two young men, Nakatomi no Kamatari and Soga no Iruka.

title: New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

overview: The end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a turbulent era that shook Japan.  Were the men who created the new era really heroes?

title: Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man

original_title: 外事警察 その男に騙されるな

title: 世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

original_title: 世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

title: 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-

original_title: 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-

title: Echo of Silence

title: Echo of Silence

title: 再生巨流

title: Koto

title: Swallowtail Butterfly

title: Love Exposure

title: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

original_title: レイトン教授と永遠の歌姫

title: Zebraman

title: Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

original_title: 北の国か '92巣立ち 前編

title: Ashura

title: 円都 YEN TOWN

title: がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

character: 羽島悠馬(はしま ゆうま)

original_title: がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

title: The Flowers of War

title: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

title: R100

title: Masquerade Night

title: Roman-ko Club: Ecchi ga Ippai

original_title: ロマン子クラブ　エッチがいっぱい

title: Rookies the Movie: Graduation

title: Peak: The Rescuers

title: Gravity's Clowns

title: Three... Extremes

title: Inugami

title: To Love

title: A Quiet Life

title: ST: Aka to Shiro no Sôsa File the Movie

original_title: 映画 ST赤と白の捜査ファイル

title: Echo of Silence

title: Love Come

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai

title: Falling into the Evening

title: Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma

title: Making of Zebraman

title: Keizoku Special: Phantom

original_title: ケイゾク／特別篇〜死を契約する呪いの樹

title: Sunshine Ahead

original_title: てぃだかんかん ～海とサンゴと小さな奇跡～

title: Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

title: Last Love, First Love

title: Hi to Shio

title: The Dangerous Slope

title: Black Lizard

title: The River with No Bridge

title: Detective in the Bar

original_title: 探偵はBARにいる2 ススキノ大交差点

title: Heat After Dark

title: The Unconcealed Woman

title: ST Keishichou Kagaku Tokusou-han

title: Death Water

title: Out Burn

original_title: アウトバーン マル暴の女刑事・八神瑛子

title: Koi

title: Masquerade Hotel

title: Nurse Call

title: Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

title: The Green City

title: Hard Romanticker

title: Rainbow Bridge

title: 都庁爆破！

title: Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

title: Lesson

title: Fukushu no Teio

title: いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。

original_title: いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。

title: Suzuki=Bakudan

title: Chanko

title: The Taika Reforms

original_title: 外事警察 その男に騙されるな

title: 世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

original_title: 世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

title: 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-

original_title: 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-

I Wanna Fall in Love

original_name: 恋がしたい 恋がしたい 恋がしたい

Love Letters - Men We Have Loved

original_name: 恋文 〜私たちが愛した男〜

松本清張没後20年特別企画・危険な斜面

original_name: 松本清張没後20年特別企画・危険な斜面

Knockin' on Locked Door

original_name: ノッキンオン・ロックドドア

original_name: ON 異常犯罪捜査官・藤堂比奈子

ストーカー 逃げきれぬ愛

original_name: ストーカー 逃げきれぬ愛

Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi

original_name: 引き抜き屋～ヘッドハンターの流儀～

Signal

original_name: シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班

ST MPD Scientific Investigation Squad

original_name: ST 赤と白の捜査ファイル

NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

original_name: NHKスペシャル 未解決事件

I Wanna Punch That Scumbag!

original_name: あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ

Professional

original_name: プロフェッショナル 保険調査員・天音蓮

title: Echo of Silence

title: Echo of Silence


Eva Schnare

Unterleuten: The Torn Village

job: Editor

overview: In the middle of untouched nature, surrounded by forests and grain fields of the Brandenburg province, the fictional village of Unterleuten with only 250 inhabitants is located. Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall it seems a peaceful place for both locals and newcomers. But the appearance of rural idyll in eastern Germany is deceptive. There are turnaround winners and turnaround losers, friends and enemies, neighbors eyeing each other with suspicion, gossip, old secrets and hidden conflicts. When the mayor puts forward the proposal to have a company build a wind farm with dozen of wind turbines in order to secure the prosperity and future of the locals, the open fight for the only possible piece of land begins, which unfortunately belongs to three different owners. Everyone sees big money for themselves. Alliances are formed and friends become enemies. In addition, an unscrupulous vulture capitalism investor from southern Germany interferes that causes the glass to overflow.

department: Editing

original_name: Unterleuten - Das zerrissene Dorf

original_language: de

Beneath the Surface

overview: Two families have created an idyllic life for themselves on one of the Oxen Islands. But when tragedy strikes, long-buried secrets come to light, friendships are undermined, and the paradise they built begins to fall apart.

original_name: Tod von Freunden

Scene of the Crime

overview: Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

original_name: Tatort

origin_country: AT CH DE

English

iso_639_1: en

iso_3166_1: US

english_name: English

Deutsch

iso_639_1: de

iso_3166_1: CH

english_name: German

title: Guys & Balls

overview: Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small town’s soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to return one day with an all-gay team that will grind the heteros into the dust, so he sets off to find his “dream team.” With the help of his nurse sister, Ecki scours local gay bars and eventually assembles a hilariously motley but endearing crew of misfits that includes a leather-daddy threesome, a femme Turk with Beckham fantasies, a secret straight guy in love with the sister, and a seriously cute nurse eager for some private play-time with the goalie. Ecki now has two problems – turning this bunch into a team, and facing his own fears regarding his first romance.

original_title: Männer wie wir

title: Paradise Mall

original_title: Schlaraffenland

title: Beyond the Wall

overview: In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

original_title: Jenseits der Mauer

title: Running

overview: A whole year went by before musician Juliane Hansen was able to put her running shoes back on — a year after her partner, Johann König, took his own life. Although her friend Rieke offers all the support she can, Juliane feels lonely and listless. Now, running and panting, she begins to confront her thoughts, which constantly revolve around Johann, and to allow new vitality to enter her life.

original_title: Laufen

title: Ellas Baby

overview: Baby belly or scholarship in the US - in Ella's Baby, the accidental pregnancy of a 16-year-old student turns the life of a patchwork family on its head.

original_title: Ellas Baby

title: Ein Kommissar kehrt zurück

overview: Newly retired Chief Inspector Kovak returns to a small village near Greifswald, where a gruesome crime took place 20 years ago. He was unable to solve the case back then because the evidence against the renowned physics professor Adam was not enough. Now he sticks to Adam again and tries to trick him into making a mistake. But the highly intelligent Adam is far superior to Kovak. How far will Kovak go to convict Adam? Is Adam even the culprit or is Kovak just deluded?

original_title: Ein Kommissar kehrt zurück

title: Geht nicht gibt's nicht

original_title: Geht nicht gibt's nicht

title: Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur

original_title: Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur

title: Ruhe! Hier stirbt Lothar

overview: When the misanthropic tile salesman Lothar is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he sells his business and gives his dog and all his money to an animal shelter and checks into a hospice, where it turns out that he was misdiagnosed.

original_title: Ruhe! Hier stirbt Lothar

title: Tödliches Comeback

overview: Roy and Bruno Singer are a father and son team that couldn't be more different. While the thoroughbred musician Roy earns his money in Berlin with business that is not always legal, Bruno works for the Hamburg police. His dream is to join the homicide squad and win the heart of his colleague Kyra Sperling. His boss Tamara Rosenberg strongly advises him to stay away from his father, who is on the record.

original_title: Tödliches Comeback

title: Sophia, Death and Me

overview: After a restless night, Reiner's doorbell rings. In front of it stands Morten de Sarg, which is actually his death. To his amazement, he is unable to let Reiner die; instead, the doorbell rings again. Sophia has a date with her ex-boyfriend for his mother Lore's birthday. Together they set out on a journey that ultimately leads them to Reiner's seven-year-old son Johnny, whom he hasn't seen for ages - all under the strict supervision of God and Archangel Michaela.

original_title: Sophia, der Tod und ich

title: Ein großer Aufbruch

overview: After getting his cancer diagnosis, Holm decides to die in Switzerland. With a last big appearance he wants to say goodbye to his family. Holm invites family members and close friends to a dinner to review his successful life. But the evening is not a wistful-emotional family reunion, but a settlement with the head of the family. Old wounds break open, long kept secrets come to light, the different views of the people, the others and the life leads to hard argument and to many a surprise.

original_title: Ein großer Aufbruch

title: Der gute Bulle

overview: A small paper umbrella attracts the attention of Fredo Schulz when chief detectives Milan Filipovic and Lola Karras visit him at the North Sea. A seven-year-old girl has disappeared. Ashley Bols is already the third missing girl. Schulz was unable to rescue the other two. They have still not been found, but Schulz simply knows that they are dead. He also knows who the perpetrator is: Roland Bischoff.

original_title: Der gute Bulle

title: Weißt du noch?

overview: Marianne and Günter, a married couple in their seventies, have completely forgotten why they once fell in love with each other. On their wedding day, they want to get their memories back using a supposed "miracle pill" against forgetfulness.

original_title: Weißt du noch?

title: Effi Briest

overview: Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten's old regimental comrade, Major Crampas – a charming womanizer – arrives on the scene.

original_title: Effi Briest

title: George

overview: The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.

original_title: George

title: The Lost Brother

overview: A boy feels neglected by his parents because they grieve for his older brother, who went missing in the aftermath of the second world war.

original_title: Der verlorene Bruder

title: Eine Frau verschwindet

overview: In the red-light district of Amsterdam, the dead body of a man is discovered. Commissioner van Leeuwen and his squad have to deal with a series of mysteries to get to the bottom of the case.

original_title: Eine Frau verschwindet

title: Die Bubi Scholz Story

overview: Dramatic life of Gustav "Bubi" Scholz, who rose from post-war obscurity and a background in black market dealings to become a celebrated European boxing champion in the late 1940s. Charismatic and widely admired, he quickly became a national icon. But as the spotlight fades and his victories grow distant, Scholz’s personal life begins to unravel, leading him into a downward spiral of addiction and emotional turmoil.

original_title: Die Bubi Scholz Story

title: Amigo - Dead on Arrival

overview: Two BKA investigators fly to Italy to arrest the ex-RAF terrorist Amigo Steiger, who has gone into hiding there. The arrest ends in bloodshed. Steiger escapes and travels to Hamburg to find out who betrayed him...

original_title: Amigo – Bei Ankunft Tod

title: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten

overview: Nikolas, a boy sexually abused by his father, and Eva, a girl physically abused by her mother, make a pact to kill each other's nemesis after getting the idea from a school play [Faustus]. Nikolas must realize the seriousness of that pact soon enough

title: Guys & Balls

title: Paradise Mall

title: Beyond the Wall

title: Running

title: Ellas Baby

title: Ein Kommissar kehrt zurück

title: Geht nicht gibt's nicht

title: Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur

title: Ruhe! Hier stirbt Lothar

title: Tödliches Comeback

title: Sophia, Death and Me

title: Ein großer Aufbruch

title: Der gute Bulle

title: Weißt du noch?

title: Effi Briest

title: George

title: The Lost Brother

title: Eine Frau verschwindet

title: Die Bubi Scholz Story

title: Amigo - Dead on Arrival

title: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten