Go Wakabayashi

Kyoto Josei Kisha Series

overview: Suspense Drama Series

original_name: 京都・女性記者シリーズ

original_language: ja

The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine

overview: Natsumi takes a job at Kitchen Macaroni, a family-run restaurant known for its omelets, pretending to be the fiancée of the owner's eldest son. Though initially met with skepticism by the staff and family, she gradually wins them over.

character: Nabeshima Kenzo

original_name: ランチの女王

環状線に消えた女

character: 編集長

original_name: 環状線に消えた女

西村京太郎サスペンス　四国情死行

original_name: 西村京太郎サスペンス　四国情死行

BOSS

overview: Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband.

character: Hiroto Takeoka

original_name: BOSS

Totsugawa Keibu Series (The Suspence)

overview: Totsugawa Keibu Series produced by Daiei TV-Film, aired on TBS from 1982 to 1984.

original_name: 十津川警部シリーズ (ザ・サスペンス)

Solitary Gourmet

overview: 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 cuisine.

original_name: 孤独のグルメ

Nemuri Kyoshiro

overview: Starting out in Edo, as Kyoshiro travels west toward Kyoto, he encounters some of the most dangerous obstacles in his career. Signs that the Tokugawa shogunate was vulnerable began to appear during the reign of 12th Shogun Ieyoshi. The Satsuma and the 13 Western non-Tokugawa lords began to act in suspicious ways. Minister Takebe, under orders from shogunate councilor Mizuno, attempted to quash this unrest. Nemuri Kyoshiro, a loner headed west, unwittingly becomes involved in the struggle.

original_name: 眠狂四郎円月殺法

Sanada Yukimura

overview: Lord Sanada along with his deadly ninja assassins Kirigakure Saizo and Sarutobi Sasuke attempt to restore the rule of the Toyotomi during the brutal period just after the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

original_name: 風雲！真田 幸村

Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross

overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Jiro Ikushima, this drama series aired on NET TV (now TV Asahi) in 1972 for a total of 26 episodes. Starring the talented actor Kinnosuke Yorozuya, who had previously shown his skills in various period films such as "Mabuta no Haha," "Seki no Yatappe," and "Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yoyo ichi-hiki," the show follows the tragic hero and is sure to captivate audiences with its compelling storyline. Viewers are sure to be drawn into the drama and root for the protagonist as the story unfolds.

original_name: さすらいの狼

Samurai Courier

overview: The show revolves around a group of five ronin (masterless samurai) who make a living by transporting anything, anywhere. They take on tasks ranging from dangerous items that the town's couriers won't handle to people. The narrative features an innovative concept where the characters become entangled in incidents and use their skills and courage to resolve them. Starring veteran actors Yutaro Daitomo, Ryuji Shinagawa, Goh Wakabayashi, and others, the series is known for its lively and bold storytelling, making it a must-watch for fans of historical dramas.

original_name: さむらい飛脚

The Pride of the Temp

overview:
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before.

This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.

character: Kyōbashi Chairman

original_name: ハケンの品格

Ronin in a Lawless Town

overview: A wildly unusual story set in the earliest days of the Meiji era. The story centers around a gathering place called The Mermaid Saloon, where scantily clad pearl divers put on a show while two residents of the inn upstairs...

character: Chidori Gennosuke

original_name: 人魚亭異聞 無法街の素浪人

The Hooded Avenger

overview: Kurata Tenzen, agent of the Royalists hides his identity, and using a disguise fights injustice during the Bakumatsu Period "the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate's Downfall." There was a battle to completely unify the nation under the leadership of the Emperor and to bring the power back to the Imperial Government. His battles against the Shinsengumi are what the legends are made of. If only they knew the identity of the man behind the mask!

character: Kondo Isami

original_name: 鞍馬天狗

Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

overview: Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

original_name: コールドケース ～真実の扉～

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　風雲！旗本奴と町奴

original_name: 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　風雲！旗本奴と町奴

Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai

overview: Tv special that follows the life of Genghis Khan. Adapted from a novel by Yasushi Inoue.

character: ジャムカ

original_name: 蒼き狼 成吉思汗の生涯

江戸の牙

original_name: 江戸の牙

G-Men '75

overview:
G-Men '75 was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, G-Men '82, followed, as did various specials. With several updates and cast changes, it included 355 episodes.

The story revolved around an investigative organ, the G-Men. The principal character, who spanned the entire series, was Superintendent Kuroki. Portrayed by Tetsuro Tamba, Kuroki directed the members of the group.

The original cast also included Yasuaki Kurata as Detective Kusano, trained in karate. Gō Wakabayashi joined in Episode 105, and remained to the end of the series. His character, Lieutenant Tachibana, replaced a detective who was written out of the script.

Many more actors and actresses took regular roles in the series over the years. Gō Ibuki, Maria Mori, Mari Natsuki, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Takeshi Kaga, Bunjaku Han, and Kyōko Enami were among them.

Shunsuke Kikuchi wrote the opening theme songs. Various artists, including some cast members, wrote and performed the closing songs. Among the actresses who sang were Mari Natsuki, Bun-jaku Han, and Kyōko Enami. For most years, the lyrics were by Junya Sato, set to music by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Veteran announcer Takayuki Akutagawa narrated the series.

character: 立花警部補

日本語

iso_639_1: ja

iso_3166_1: JP

english_name: Japanese

Český

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iso_3166_1: CZ

english_name: Czech

Slovenčina

iso_639_1: sk

iso_3166_1: SK

english_name: Slovak

Український

iso_639_1: uk

iso_3166_1: UA

english_name: Ukrainian

title: Kanei Chronicles

overview: From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!

character: Jubei Yagyu

original_title: 寛永風雲録

title: Goryokaku

overview: After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

original_title: 五稜郭

title: A Chorus of One Million People

overview: A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.

character: Tsukasa Nitta

original_title: 百万人の大合唱

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!

original_title: 家光謀殺

title: New Don Clan

overview: After the shocking death of former Seiun-kai chairman, "Oni" Shima Shu (Hiroki Matsukata), Yuuki Mishima (Yuta Sone) takes on the role of Seiun-kai chairman, aiming to expand his clan constructively. Meanwhile, his cousin Atsushi (Junichi Kawamoto), impulsive and violent, continues to keep Kanto on the verge of conflict, though Yuuki manages to avoid war. Amidst all this, the Kansai-based Tatsumi-gumi's lieutenant, Yamanaka (Ryuji Harada), secretly plots to expand into Tokyo. With clashing intentions, internal divisions, and an external threat encroaching, the true mastermind who controls it all smiles in the shadows... Thus concludes this epic yakuza saga!

original_title: 新・首領（ドン）の一族

title: Ambition Without Honor 2

overview: Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, he makes an unlikely ally in a rebel cop.

character: Gô

original_title: 仁義なき野望2

title: Bushido

overview: 1732, in the era of Yoshimune Tokugawa. West Japan suffers from a severe famine. Three years after wards, it appeared as though calm had been restored to the domain, but there is word that Jyuzo Matsumiya, the sword fighting instructor sent by the shogunate, is taking some suspicious actions.

original_title: 蠢動-しゅんどう-

title: Mr. Lady Cinderella at Dawn

original_title: Mr.レディー 夜明けのシンデレラ

title: Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

overview: The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for almost 300 years has never been told like this before. From the early days as a supporter of Imagawa Yoshimoto, then on to his days with Oda Nobunaga, leading to his wars against and ultimate victory over the Toyotomi to become shogun is a fascinating tale of his military genius coupled with a native intelligence that allowed him to become the last of the great warlords and ultimately the leader of the nation. With great performances from an all-star cast featuring names like Kitaoji Kinya and Takahashi Hideki this is history come to life on the screen.

original_title: 戦国最後の勝利者！徳川家康

title: Musashi

overview: Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of the life and travels of the famous Miyamoto Musashi we find an apprentice, an instructor and the account of a famous battle in Japan of the Middle Ages where many questions will be answered.

original_title: 武蔵－むさし－

title: Shag

overview: Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.

original_title: 犬笛

title: The Unruly Ronin's Journey

overview: A ronin named Azami Onijuro travels the Nikko Highway, he is being followed by the bounty hunter Daihachi and Yukata Danzen. He is pursued by his past as a covert spy under Lord Matsudaira. Due to certain circumstances, Onijuro betrayed him and became a wandering ronin. Ever since, he's been hunted by Matsudaira's subordinates and bounty hunters. After saving the tough and fiery woman Omom from yakuza trouble, Onijuro and his companions head to Akame-shuku (inn town). Here, a conflict brews between the Tsurugame family led by Genroku and the lawless monk group led by Tetsuzan, a former sumo wrestler gone rogue. Onijuro sides with Tetsuzan, while Daihachi and Danzen side with Genroku. This intricate web of allegiances and confrontations unfolds against the backdrop of the bustling post-town.

original_title: 素浪人無頼旅

title: Lost in the Wilderness

overview: The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.

character: Hiroto Nagatsuka

original_title: 植村直己物語

title: Samurai Rebellion

overview: Echizen Fukui Domain. Futago Rokubei, who backs down even at the sight of a gecko, is called "Coward Samurai" by others.  His sister Kane blames him for not having any marriage proposals. One day, the lord's martial arts instructor, Nito Kouken, kills one of the lord's attendants, Kano, and flees, leading the angry lord to issue an order to kill him.  However, there is no one in the domain who can match the swordsmanship of Nito. Rokubei, in order to clear his long-standing dishonor, volunteers to be the one to kill Nito and sets out on the journey, leaving behind Kane who tries to stop him in tears.

character: Nito Kouken

original_title: あらすじ

title: Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire

original_title: 燃えて、散る 炎の剣士 沖田総司

title: Human Target

overview: At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.

character: Detective Negoro

original_title: 人間標的

title: The Fall of Ako Castle

overview: This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.

character: Araki

original_title: 赤穂城断絶

title: Shadow of Love

title: Oyari Haishaku

overview: Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day, in a drinking contest, he misses sending his lord off as he leaves Edo for Kuju. Released from service for this blunder, Akame becomes a wandering samurai. He goes on to steal lances from many feudal lords' processions. For Furuta, suffering defeat is out of question. To protect his domain and family, he takes it on himself to meet Murase and proposes an alliance between the Wako, Fuki and Ushizu domains. With the fate of the feudal families in their hands, Furuta and Murase pursue Akame. Each with something to protect, the men fight desperately over the lances.

title: Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

overview: Nami, the young madam of a well-established hot spring hotel in Kotohira, is reunited with her childhood friend Kana who has come to participate in an art auction. However, when people with links to the auction start getting killed one after another, Nami sets out to find the criminal with her detective husband Ryohei.

original_title: 温泉若おかみの殺人推理9

title: Aspiration

title: Port Arthur

overview: Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

title: Karafuto 1945 Summer

overview: The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.

original_title: 樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門

title: Momotarō Zamurai III

overview: Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ruthless conspirators will threaten the foundations of shogunate rule over Japan. Only the relentless slashing sword of Momotaro may save the nation from the Ran clan's army of killers.

title: Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan.

overview: Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects murder. A ticket for a train trip around Japan is found in the professor's pocket. However, nobody then could have known the shocking truth hidden behind the tour the dead man was supposed to attend...

original_title: 西村京太郎スペシャル　日本一周「旅号」殺人事件

title: Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

overview: Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest way to do this is to subjugate the neighboring warlords. This is an action that results in the death of his father and younger brother and not the least brings him to the attention of Hideyoshi and not in a good way either but intervention by the regents nephew Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie save his neck although he is forced to move to a smaller fief and send his wife to Kyoto as hostage. Although curbed of his lofty ambitions his friendship with Hidetsugu again lands him in hot water when Ishida Mitsunari arranges the downfall of the unfortunate Hidetsugu, Toshiie and Ieyasu save his neck and the flamboyant young warlord is sent to Korea where he wins great honors. Upon his return Hideyoshi is dead and Masamune allies himself with Tokugawa Ieyasu thus assuring the survival of the Date family. An amazing story from beginning to the end!

title: Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

overview: Accused of being a spy for a rival clan by Nanbu Clan samurai who then attack him, the 'Lowly Ronin' barely escapes with his life after being shot.  Nursed back to health by Yamaoka Daijiro, the one Nanbu Clan retainer that believes him, he must find a way to prove his inno-cence to the others.  The two team up together to uncover the mystery and find out who the real spy is that threatens the security of the clan.  Against all odds, the two master swordsmen must rely on all their skills to defeat a vast conspiracy and save the clan from being abolished.

original_title: 素浪人罷り通る 矢立峠に裏切りを見た

title: Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

overview: An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, during, and after World War II, against the backdrop of the turbulent history of the Showa period and the magnificent nature of Hokkaido.

original_title: 流れの譜 第一部動乱 第二部夜明け

title: Takeda Shingen

overview: During the 16th century, Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of civil wars and the powerful warlords who fought them. One of the earliest and strongest of these men was the Lord Takeda Shingen, a tremendous military genius.

title: ガラスの家の暴力少女

overview: The daughter, who was an honor student, suddenly refused to go to school when she was in the fifth grade of elementary school. When she entered junior high school, she started to become violent towards her mother.

title: Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

overview: A period comedy set at the end of the Sengoku Period about Sasuke Saruhi, a middle-aged ninja.

title: Challenge at Dawn

overview: Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocurred in Yokohama that year and was sparked by corruption and yakuza involvement in the construction industry.

title: The Fir Tree Remains

overview: The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor” in Japanese history. As the Date clan faces the threat of destruction from within and from the shogunate, Harada courageously steps forward, alone, to protect the family and its legacy. This powerful story of loyalty, honor, and strategy is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat. Don’t miss this emotional rollercoaster that unravels a pivotal moment in feudal Japan’s turbulent past.

title: Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

overview: After more than 200 years of Isolation, Japan is ready for a modern samurai who isn't afraid to use guns and embrace the outside world.

title: The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction

overview: Yagyu Jubei (Hiroki Matsukata) receives a grave warning from his father, Munenori (Kinnosuke Yorozuya): the Tottori Ikeda clan has enlisted his old friend, the master Araki Mataemon (Go Wakabayashi). Driven by rumors of a hidden silver mine, Jubei secretly infiltrates Tottori, only to uncover that the domain has been seized by the rogue schemer, Gyobu Kuroiwa (Ken Nishida). As Jubei relentlessly pursues the truth behind the mine and the domain's fate, he finds himself ensnared in Kuroiwa’s ruthless trap, culminating in his capture... The master swordsman is finally betrayed.

original_title: 柳生武芸帳4 十兵衛あばれ旅

title: 蛇公主

title: Kanei Chronicles

title: Goryokaku

title: A Chorus of One Million People

title: Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

title: New Don Clan

title: Ambition Without Honor 2

title: Bushido

title: Mr. Lady Cinderella at Dawn

original_title: Mr.レディー 夜明けのシンデレラ

title: Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

original_title: 戦国最後の勝利者！徳川家康

title: Musashi

title: Shag

title: The Unruly Ronin's Journey

title: Lost in the Wilderness

title: Samurai Rebellion

title: Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire

original_title: 燃えて、散る 炎の剣士 沖田総司

title: Human Target

title: The Fall of Ako Castle

title: Shadow of Love

title: Oyari Haishaku

original_title: 温泉若おかみの殺人推理9

title: Aspiration

title: Port Arthur

title: Karafuto 1945 Summer

original_title: 樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門

title: Momotarō Zamurai III

original_title: 西村京太郎スペシャル　日本一周「旅号」殺人事件

title: Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

title: Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

original_title: 素浪人罷り通る 矢立峠に裏切りを見た

original_title: 流れの譜 第一部動乱 第二部夜明け

title: Takeda Shingen

title: ガラスの家の暴力少女

title: Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

title: Challenge at Dawn

title: The Fir Tree Remains

title: Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

title: The Yagyu Code 4: A Duel of Conviction

original_title: 柳生武芸帳4 十兵衛あばれ旅

title: 蛇公主

西村京太郎サスペンス　四国情死行

original_name: 西村京太郎サスペンス　四国情死行

Totsugawa Keibu Series (The Suspence)

original_name: 十津川警部シリーズ (ザ・サスペンス)

Ronin in a Lawless Town

original_name: 人魚亭異聞 無法街の素浪人

Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~

original_name: コールドケース ～真実の扉～

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　風雲！旗本奴と町奴

original_name: 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　風雲！旗本奴と町奴

A Star is Born

overview: Kawada Junko is a second-year high school student and a member of her school's drama club. Her dream is to become anz actress. Her setback? She has suffered from a congenital heart defect since birth. Then one day, a suspicious man claiming to be Junko's father shows up at the Kawada home in Kiso, Nagano. How will this affect Junko and her dream?