Nietzsche-sensei ~ Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita
Date: January 2016
Station: Hulu
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (Watashi no Kiraina Tantei, Aoi Honoo, Yuusha Yoshihiko Series)
Original Work: Nietzsche-sensei ~ Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita by Matsu Koma
Genre: Workplace comedy
Cast: Mamiya Shotaro, Urai Kenji
Synopsis: Matsukoma-kun (Urai Kenji), a veteran part-timer and jobless university graduate, finds himself stressed and twisted around by Nietzsche-sensei (Mamiya Shotaro) his new colleague at the convenience store. Also known as Nii Tomoharu, Nietzsche-sensei is a university student studying Buddhism and has a peculiar way of serving customers.
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Fragile
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 13 January 2016
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Hashibe Atsuko (Ghost Writer, Boku no Ita Jikan, Osozaki no Himawari)
Original Work: Fragile by Kusa Mizubin
Genre: Medical
Cast: Nagase Tomoya
Synopsis: Kishi Keiichitaro (Nagase Tomoya) is a handsome but eccentric pathologist with a sharp tongue. He would clash with the other party no matter who he or she is, for the sake of medical justice and the lives of patients. Because he does not mince his words, he makes nothing but enemies.
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/FG
Higanbana ~ Keishichou Sousa Nanaka
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, January 2016
Station: NTV
Scriptwriters: Tokunaga Tomihiko (Saikyou no Futari, Keiji 7-nin, Tenshi to Akuma), Ikegami Junya (Deiri Kinshi no Onna, Gokuaku Ganbo, Miss Pilot), Matsumoto Miyako (Bokura Playboys, Sakura, Inpei Sousa), Arai Shuko (Mother Game, Dark Suits, Shima no Sensei)
Genre: Detective
Cast: Horikita Maki, Dan Rei, Jiyoung, Takanashi Rin, YOU, Takahashi Keiko, Ichikawa Tomohiro, Kimoto Takehiro, Sano Shiro, Daichi Mao
Synopsis: Higanbana is a unit made up of only female detectives from the head of the division, Segawa Sumire (Daichi Mao), to Kinomiya Nagisa (Horikita Maki) who is attuned to the evil intentions of other people and usually wears headphones to block these out, Minegishi Yukino (Dan Rei), Ito Rin (Takanashi Rin), Yanagi Sachiko (YOU), and forensic researcher Nagami Karuko (Jiyoung). This unofficial division was established with the objective of taking measures against female criminals and female victims. The members are beautiful, but have outwitted their male colleagues to solve numerous cases.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/higanbana
Related: Higanbana Drama Special
Ooka Echizen Season 3
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Fridays, January 2016
Station: NHK BS Premium
Scriptwriter: Onishi Nobuyuki (Ooka Echizen Series)
Genre: Period
Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Katsumura Masanobu, Konda Yoshimasa, Matsubara Chieko, Hira Takehiro, Tsugawa Masahiko
Synopsis: The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune (Hira Takehiro) was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms advanced by Yoshimune. Ooka Echizen (Higashiyama Noriyuki), an Edo magistrate, punished evil that brought suffering to the common people, making judicial decisions with humanity and fairness that came to be known as “Ooka Sabaki”. He would go beyond his status and position, and work very hard for the people’s happiness. He was also their pride.
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Related: Ooka Echizen Season 2
Tokyo Sentimental
Date: From 12.12 a.m., Saturdays, January 2016
Station: TV Tokyo
Scriptwriters: Matsumoto Tetsuya, Brazily Ann Yamada (White Lab, Bussen), Arai Tomoka (Konkatsu Deka, Taikomochi no Tatsujin, Tamagawa Kuyakusho of The Dead)
Cast: Yoshida Kotaro, Takahata Mitsuki, Katagiri Jin, Otsuka Nene
Synopsis: The son of the second generation owner of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop ‘Kururiya’ in Tokyo’s Kototoibashi, Kururi Takuzo (Yoshida Kotaro) was born and raised in Tokyo. He received a strict education from his father, who was a man with an old-fashioned way of thinking, and his skills in making the shop’s signature dango have surpassed his father’s. But in his personal life, he has divorced thrice and is a rather sloppy man to women. Now at the age of 55, he leads a carefree life. His hobby is to go for walks in town with the antique single-lens reflex camera that his father bought for him when he was a child, and capture the scenery of the good old-fashioned Tokyo which will change someday. In the middle of such days, Takuzo encounters women whom he is attracted to. He spends a time with each woman, talking over delicious alcohol and food while having a fleeting love. Will love work out for him?
Website: www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tokyo_sentimental
Related: Tokyo Sentimental Drama Special
Arechi no Koi*NEW*
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, 9 January 2016
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriters: Kurosawa Hisako (Kaiki Daisakusen, Shijuukunichi no Recipe), Watanabe Takayoshi
Original Work: Arechi no Koi by Nejime Shoichi
Genre: Love
Cast: Toyokawa Etsushi, Suzuki Kyoka, Taguchi Tomorow, Tomita Yasuko, Kawashima Umika, Murakawa Eri, Matsushige Yutaka
Synopsis: Kitazawa Taro (Toyokawa Etsushi) played a central role in post-war Japan’s modern poetry movement due to the launch of the poetry magazine ‘Arechi’ with fellow poets in 1947. 28 years later in 1975, the 53-year-old works at a newspaper’s proofreading department as he continues to compose poetry and cherishes ordinary happiness every day. But one day, Kitazawa falls in love with Akiko (Suzuki Kyoka), the wife of his good friend Mitamura Kiichi (Matsushige Yutaka). He abandons his wife (Tomita Yasuko) and children (Kawashima Umika) and leaves home … …
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/arechi
Sanada-maru
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Sundays, January 2016
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Mitani Koki (Orient Kyuukou Satsujin Jiken, Sutekina Kakushidori, Wagaya no Rekishi)
Genre: Period
Cast: Sakai Masato, Oizumi Yo, Kimura Yoshino, Nagasawa Masami, Kuroki Haru, Kusakari Masao, Takahata Atsuko, Kusabue Mitsuko, Terajima Susumu, Nakahara Takeo, Fujii Takashi, Hira Takehiro, Danta Yasunori, Endo Kenichi, Yoshida Yo, Fujioka Hiroshi, Takashima Masanobu, Saito Yuki, Kondo Masaomi, Uchino Masaaki, Nishimura Masahiko, Fujimoto Takahiro, Kohinata Fumiyo, Suzuki Kyoka, Katsura Bunshi, Kobayashi Takashi, Takeuchi Yuko, Yamamoto Koji, Kataoka Ainosuke, Niiro Shinya, Nakagawa Taishi
Synopsis: Sanada Nobushige (Sakai Masato), known in history as Sanada Yukimura, was born to a nominal lord of Shinshu (present day Nagano Prefecture). The Sanadas were at the mercy of the turbulent wars which the surrounding feudal lords waged. In his youth, Yukimura lived as a hostage of Uesugi Kagekatsu (Endo Kenichi) and then Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Kohinata Fumiyo). However, Yukimura, who read both the period and its people accurately, would try hard to survive the Sengoku era with his family, including his father Masayuki (Kusakari Masao), and elder brother Nobuyuki (Oizumi Yo), through wisdom, courage and great effort. He was confined on Mt Koya for taking the side of the Western forces in the Battle of Sekigahara. During The Siege of Osaka, Yukimura built a fortification called Sanada-maru and bravely fought the much larger invading forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu (Uchino Masaaki) in a display of his outstanding leadership. He died in battle in the summer siege.
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