Manpuku
Date: From 8.00 a.m., Mondays – Saturdays, 1 October 2018
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yasushi (Doctors Series, Good Partner, Galileo Series)
Cast: Ando Sakura, Hasegawa Hiroki, Matsushita Nao, Kaname Jun, Uchida Yuki, Otani Ryohei, Matsuzaka Keiko, Kiritani Kenta, Seto Koji, Kishii Yukino, Hashimoto Manami, Matsui Rena, Kureshiro Kumi, Hamano Kenta, Fujiyama Senjiro, Kataoka Ainosuke, Nakao Akira, Hashizume Isao
Synopsis: The youngest of three sisters (Uchida Yuki, Matsushita Nao), Imai Fukuko (Ando Sakura) grew up in a poor family but received a lot of love. She is a born optimist and loves eating. Because her father died early, she starts to work as a hotel’s telephone switchboard operator to support the family after graduating from a school for girls. Some incident leads to her encounter with her future husband Tachibana Manpei (Hasegawa Hiroki). The two of the eventually get married but Fukuko keeps getting pushed around by Manpei who develops businesses with unconventional ideas. At first, she only tolerates this, but she soon supports him and begins to grow into a strong woman. And then, the couple produce a great invention of the century which changes global food culture.
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Boku to Shippo to Kagurazaka
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, October 2018
Station: TV Asahi
Scriptwriters: Taniguchi Junichiro (Shiro to Kiiro, Universal Koukokusha, Hanzai Shokogun Series), Kunii Kei (Mob Psycho 100, Kakuregiku, Kogure Shashinkan)
Original Work: Boku to Shippo to Kagurazaka by Tarasawa Michi
Cast: Aiba Masaki
Synopsis: Koenji Tatsuya (Aiba Masaki) is a young vet who works at Sakanoue Veterinary Clinic in Kagurazaka, Tokyo. He quit the veterinary hospital that he had worked at and returned to his hometown. He is about to work for Dr Tokumaru but Dr Tokumaru entrusts the clinic to him all of a sudden, and disappears. Despite his bewilderment, Tatsuya stays on. His interactions with the people of Kagurazaka deepen and he is eventually called Dr Ko.
Website: www.tv-asahi.co.jp/shippo
Kyou kara Ore wa!!
Date: From 10.30 p.m., Sundays, October 2018
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (Super Salaryman Saenai-shi, Yuusha Yoshihiko Series )
Original Work: Kyou kara Ore wa!! by Nishimori Hiroyuki
Genre: School comedy
Cast: Kaku Kento, Kentaro, Taiga, Yamoto Yuma, Suzuki Nobuyuki, Isomura Hayato, Seino Nana, Hashimoto Kanna
Synopsis: Free-spirited, self-indulgent Mitsuhashi Takashi’s (Kaku Kento) creed is “Whatever I do, I’ll win!”. He decides to become a blonde-haired delinquent after his transfer to Nanpa High School. Together with the righteous, spikey-haired Ito Shinji (Kentaro), he forms the greatest delinquent duo.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/kyoukaraoreha
Saint Onii-san
Date: Fall 2018
Network: Pikkoma TV
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (Super Salaryman Saenai-shi, Yuusha Yoshihiko Series, Uchuu no Shigoto)
Original Work: Saint Onii-san by Nakamura Hikaru
Cast: Matsuyama Kenichi, Sometani Shota
Synopsis: Jesus (Matsuyama Kenichi) and Buddha (Sometani Shota), who have safely crossed over to a new century, are sharing an apartment in Tachikawa, Tokyo while they spend a vacation on earth taking in its four seasons. Jesus loves feeble jokes and comedy greatly and is a spendthrift who loves new things. Buddha, on the other hand, is thrifty like a housewife and his hobby is making original T-shirts using silkscreen printing. They are enjoying everyday life at their own pace, but unintentionally demonstrate their godly powers everywhere.
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Ten Tenhodori no Kaidanji*NEW*
Date: Fall 2018
Station: TV Tokyo
Scriptwriters: Nemoto Nonji (Smoking, Otoko no Misao, Izakaya Fuji), Masaike Yosuke (Miss Sherlock, Massage Tantei Joe), Miyamoto Masaki
Original Work: Ten Tenhodori no Kaidanji by Fukumoto Nobuyuki
Cast: Kishitani Goro
Synopsis: Igawa Hiroyuki is well-versed in mahjong and makes a killing from novice opponents at a mahjong parlour. One day, he meets Ten Takashi (Kishitani Goro) who runs a mahjong contracting business, in other words a pinch hitter. Ten is unrivalled in his ability to win and his strong will. Hiroyuki admires him, and gets immersed in the world of mahjong. The two of them soon encounter Akagi Shigeru, the legendary mahjong player, and Harada Katsumi, currently one of Kansai’s strongest mahjong players, as they battle it out to determine who is the top of Japan’s mahjong underworld.
Website: www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ten
Shinhannin
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 23 September 2018
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriter: Ikeda Natshko (Miyazawa Kenji no Shokutaku, Suna no Tou, Algernon ni Hanabata o (2014))
Original Work: Shinhannin by Shouda Kan
Genre: Mystery
Cast: Kamikawa Takaya, Koizumi Kotaro, Uchida Yuki, Komoto Masahiro, Tanaka Yoji, Hamada Manabu, Morioka Ryu, Shimizu Shin, Nagano Satomi, Moro Morooka, Kondo Yoshimasa, Omi Toshinori, Kitami Toshiyuki, Denden, Takashima Masanobu
Synopsis: The murder of Sudo Isao (Omi Toshinori), a used car dealer, occurs in Shizuoka Prefecture in 2008. Detective Kusaka Satoru (Koizumi Kotaro) of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s Susuno Precinct, checks his background. He learns that Sudo’s young son Obata Mamoru from a previous marriage, died in a kidnapping incident in Shizuoka in 1974. In 1988, with just one year before the statute of limitation on the kidnapping case ran out, a special investigation unit was formed under the instructions of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s police chief Hashibami Yasuhide (Takashima Masanobu). Shigeto Seiichiro (Kamikawa Takaya), who rose to the rank of superintendent despite being a non-career officer, became the director and led a group of six capable detectives in the re-investigation. Kusaka cannot comprehend why Sudo, who lived in Tokyo more than 20 years after the death of his son, was murdered in Shizuoka Prefecture. He instinctively knows that delving into the kidnap and murder of the child will shed light on the case. Kusaka visits Shigeto who has left the police for a long time and searches for clues. He makes contact with Mamoru’s mother Saeko (Nagano Satomi) and her older sister Rie (Uchida Yuki), and gradually draws near the real culprit.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/shinhannin
Cold Case Season 2 ~ Shinjitsu no Tobira
Date: Fall 2018
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriters: Yoshida Yasuhiro (Konoudori Season 2, Plage, Cold Case Season 1), Sakai Masaaki (Aogeba Toutoshi, Hamon (Yakubyougami Series), Smoking Gun), Nogi Moegi, Takimoto Tomoyuki (Hokuto, Tenshi to Akuma, Watashi to iu Unmei ni Tsuite), Hourai Ryuta (Heisei Sasameyuki, Cold Case Season 1), Zeze Takahisa (Cold Case Season 1, Zainin no Uso, Kanata no Ko)
Genre: Investigative
Original Work: Cold Case by Warner Bros
Cast: Yoshida Yo, Nagayama Kento, Takito Kenichi, Mitsuishi Ken, Miura Tomokazu
Synopsis: Inspector Ishikawa Yuri (Yoshida Yo) leads the team (Nagayama Kento, Takito Kenichi, Mitsuishi Ken) from the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division to crack unsolved cases.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/coldcase2
Related: Cold Case Season 1 ~ Shinjitsu no Tobira
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