Imawa no Kuni no Arisu
Date: 2020
Network: Netflix Japan
Genre: Suspense
Original Work: Imawa no Kuni no Arisu by Aso Haro
Scriptwriters: Watabe Yoshiki, Kuramitsu Yasuko (Scandal Senmon Bengoshi Queen, Tourist, Keiji Yugami), Sato Shinsuke
Cast: Yamazaki Kento, Tsuchiya Tao
Synopsis: Arisu Ryohei (Yamazaki Kento) is unemployed and frustrated with daily life which he finds unbearable. One day, while he is hanging around Tokyo with his two friends, a mysterious light radiates. When they realise it, all signs of life around them have vanished. However, a game begins one after another in an empty Tokyo where one wrong move will cause them their lives. Arisu and his friends have to fight tooth and nail in the face of challenges that defy logic. They encounter Usagi Yuzuha (Tsuchiya Tao) in the game … …
Website: www.netflix.com/jp/title/80200575
30 Kin Sore wa 30-sai Miman Okotowari no Koi
Date: 2020
Network: Fuji On Demand
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 8
Original Work: 30 Kin Sore wa 30-sai Miman Okotowari no Koi by Hata Akimi
Scriptwriter: Seki Hisayo
Directors: Miyawaki Ryo, Asami Masafumi
Cast: Matsui Rena, Suzuki Jin
Synopsis: 30-year-old Mariyama Shino (Matsui Rena) heads the PR department of a home builder. She is an experienced both professionally and romantically. While work is fulfilling, Shino does not have a boyfriend. She intends to find someone of a similar age to settle down with in her 30s. One day, she is suddenly asked by Sato Mayuki (Suzuki Jin), a guy nine years her junior whom she does not even know, to date him. Shino is taken aback rather than surprised. Moved by Mayuki’s honesty and fervour, she starts going out with him until she is able to find a marriage partner. However … …
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Dear Patient ~ Kizuna no Karute*RESCHEDULED FR APRIL*
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 2020
Station: NHK
Genre: Medical suspense
Episodes: 10
Original Work: Dear Patient by Minami Kyoko
Scriptwriter: Arai Shuko (Nodoka no Niwa, Wagaya no Himitsu, Pretty ga Oosugiru)
Directors: Nishitani Shinichi, Fukui Mitsuhiro, Takeda Yusuke
Cast: Kanjiya Shihori, Uchida Yuki, Tanaka Tetsushi, Asaka Kodai, Takanashi Rin, Hamano Kenta, Nagai Masaru, Washio Machiko, Masu Takeshi, Ryu Raita, Ishiguro Ken, Asaka Mayumi, Hirata Mitsuru, Ibu Masato
Synopsis: At Sasai Memorial Hospital, where a hospital is seen as the hospitality industry and patients are priority, its doctors plagued with all sorts of problems. Mano Chiaki (Kanjiya Shihori), a young doctor, is stalked by a monster patient (Tanaka Tetsushi) who persistently harasses her. Her trusted senior, Hamaguchi Yoko (Uchida Yuki), has a cheerful personality and is liked by patients but worries about a huge medical lawsuit. Another fellow doctor keeps a certain distance from patients but still gets embroiled in a dispute. Will these doctors be able to find hope?
Website: www.nhk.or.jp/drama/drama10/dearpatient
Meiji Kaika: Shinjuro Tanteichou*RESCHEDULED FR APRIL*
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Fridays, 2020
Station: NHK BS Premium
Genre: Period suspense
Episodes: 8
Original Work: Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonochou by Sakaguchi Ango
Scriptwriters: Komatsu Eriko (Daifugou Doushin, Itsumade mo Shiroi Hane, Hanamoyu), Ito Yasuro (Daifugou Doushin)
Directors: Kasaura Tomochika, Motoki Kazuhiro, Okano Hironobu
Cast: Fukushi Sota, Uchida Rio, Yamoto Yuma, Nakamura Yasuhi, Katsumura Masanobu, Tsurumi Shingo, Inamori Izumi, Takahashi Katsunori
Synopsis: The early days of the Meiji era was a period of massive change, and there were a high incidence of bizarre cases. The special investigator Yuki Shinjuro (Fukushi Sota), who has a good standing with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, returns to Japan after his travels abroad and is outspoken about the truth of these cases. Izumiyama Toranosuke, a former fencing student of Katsu Kaishu, loves making deductions about difficult cases. He is always treated disparagingly and cries to have the brains and eyes of Kaishu whom he admires. Shinjuro, Toranosuke and Kaishu draw all sorts of people to them including Kaishu’s gutsy wife Tami who was formerly a geisha; Rie (Uchida Rio), an influential merchant’s daughter who is in love with Shinjuro; Hananoya Inga, a writer of fiction of a style combining a facetious tone with elaborate structure; and the great police superintendent Hayami Seigen who considers Shinjuro a nuisance. As their case-solving progresses, the anxiety as well as love and hate that people have towards the new Meiji era manifests itself. Shinjuro, Rie and Toranosuke tangle with many important people of the period such as Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi through these cases, and grow up.
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Dragon Zakura 2*RESCHEDULED FR JULY*
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 2020
Station: TBS
Genre: School
Scriptwriter: –
Original work: Dragon Zakura 2 by Mita Norifusa
Cast: Abe Hiroshi
Synopsis: After lawyer and former motorcycle gang member Sakuragi Kenji (Abe Hiroshi), left Ryuzan High School, he moved from place to place to offer management advice to private universities based on his achievements. 10 years later, Ryuzan High School which used to produce students who qualified for Tokyo University, has been on the decline since Sakuragi’s departure. He receives an offer from the school again to save it from its predicament. Sakuragi does not mince his words or hesitate to refute an argument no matter who the other party is, and gave many young people courage. But what kind of changes can he bring about with his eloquence in the present day? With the transition from the Heisei to Reiwa era, there will also be a change in the university entrance exam to the new common test for university admissions which places more emphasis on students’ ability to think, make judgements, and express themselves rather than their knowledge.
Website: www.tbs.co.jp/dragonzakura
Twitter: twitter.com/dragonzakuraTBS
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