Seiten o Tsuke
Date: January 2021
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Omori Mika (Mikaiketsu no Onna Series, Kono Koe o Kimi ni, Asa ga Kita)
Cast: Yoshizawa Ryo, Kobayashi Kaoru, Wakui Emi, Murakawa Eri, Fujino Ryoko, Kora Kengo, Narumi Riko, Tanabe Seiichi, Mitsushima Shinnosuke, Hashimoto Ai, Okada Kenshi, Hiraizumi Sei, Asaka Mayumi, Takenaka Naoto, Watanabe Ikkei, Tsuda Kanji, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Kimura Yoshino, Hirata Mitsuru, Tamaki Hiroshi
Synopsis: Shibusawa Eiichi (Yoshizawa Ryo), the man whose face will be on Japan’s new 10,000 yen bill, is known as the father of Japanese capitalism. He was involved in the founding of almost 500 companies, and at the same time some 600 social welfare organisations. Shibusawa lived in a time of turbulent change. He began as an advocate of anti-foreign sentiment, but recognising the momentum of history he came to embrace Western ideas. Born to a farming family (Kobayashi Kaoru, Wakui Emi, Murakawa Eri, Fujino Ryoko) in a rural area, Shibusawa became a vassal of the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi). But with the demise of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, he found himself unemployed. Shibusawa ended up serving the new Meiji government despite himself. After waging a great battle in the political arena, he eventually resigned at the age of 33 and became a civilian. As an industrialist, he kicked off towering reforms, founding what was needed and laying the foundation for modern Japan – banking, insurance, paper manufacturing, railway, shipping, gas and electricity. Guided by the teachings of Confucius, which he had learned since young, Shibusawa was able to rise above adversity no matter how the situation changed. In his later years, he focused his energy on serving public interest and was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Imawa no Kuni no Arisu*UPDATED*
Date: From 10 December 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, Murakami Nijiro, Morinaga Yuki, Machida Keita, Miyoshi Ayaka, Sakurada Dori, Asahina Aya, Yanagi Shuntaro, Watanabe Yutaro, Misaki Ayame, Yoshida Mizuki, Abe Tsuyoshi, Kaneko Nobuaki, Aoyagi Sho, Naka Riisa
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 Chota (Morinaga Yuki) and Karube (Machida Keita), 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
Meiji Kaika: Shinjuro Tanteichou
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Fridays, 11 December 2020 (Original date: April)
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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Tokkai ~ Furyou Saiken Tokubetsu Kaishuubu
Date: From January 2021
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Corporate
Episodes: 12
Original Work: Tokkai Bubble no Kaijin ga Oitsumeta Otokotachi by Kiyotake Hidetoshi
Scriptwriter: Todayama Masashi (Keiji Zero Series, Ishi Tsubute, Shingari)
Directors: Wakamatsu Setsuro, Muratani Yoshinori
Cast: Ito Hideaki, Nakayama Yuma, Hirosue Ryoko, Yajima Kenichi, Hagiwara Masato, Hashizume Isao
Synopsis: In 1996, Shibasaki Akira (Ito Hideaki) who works for the Loan Department of Aoba Bank’s Yotsubashi branch, is seconded to the Home Financing Credit Management Organisation. Besides those transferred from banks just like Shibasaki, the former employees of failed home financing companies have been gathered at this government corporation aimed at collecting the bad debts of those companies that have gone under. Their priority is to collect every last yen which amounts to a staggering 6.78 trillion yen of bad debts. When the bubble economy collapsed, the government injected 685 billion yen in order to manage the bad debts of the failed home financing companies, drawing the wrath of the people. The ones assembled at the frontline have to risk their lives facing off against vicious debtors including real estate tycoons and gangs order to protect taxpayers’ money.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/tokkai
Cold Case Season 3 ~ Shinjitsu no Tobira
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, 5 December 2020
Network: WOWOW
Scriptwriters: Sakai Masaaki (Aogeba Toutoshi, Hamon (Yakubyougami Series)), Nogi Moegi, Yoshida Yasuhiro (Konoudori Season 2, Plage, Cold Case Series), Hourai Ryuta (Heisei Sasameyuki, Cold Case Series), Zeze Takahisa (Cold Case Series, Zainin no Uso, Kanata no Ko)
Original Work: Cold Case by Warner Bros
Genre: Crime suspense
Cast: Yoshida Yo, Nagayama Kento, Takito Kenichi, Mitsuishi Ken, Miura Tomokazu, Eguchi Yosuke (guest star), Ogata Naoto (guest star), Toda Naho (guest star), Inowaki Kai (guest star), Yokota Eiji (guest star), Kurosawa Asuka (guest star), Yamamoto Mirai (guest star), Okabe Takashi (guest star), Matsukado Yohei (guest star), Watanabe Dai (guest star), Riju Go (guest star), Arimura Kasumi (guest star), Iwata Takanori (guest star), Izumisawa Yuki (guest star), Nimura Sawa (guest star), Matsubara Chieko (guest star), Wakabayashi Go (guest star), Nakamura Toru (guest star), Otoo Takuma (guest star)
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/drama/original/coldcase3
Related: Cold Case Season 2 ~ Shinjitsu no Tobira
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