Isekai Izakaya Nobu Season 2 ~ Majo to Daishikyo-hen
Date: From May 2022
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Food fantasy
Episodes: 10
Original Work: Isekai Izakaya Nobu by Semikawa Natsuya
Scriptwriter: Shinagawa Hiroshi
Director: Shinagawa Hiroshi
Cast: Otani Ryohei, Takeda Rena
Synopsis: Located in a deserted alley in Kyoto, Izakaya Nobu’s front entrance is mysteriously connected to Aiteria, a parallel universe that looks like medieval Europe. The master Yazawa Nobuyuki (Otani Ryohei) and cheerful waitress Senke Shinobu (Takeda Rena) originally started the joint in Aiteria. Nobu initially had hardly any customers until its cold beer called Toriaezu Nama became very popular and its cuisine gained gradual acceptance. It was loved by regulars who helped when Nobu landed up in trouble after the city council’s president Bachschouf deemed Toriaezu Nama to be illegal. One day, a woman like a witch shows up at Nobu. Archbishop Rodrigo subsequently gets wind of rumours that the witch has made Nobu her home and he tries to haul her and the people associated with her in … …
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/nobu2
Twitter: twitter.com/drama_wowow
Related: Isekai Izakaya Nobu Season 1
17-sai no Teikoku
Date: From May 2022
Station: NHK
Genre: Youth sci-fi
Episodes: 5
Scriptwriter: Yoshida Reiko
Directors: Nishimura Takegoro, Kuwano Tomohiro
Cast: Kamio Fuju, Yamada Anna, Kawai Yumi, Mochizuki Ayumu, Sometani Shota, Hoshino Gen
Synopsis: In the year 202X, Japan feels a deep sense of stagnation and has been branded by the world as a country on the decline. Wanting to break free of this endless situation, Prime Minister Washida sets up an experimental project Utopi-AI. Commonly known as the UA concept, leaders are selected from all over the country by AI and made to govern cities that have degenerated. It has been said that the reason why young people cannot take charge of politics is their lack of experience. AI has a massive amount of data that one person cannot possibly “experience”. In other words, AI can supplement any amount of “experience”. As if to prove it, AI chooses 17-year-old Maki Aran (Kamio Fuju) who is immature and wants an ideal society, to be the Prime Minister. The other members are all young people around the age of 20. Maki and his compatriots use AI to push forward reforms to regenerate the degenerated regional cities as the experimental city UA.
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Game of Spy
Date: Summer 2022
Network: Amazon Prime Japan
Genre: Action
Episodes: 10
Scriptwriter: Tokunaga Yuichi (Lupin no Musume Series, Good Doctor, Kirawareru Yuuki)
Director: Oikawa Takuro
Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Ozawa Yukiyoshi, Lauren Tsai, Ueno Yukio, Denden, Matsudaira Ken, Tanaka Min, Watabe Atsuro
Synopsis: Hashiba Takeru (Higashiyama Noriyuki) is the team leader of the Global Operation Service, a top-secret spy agency set up by the Ministry of Justice’s Public Security Intelligence Agency to protect Japan which is being targeted by criminals worldwide. One of the country’s best spies, he has headed off national crises on countless occasions. Hashiba favours harsh places of scorching heat, high altitude, extreme cold and fells opponents with a unique combat style that fuses kari silat and sword fighting.
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Double*NEW*
Date: From 4 June 2022
Network: WOWOW
Original Work: Double by Noda Ayako
Scriptwriter: Yoshida Erika (Koisenu Futari, Heaven ~ Gokuraku Restaurant, Dansui!)
Director: Nakagawa Kazuhiro
Cast: Chiba Yudai, Nagayama Kento
Synopsis: Takarada Takara (Chiba Yudai), a company employee, walks lethargically without an umbrella as the rain falls. He is drawn to watch the theatre company Gekidan Eiyu’s play. Inspired by Kamoshima Yujin’s (Nagayama Kento) performance in the play, Takara quits his job and decides to become an actor. He also joins Gekidan Eiyu and Yujin drills the fundamentals of acting into him. Yujin is the only one who realises Takara’s talent and hopes to make him the greatest actor in the world. At the same time, Yujin himself continues to dream of being the world’s best. The two of them live a strange communal life as they set their sights on becoming successful actors. With Yujin’s support, Takara’s talent eventually blooms and he begins to find stardom. However, this soon changes the relationship between Takara and Yujin.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/double
Twitter: twitter.com/drama_wowow
Ame ni Kieta Himawari
Date: From July 2022
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 5
Original Work: Ame ni Kieta Himawari by Yoshikawa Eri
Scriptwriter: Seki Erika (Gossip, Gosaigyou, Career)
Directors: Hijikata Masato, Iwata Kazuyuki
Cast: Muro Tsuyoshi
Synopsis: One day during a heavy downpour, Ishioka Aoi, a fifth grade elementary school student, vanishes all of a sudden along a road with rice fields where sunflowers bloomed. All she left behind was an umbrella. Assistant Inspector Nara Kenichi (Muro Tsuyoshi) from the Saitama Prefectural Police’s First Investigation Division rushes over to the scene after receiving a report on her disappearance. Aoi’s father Yukinori is there participating in the search operation. He and his wife Akina are in the middle of a divorce settlement and he had been living separately from them. However, he came over once he received word. Could Aoi have disappeared because she was kidnapped, involved in an accident or ran away from home due to discord between her parents? The police face difficulty investigating the case. In the face of the Ishiokas heartbreak, Nara is reminded of his own younger sister Mayuko. Mayuko built an emotional wall after she was attacked by a thug and this episode spurred Nara to become a detective. Regretting his inability to protect her, he wants to find Aoi at all costs while her family continues to pray for her safety. Amid conflicting information and the family’s frustration, he closes on the truth through persistent investigation.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/himawari
Twitter: twitter.com/drama_wowow
Me no Kabe
Date: From June 2022
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Mystery
Original Work: Me no Kabe by Matsumoto Seichou
Scriptwriter: Fukazawa Masaki (Keishichou Sousa Ikka 9-gakari Series, ST Aka to Shiro no Sousa File, Nobunaga no Chef Series)
Director: Uchikata Akira
Cast: Koizumi Kotaro
Synopsis: In 1990, Hagisaki Tatsuo (Koizumi Kotaro), the head of the accounting division of cash-strapped Ukishima Power Generation Corporation, is scrambling along with department head Sekino to negotiate loans. However, just as they are getting a clearer idea on the company’s funds, Sekino is scammed of 2 million yen in bank drafts and he also disappears. The management decides to cover up the incident for appearance’s sake. Hagisaki trusted Sekino who is also the benefactor of Hagisaki’s father. Disappointed in the company’s actions, Hagisaki starts to pursues the truth with the help of a news journalist friend Muraki. But the more Hagisaki investigates, the murkier the case gets. There are signs of a powerful person and an organisation in the background. He reaches Uesaki Etsuko, an enigmatic beauty who appears to hold the key to the mystery.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/menokabe
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