Hero 2014
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, July 2014
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yasushi (Doctors Series, Galileo Series, Hero)
Cast: Kimura Takuya, Kitagawa Keiko, Sugimoto Tetta, Hamada Gaku, Masana Bokuzo, Yoshida Yo, Tanaka Yoji, Katsuya, Matsushige Yutaka, Yashima Norito, Kohinata Fumiyo, Kadono Takuzo
Synopsis: Kiryuu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) has returned to the Josai branch of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office which is now headed by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ushimaru Yutaka (Kadono Takuzo). Kiryuu’s new assistant is the dignified, beautiful but coarse Asagi Chika (Kitagawa Keiko).
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/HERO
GTO (remake) Season 2
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, July 2014
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: -
Original Work: GTO by Fujisawa Toru
Cast: AKIRA, Shirota Yu, Yamamoto Yusuke, Tayama Ryosei, Kuroki Hitomi
Synopsis: Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA) goes from Meishu Academy in Kichijoji to his alma mater Tsujido High School in his hometown of Shonan. Tsujido High School has gone under the umbrella of Meishu Academy and Onizuka is dispatched on a temporary basis. This time, various difficult problems such as a pregnant female high school student, a truant student who makes light of life, a male stalker and radical images happen to him. Onizuka’s unknown past is also finally revealed as he meets people who know about his past again … …
Website: www.ktv.jp/gto
Related: GTO (remake)
Yoshiwara Uradoshin
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Thursdays, 26 June 2014
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Ozaki Masaya (Doubles ~ Futari no Keiji, Ume-chan Sensei, Shiroi Haru)
Original Work: Yoshiwara Uradoshin by Saeki Yasuhide
Cast: Koide Keisuke, Kanjiya Shihori, Kondo Masaomi
Synopsis: Kamimori Mikijiro (Koide Keisuke), a low-ranking samurai of Bungo Oka domain, learns about the cruel treatment that his childhood friend Teijo (Kanjiya Shihori), who grew up in the same tenement house, has been receiving at the hands of the family she married into and the two of them run away. They flee their pursuers and after three years wandering in the northern provinces, Mikijiro and Teijo drift to Edo where Edo’s largest pleasure quarters, the Yoshiwara red light district, is. At the Yoshiwara red light district, the Shirobe Club, a band of watchmen led by Shirobei (Kondo Masaomi), have been orchestrating solutions for the various incidents that occur in the pleasure quarters. Mikijiro is hired as a bodyguard while Teijo teaches the prostitutes to read and write. Because Mikijiro now works for the club, the two of them are finally able to find a way out of their nomadic life and days of uncertainty. They have successes and failures against the dark shadows which envelope the women of Yoshiwara.
Website: -
Nobunaga no Chef Season 2
Date: July 2014
Station: TV Asahi
Original Work: Nobunaga no Chef by Nishimura Mitsuru
Cast: Tamamori Yuta, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Shida Mirai, Gori, Ashina Sei, Ichikawa Sarunosuke, Cunning Takeyama, Kitaro, Masana Bokuzo, Inagaki Goro (guest star)
Synopsis: French chef Ken (Tamamori Yuta), who went back in time to the Sengoku period and became the personal chef of Oda Nobunaga (Oikawa Mitsuhiro), has regained a part of his lost memory. He learnt the way to return to the present with the help of Akechi Mitsuhide (Inagaki Goro) but did not go back and chose to live as Nobunaga’s chef. Nobunaga’s biggest and strongest enemy, the warlord Takeda Shingen, and Nobunaga’s official wife Nouhime appear, heralding ups and downs in the relationship of trust between Nobunaga and Ken. And will Mitsuhide cause the Honnoji Incident?
Website: www.tv-asahi.co.jp/nobunaga
Related: Nobunaga no Chef Season 1
Wakamonotachi 2014
Date: July 2014
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Muto Shogo (Kazoku Game, Joker, Densha Otoko)
Original Work: Remake of Wakamonotachi 1966
Cast: Tsumabuki Satoshi, Eita, Mitsushima Hikari, Emoto Tasuku, Nomura Shuhei, Aoi Yu, Hashimoto Ai, Yoshioka Hidetaka
Synopsis: The parents of five siblings (Tsumabuki Satoshi, Eita, Mitsushima Hikari, Emoto Tasuku, Nomura Shuhei) died when they were young and they banded together to survive. They sometimes have big quarrels and heated discussions about the contradictions in the world and ideals. Although times have changed, the worries and problems of the young today develop from universal issues such as academic qualifications, employment, restructuring, love and marriage.
Website: -
Soko o Nantoka Season 2
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 3 August 2014
Station: NHK BS Premium
Scriptwriter: Imai Masako (Bitter Sugar, Soko o Nantoka), Yokota Rie (Otto no Kanojo, Machi Isha Jumbo, Soko o Nantoka)
Original Work: Soko o Nantoka by Aso Mikoto
Cast: Motokariya Yuika, Ichikawa Ennosuke, Megumi, Inoue Yoshio, Watabe Gota, Inoue Waka, Otomo Kohei
Synopsis: Kaise Rakuko (Motokariya Yuika), the completely hopeless rookie, has reached her third year as a lawyer. Her reliable senior Shoji Hiroaki (Ichikawa Ennosuke) has transferred and the handsome, hotshot lawyer Nishibeppu (Inoue Yoshio) comes into Sugawara Kotaro Law Firm which is in a crisis of survival. However, there are bad rumours about Nishibeppu and he seems to have a secret which he cannot disclose for some reason. What is the real reason Nishibeppu has come to the office? Will Rakuko be able to save Sugawara Kotaro Law Firm?
Website: www.nhk.or.jp/drama/sokonan
Related: Soko o Nantoka
Mozu Season 2 ~ Maboroshi no Tsubasa
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 22 June 2014
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriter: Nishi Kosuke (Galileo Season 2, Kagi no Kakatta Heya)
Original Work: Mozu no Sakebu Yoru & Maboroshi no Tsubasa by Osaka Go
Cast: Nishijima Hidetoshi, Maki Yoko, Kagawa Teruyuki, Ito Atsushi, Ikematsu Sosuke, Hasegawa Hiroki, Ishida Yuriko, Kohinata Fumiyo, Aoi Yu, Sano Shiro
Synopsis: Kuraki Naotake (Nishijima Hidetoshi) is the Public Security Division’s ace who lost his beloved wife Chihiro (Ishida Yuriko) in a bombing incident, Osugi Ryota (Kagawa Teruyuki) is the honest to a fault detective who worked his way up the ranks, and Akeboshi Miki (Maki Yoko) is the Public Security officer who holds the key to solve the case. This time, a cross-border conspiracy gets in the way of Kuraki, Osugi and Miki as they challenge more evil. While they fight against an international terrorist organisation, a shocking truth hidden behind peaceful society soon emerges.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/mozu_wowow
Related: Mozu Season 1 ~ Mozu no Sakebu Yoru
Henshin
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2014
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriter: Yoshida Noriko (Gekiryuu, Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan, Himitsu), Tanabe Mitsuru (Dinner, Bunshin, Control ~ Hanzai Shinri Sousa)
Original Work: Henshin by Higashino Keigo
Cast: Kamiki Ryunosuke, Nikado Fumi, Usuda Asami, Watabe Gota, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Makita Sports, Nakao Akiyoshi, Tonesaku Toshihide, Honda Tsubasa, Matsushige Yutaka, Murakami Jun, Ibu Masato
Synopsis: Naruse Junichi (Kamiki Ryunosuke) makes an honest living working at a factory line while dreaming of being an artist. He treasures the little happiness that has developed between him and his girlfriend Megumi (Nikaido Fumi). But on Christmas Eve, he gets involved in a robbery at a jewellery store he had dropped by with the intention of buying an engagement ring, and sustains a serious head injury as a result. Junichi survives because of the world’s first living brain transplant operation. After his discharge from hospital, he develops a sensitive hearing and violence, and eventually his feelings for Megumi start to be different from the past. Although he is left in the dark about the brain transplant, Junichi realises he is obviously about to change and is seized with fear. On the other hand, Megumi’s feelings for Junichi have remained constant and she wishes that he will return to his former self. She tries to pursue the mystery concealed in the surgery but … …
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/henshin
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