Nobunaga Concerto
Date: October 2014
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Nishida Masafumi (Jikken Keiji Totori Series, Kaibutsu-kun, Yokai Ningen Bemu)
Original Work: Nobunaga Concerto by Ishii Ayumi
Cast: Oguri Shun
Synopsis: Oda Nobunaga is Saburo (Oguri Shun), an ordinary high school student who travels back in time to the Sengoku era. The young samurai of the Oda family which is merely a minor feudal lord, set out towards the extraordinary dream of unifying the whole country through the power of Saburo. Saburo, a person from modern times who has no experience killing people, does not understand the willingness of the warlords of the Sengoku era to lay down their lives for their family. It is the same for the vassals too. They have had a hard time understanding Nobunaga’s actions ever since Saburo too over. Despite this “generation gap across space and time”, they are soon on the brink of achieving their dream … …
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/nobunaga-concerto-drama
Borderline
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 4 October 2014
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Uda Manabu (Tokyo Airport, Lucky Seven), Kajimoto Emi (Otokomae 2)
Cast: Koike Teppei, Kakei Toshio, Yamaguchi Makiya, Tokui Yu, Mori Kanna, Maro Akaji, Fujiwara Norika, Hashizume Isao
Synopsis: Firefighters are always at the borderline. The boundary of the gaping abyss of death close to daily life. They get caught between the words of gratitude and angry rebuke of people. The lives of rescuers and their buddies are in the balance.
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Yuube no Curry, Ashita no Pan*NEW*
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, October 2014
Station: NHK BS Premium
Original Work: Yuube no Curry, Ashita no Pan by Kizara Izumi
Cast: -
Synopsis: Seven years ago, Kazuki died at the young age of 25, leaving behind his wife Tetsuko and father Gifu. They live together and are a family, but theirs is a delicate relationship of daughter-in-law and father-in-law with no blood ties. Through the intriguing people Tetsuko comes into contact with who were linked by fate to her kindhearted husband, she is freed from the pain of the loss of a loved one and begins to start life again.
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Gugu datte Neko de Aru
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, Fall 2014
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriter: Takada Ryo
Original Work: Gugu datte Neko de Aru by Oshima Yumiko
Cast: Miyazawa Rie
Synopsis: Kojima Asako (Miyazawa Rie) is a writer of popular manga for teenage girls. While she is facing a looming deadline, Saba, the beloved cat she has lived with for years suddenly dies. Asako is no longer able to draw manga after that and also loses her appetite. At the suggestion of her worried editor Omori, she moves to a new house but her life does not return to what it used to be. One day, when Asako is walking in a park, she comes across a homeless person with a sick kitten. She starts wanting to cure the kitten of its illness and brings it to the hospital without permission … …
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/gou-gou
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