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
Time Spiral
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Tuesdays, 2 September 2014
Station: NHK BS Premium
Scriptwriter: Fujii Kiyomi (Take Five, Kuro no Onna Kyoushi)
Original Work: Tokeru Rasen by Mizumori Eren
Cast: Kuroki Meisa, Gackt, Hiraoka Yuta, Taketomi Seika, Akimoto Naomi, Kishimoto Kayoko
Synopsis: Aizawa Natsuki (Kuroki Meisa) suffered trauma because she was kidnapped when young, but she grew up with the support of her childhood friend Yuki Kentaro (Hiraoka Yuta) and now does physics research at a university. One day, she meets a newly-appointed professor Tatsumi Shuya (GACKT) who has come to the university. From then on, strange things keep happening around Natsuki. And it is no wonder. Shuya is in fact a time traveller who comes and goes between the future and the past. He attempts to hamper Natsuki and Kentaro’s friendship, and entices Natsuki romantically. Natsuki is gradually at his mercy. Before long, the heartrending “predestined relationship” between Natsuki and Shuya, which crosses space and time, is revealed.
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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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Gugu datte Neko de Aru*UPDATED*
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, October 2014
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriter: Takada Ryo
Original Work: Gugu datte Neko de Aru by Oshima Yumiko
Cast: Miyazawa Rie, Kuroki Haru, Nagatsuka Keishi, Nakaoka Souichi, Ichikawa Miwako, Kikuchi Rinko, Iwamatsu Ryo, Tanaka Min
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 (Nagatsuka Keishi), 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 (Tanaka Min) 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
Yuube no Curry, Ashita no Pan
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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Kabuka Bouraku
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, Fall 2014
Station: WOWOW
Scriptwriter: Yoshimoto Masahiro (Team, Naze Kimi wa Zetsubou to Tatakaeta no ka, Koukousei Restaurant)
Original Work: Kabuka Bouraku by Ikeido Jun
Cast: Oda Yuji, Takashima Masanobu, Seto Koji, Kawashima Umika, Hirayama Hiroyuki, Ryu Raita, Tsuruta Mayu, Itao Itsuji, Ishiguro Ken, Ishibashi Ryo
Synopsis: At the meeting room of mega bank Shiromizu Bank, there is a heated discussion regarding additional financing for Ippudo, a giant supermarket which is in the throes of corporate restructuring. Bando Hiroshi (Oda Yuji), the credit officer in charge of Ippudo, believes “the important point of a loan is collection” and raises an objection to a loan for Ippudo which has not made efforts to restructure. On the other hand, Ninohe Tetsuya (Takashima Masanobu), the deputy director of planning who fears the aftermath of bankruptcies will extend to the bank, advocates decisive action on loans. Ninohe finds Bando disagreeable and plots to set him up. Meanwhile, a bomb explosion occurs at an Ippudo outlet. The message claiming responsibility for the attack demands the resignation of Ippudo’s autocratic chairman Kazama Kozo (Ryu Raita) and the company’s liquidation. Furthermore, Ippudo receives a threat promising to keep up with the bombings if it does not agree to the demands. Ippudo is apprehensive that its share price will slump and tries to conceal the message. However, Bando, who received a report, is vehemently opposed to this. He thinks that they should make this public in order to prevent the damage from spreading. At the same moment, Yaen Hiromitsu (Itao Itsuji), a detective of the First Investigative Division, starts to regard a youth (Seto Koji) near the scene of the bomb explosion with suspicion … …
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/kabuka
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