Zenryoku Rikon Soudan
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 6 January 2015
Station: NHK
Scriptwriters: Komatsu Yoshiko, Ide Mari
Cast: Maya Miki, Kamiji Yusuke, Taketomi Seika, Konoe Hana, Seki Megumi, Riju Go, Watanabe Tetsu, Nakao Mie, Tachi Hiroshi, Ishibashi Renji (guest star), Yoshizawa Hisashi (guest star), Ando Tamae (guest star), Ujiki Tsuyoshi (guest star), Otake Makoto (guest star), Iwai Hideto (guest star), Yamada Masa (guest star)
Synopsis: Takeuchi Miharu (Maya Miki) is a capable lawyer with a law firm in Nagoya. One day, she is assigned a divorce case of a client company by Mizuno Toyohiko (Tachi Hiroshi), the head of the law firm. Gohara Naoki (Yoshizawa Hisashi), the president of the company, wants to divorce his wife Nobue (Kone Hana) who left their 5-year-old son behind and moved out. However, Nobue cries that she will not hand over their son. In fact, Miharu has had experience with divorce too. She was deprived of custody because of her own mistake and has not seen her daughter Kanae in 10 years. She reluctantly starts to grapple with this case but gradually gets absorbed in it. While she is the husband’s attorney, the solution she offers reflects Nobue’s feelings. This offends the client company and the law firm’s advisory contract is terminated. Mizuno, who likes Miharu, desperately dissuades her from resigning. But she takes responsibility and quits the firm. That night, a dejected Miharu drowns her sorrows in drink at ‘Ankake Spaghetti’ which is located directly beneath her residence. She finds herself grumbling to the owner Mitsuya Tetsu (Kamiji Yusuke) whom she is on friendly terms with. “In the end, I lost both my job and man at the same time … …” Then Nobue arrives with twin sisters who are distressed by their parents’ impending divorce. She believes they can count on Miharu who identified with her own divorce issues. Miharu does all in her power to try to pull the twins’ broken family together. Seeing Miharu like this, Tetsu and Nobue encourage her to start a divorce counselling centre. On the day of the opening of ‘Takeuchi Harumi Divorce Counselling Centre’, a young lady stares at the signboard of the centre with a surly expression. She is Miharu’s daughter, Kanae (Taketomi Seika), who is now an adult.
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Marumaru Tsuma
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, January 2015
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Yukawa Kazuhiko (Jun to Ai, Kaseifu no Mita, Magerarenai Onna)
Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Kuroki Hitomi, Shirota Yu, Renbutsu Misako, Okunuki Kaoru, Watanabe Makiko, Iwamoto Masayo, Hiraizumi Sei
Synopsis: Hikari will perform household chores to perfection for the sake of her husband, Kubota Masazumi (Higashiyama Noriyuki). Her own life is only to support him. Kubota, a newscaster, takes pride in his popularity because of his outspoken remarks despite the conventions of sponsors and the television network. His behaviour mobilises public opinion and he wishes that he can change society with his words. Kubota owes his position as main newscaster on the news programme to the support of his wife of six years too. But why does Hikari devote herself completely to him? The certain characteristic that Kubota’s wife possesses is an enigma, and a shocking development awaits him … …
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/tsuma
Kaiki Renai Sakusen*NEW*
Date: From 12.12 a.m., Saturdays, January 2015
Station: TV Tokyo
Scriptwriter: Kera
Genre: Horror comedy
Cast: Aso Kumiko, Sakai Maki, Ogawa Tamaki
Synopsis: Natsumi (Aso Kumiko), Akiko (Sakai Maki) and Fuyu (Ogawa Tamaki) are close sisters who are around 40. Dreaming of becoming a cafe owner, Natsumi resigns from her company. When she goes to the site where she is to open the cafe, there is already a mysterious store called ‘Cafe Omokage’. Akiko, a part-time high school music teacher, has her feelings toyed by her students. Fuyu, a self-professed actress, strives at a part-time job every day while aiming to become a movie star. But she quarrels with her boss and gets sacked … … As if drawn to strong “negative aura”, these three sisters are caught in all sorts of paranormal phenomenon. Natsumi’s childhood friend, the detective Sankaido and junior Kanashibetsu, get involved and bigger disaster happens.
Website: www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/official/kaiki
Ouroboros
Date: January 2015
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: Furuya Kazunao (Saigo no Keikan, Kasukana Kanojo, Priceless)
Original Work: Ouroboros Keisatsu o Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari by Kanzaki Yuya
Cast: Ikuta Toma, Oguri Shun
Synopsis: Ryuzaki Ikuo (Ikuta Toma) and Danno Tatsuya (Oguri Shun) are orphans who grew up in an orphanage called Mahoroba no Ie. When they were elementary school students, an orphanage staff who took care of them like an older sister, was killed by someone before their very eyes. The two of them gave statements to the police, but their words were by squashed by a police official with a gold watch and the case was also covered up for some reason. 15 years later, Ikuo has become a detective. Skilled at catching whiff of cases, he has the highest rate of arrests in his police precinct. On the other hand, Tatsuya has risen to the top of the underworld as a leading member of an organised crime group. A police and a gangster with only each other to trust. The objectives of these two people who should never have any association, are to locate the gold watch man within the police, find out the truth and expose the darkness of this all powerful organisation.
Website: www.tbs.co.jp/OUROBOROS
Dakara Kouya
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 11 January 2015
Station: NHK BS Premium
Scriptwriter: Asano Taeko (Ten no Hakobune, Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi, Tsuki no Koibito)
Original Work: Dakara Kouya by Kirino Natsuo
Cast: Suzuki Kyoka, Sugimoto Tetta, Takahashi Issei, YOU, Hamada Tatsuomi, Maeda Goki, Denden, Ono Yuriko, Izumiya Shigeru, Toyohara Kosuke, Sasano Takashi, Shinagawa Toru
Synopsis: Morimura Tomomi (Suzuki Kyoko) is a housewife scorned by her husband (Sugimoto Tetta) and two sons (Hamada Tatsuomi, Maeda Goki), and yet she continues to protect the family. On her 46th birthday, she leaves home in disgust and embarks on a 1,200 km journey. It is Tomomi’s first time driving onto the highway and she speeds along to the west. On the road, she encounters a series of traumatising episodes. She detects her husband’s affair, is faced with a truck driver who mistakes her for a prostitute housewife, and finally her car gets stolen. While Tomomi is at a loss, a good-looking young man and an elderly person give her a ride, and she arrives in Nagasaki. As she meets various people in this town which was once transformed into a wasteland because of the atomic bomb, she becomes aware of a “wilderness” within her and starts to explore the path to rebirth … …
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