64*NEW*
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, April 2015
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Omori Sumio (55-sai kara no Hello Life, Akumu-chan, Tempest)
Original Work: 64 by Yokoyama Hideo
Cast: Pierre Taki, Kimura Yoshino, Arai Hirofumi, Nagayama Kento, Yamamoto Mizuki, Hagiwara Masato, Takahashi Kazuya, Iriyama Anna, Murakami Jun, Yoshida Eisaku, Nakahara Takeo, Danta Yasunori, Shibata Kyohei
Synopsis: While the public relations office of D Prefectural Police is having a confrontation with the correspondents’ club, over the issue of the anonymity of perpetrators, it is decided that a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department director will inspect the home of the family of the victim in “64”, an important unsolved case with its statute of limitation about to run out one week later. The kidnapping and murder of Shoko-chan which took place in just 7 days in 1989 (Showa 64) was the worst in D Prefectural Police’s history. The family of the deceased decline the director’s visit to offer condolences. A gag order is imposed on those involved in 64 such as the investigators at the time. An iron curtain between the Criminal Investigations Department and the Police Affairs Department. A mysterious memo. Then a new kidnapping that happens right before the director’s inspection, is a exact copycat of 64 … …
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Tenno no Ryoriban
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, April 2015
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: Morishita Yoshiko (Gochisousan, Tonbi, Jin Series)
Original Work: Tenno no Ryoriban by Sugimori Hisahide
Cast: Sato Takeru, Kuroki Haru, Kiritani Kenta, Emoto Tasuku, Takaoka Saki, Sato Gajiro, Ashina Sei, Morioka Ryu, Ishibashi Anna, Tsubokura Yoshiyuki, Nishizawa Jinta, Kuroda Daisuke, Onishi Takeshi, Watanabe Mamoru, Okuma Hirotaka, Kido Yuji, Suzuki Ryohei, Takeda Tetsuya, Ito Hideaki, Aso Yumi, Kato Masaya, Hino Yojin, Oshima Satoko, Miho Jun, Sugimoto Tetta, Kobayashi Kaoru
Synopsis: Akiyama Atsuzo (Sato Takeru) was a countryside youth and a hopeless son who could not keep at what he did for long. In an unexpected turn of events, a cutlet that he ate, motivates him to have the impossible dream of becoming a chef of Western cuisine. In order to achieve this dream, Akiyama goes to Tokyo to get a fresh start. He has to face numerous challenges which fuel his growth. He travels to Paris in France for training, which is rare for a Japanese in those times. Battling discrimination and prejudice, he becomes the chef of the grand Hotel Ritz, and eventually takes charge of the Emperor’s kitchen as the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department at the young age of 26. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, he struggles to find out what he can do for his country and mounts diplomacy with food.
Website: www.tbs.co.jp/tenno_no_ryoriban
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