Archive for Dorama/s
Zeni Geba(銭ゲバ)
Synopsis: Gamagori Futaro has been poor since the day he was born. As a child his recklessly wasteful and abusive father sunk the family into debt and disappeared, leaving Futaro and his sick mother to fend for themselves. With no money to pay for medical treatment for his ailing mother she eventually died.
Forbidden Love: Majo no Jouken(魔女の条件)
Synopsis: Michi, a 26 year old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend’s proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her.
Love Shuffle(ラブシャッフル)
Synopsis: Usami Kei (Tamaki Hiroshi), the section chief of a leading IT company, seems to be a elite salaryman who has attained status through his relationship with his wealthy socialite fiancee, Kagawa Mei (Kanjiya Shihori) the president’s daughter, but she pronounces the end of their engagement and he finds himself losing both status and love.
Mendol- Ikemen Idol(メン☆ドル-イケメンアイドル)
Synopsis: The story revolves around three ordinary girls named Asahi, Nami, and Hinata who are aiming to become idols, but they repeatedly fail in their auditions. One day, they witness a serious crime, and they are forced to flee from the culprits.
Akai Ito(赤い糸)
The story was one of the best-selling novels of 2007, it revolves around the “red thread of fate” connecting the young pair Mei and Atsushi and the trials they face.
Engimono: Car Radio ga Owareba(カーラヂオが終われば)
Synopsis: The story revolves around Ueno (Katou Shigeaki of NEWS) who goes to a countryside driving school to get his license. Once he gets to the school, he encounters a wacky set of dormmates, a ghost, and a driving instructor who seems to have a fear of mobile phones.
Dragon Zakura(ドラゴン桜)
Synopsis:
Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcyle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan’s most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai).
Detective Conan(名探偵コナン)
Synopsis: This tanpatsu celebrates the tenth year of this popular Japanese anime, originally a manga created by Aoyama Gosho. The story takes place when Shinichi was still a high school student.
Deep Love(アユの物語)
Synopsis:
Ayu, a young prostitute has lived a meaningless life until she met a young boy named Yoshiyuki. They met when an old lady who taught her the meaning of life passed away, only briefly telling her of her grandson, Yoshiyuki.
Ryusei no Kizuna(流星の絆)
Synopsis: Based on the popular novel of the same name, Ryusei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents.
Code Blue(コード・ブルー)
Synopsis: The drama’s full title is “Code Blue: Doctor Heli Kinkyu Kyumei.” The concept is based on Japan’s proposal for an emergency medical service using helicopters to quickly reach those in need.
Cinderella ni Naritai!(シンデレラになりたい!)
Synopsis: Kuramochi Bon works at a fast food burger joint, taking out the garbage. All his life he has been told he is ugly, and has never even held hands with a girl.
ChocoMimi(チョコミミ)
Synopsis: This drama is based on a fashion manga by Sonoda Konami about two schoolmate friends, Sakurai Choco and Nekota Mimi, and their daily lives.
Celeb to Binbo Taro(セレブと貧乏太郎)
Synopsis: Wealthy daughter of a hotel chain mogul meets poor widowed father of three.
Byakkotai(白虎隊)
Synopsis: A re-make of the 1986 hit, which scored 80-percent in the Aizu district of Fukushima prefecture.
Brother Beat(ブラザー☆ビート)
Synopsis:
Tanaka Misako stars as a woman struggling to raise her three sons – played by Tamayama Tetsuji, Hayami Mokomichi and Nakao Akiyoshi – after her husband dies. Kuninaka Ryoko will appear as Tamayama’s girlfriend, Chisato.
Mei-chan no Shitsuji(メイちゃんの執事)
A live-action television drama adaptation of Riko Miyagi’s Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Mei-chan’s Butler) shōjoFuji TV network this January. The manga has been running in Shueisha’s Margaret magazine since 2006, and seven volumes have been published. manga will premiere on Japan’s
Boys Este(BOYSエステ)
Synopsis: Akagi Hibiki is a high schooler who takes up a part-time job at an esthetic salon, and is said to have a “god hand” for his superb massaging technique.
Biyo Shonen Celebrity(美容少年★セレブリティ)
Synopsis: This series revolves around a salon called “Celebrity,” whose mission is to grant women their once-in-a-lifetime wish of becoming super beautiful.
Binbo Danshi(貧乏男子)
Synopsis: Koyama Kazumi is a poor but optimistic college student who firmly believing that there are more important things than money.
Best Friend(ベストフレンド)
Synopsis: This is story about a naive county girl who has dreamed about being a singer all her life. After graduating from high school, she heads off to Tokyo to make her dream come true.
Bambino!(バンビーノ!)
Synopsis: A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. After a year of working at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo (Matsumoto Jun), an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking skills as a chef in Italian cuisine.
Attention Please(アテンションプリーズ)
Synopsis: Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko (Ueto Aya) was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty.
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro(青と白で水色)
Synopsis: Uchiyama Kaede (Miyazaki Aoi) and Shiina Kasumi (Aoi Yuu) used to be best friends. Now in high school, Kasumi grew more popular than Kaede, which has led her to continually bully her ex-best friend.
Anna-san no Omame(アンナさんのおまめ)
Synopsis: Anna is everyone’s dream; beautiful, intelligent, kind and elegant. But in this drama, she is not the heroine… it is her best friend Lily.
Anego(アネゴ)
Synopsis: Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called “anego” by her younger co-workers. What is “anego”? It means “older sister,” but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything.
Akihabara@Deep(アキハバラ＠DEEP)
Synopsis: Akihabara is a Tokyo district full of mangas, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes, people who are commonly referred to as otaku.
14 Sai no Haha(１４才の母)
Synopsis: The drama concerns 14-year-old Miki Ichinose, who becomes pregnant with her boyfriend’s child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides that she will keep the baby and raise it by herself.
4 Shimai Tantei Dan(４姉妹探偵団)
Synopsis: This Japanese mystery series is based on the popular novel “San Shima Tantei Dan” written by Jiro Akagawa, centering around four sisters whose main passion is sleuthing.
First Kiss(ファースト・キス)
Synopsis: A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years.
Boku dake no Madonna(僕だけのマドンナ)
Synopsis: Kyoichi Suzuki is an average college student in his junior year. Although he’s not in one of the top universities, he’s satisfied with his college life studying architecture. Kyoichi left home and is finally on his own, living in a beat-up apartment in Tokyo.
Cat Street(キャットストリート)
Synopsis: A story about a talented child actress who wins back her dream after retiring from acting. Keito was once a popular child actress, but she had shut herself away from society for 10 years after a traumatic acting incident.
100 Scene no Koi(100シーンの恋)
Synopsis: Mizushima Hiro stars in three different love stories of 15 minutes each, playing three different roles: a surfer, a stylist, and a beautician.
Innocent Love(イノセント・ラヴ)
Synopsis: The 13 years old Kanon stares at the blazing fire that burns down her home. Just until the other day they’ve been a happy and always laughing family. Not only have her parents been killed in that fire, her older brother was arrested as prime suspect for the murder.Kanon has been alone from then on.
Bloody Monday(ブラッディ・マンデイ)
Synopsis: In the story, Fujimaru Takagi, a high school sophomore and genius white-hat hacker, with his father accused of murdering his superior tries to clear his father’s name by tracking down the “Bloody Monday” terrorist conspiracy.
Proposal Daisakusen(プロポーズ大作戦)
Synopsis: Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since elementary school. Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he fell long ago for the lively and cheerful, Rei.
Byakuyako(白夜行)
Synopsis: When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father’s perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho’s mother forced her to do so to relieve their dire economic straits. Yukiho also retaliates in similar manner by staging a suicide for her mother as well as herself.
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi(たったひとつの恋)
Synopsis:
A story of pure love between the son of a man who runs a ship repair factory beset with financial troubles and the well-bred daughter of a national jewelry chain store owner. The backdrop of the story is Yokohama.
1 Pound no Fukuin(１ポンドの福音)
Synopsis: Kosaku Hatanaka is a skilled boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, but he finds himself facing a string of defeats due to his inability to control his appetite, which always puts him in a heavier weight class. One day, due to excessive work out he collapses where he is found by Sister Angela, a naive fledgling nun and he immediately finds himself interested in her.
Aru Ai no Uta(ある愛の詩)
Synopsis: What happens when young people meet amidst the warmth, soft breezes and gentle waves of Okinawa? This is a romantic love story about a young college student on break from Tokyo who meets a handsome dive employee on the beach.
Pink no Idenshi(Pinkの遺伝子)
Synopsis: This drama is a set little love (“love-love”) stories at Phoenix high school centered on a bigger one
Gokusen 3(ごくせん)
Synopsis: A woman from Yakuza family background aspires to be a teacher but is in for a rude awakening when she gets the worst kind of students in her class. Vice principal Sawatari changed to Akado Gakuin and is in need of a teacher for the unmanageable class 3-D. Of course, his former teacher Kumiko Yamaguchi comes to his mind. Due to her trust in the students and her martial arts skills due to being the granddaughter of a big yakuza-boss she solves the problems of the class. The class of 3-D consists of two rivaling groups, one lead by Yamato Okada and the other lead by Ren Kazama, who are actually disliking each other very much.
Gokusen 2(ごくせん)
Synopsis: Half a year has passed and Shirokin Gakuen has closed down. Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) finds herself a teacher of a few young kids who don’t really benefit much from her style of teaching. Through some twist of fate, she is offered a job as a teacher in Kurogin Gakuen.
Gokusen(ごくせん)
Synopsis: The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students’ lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don’t get them very far.
Stand Up!!
Four schoolboys find themselves teased by their classmates for being the last virgins left at school. When summer break begins, they go on a mission to end their virginity.
Kurosagi(クロサギ)
Based on the hit manga series by Natsuhara Takeshi and artwork by Kuromaru serialized in Young Sunday magazine. Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi.
Nobuta wo Produce(野ブタ。をプロデュース)
Synopsis: Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. He’s the one that everyone can count on. However, what they don’t know is that Shuji knows how predictable his classmates are and he plays off their predictability to his advantage. His day-to-day existence as “Shuji-kun” is just a facade he uses to play in the school popularity game. Truth be told, Shuji is bored.
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e(花ざかりの君たちへ)
Synopsis: The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Nakajo Hisaya, which has already been dramatized in Taiwan. Horikita Maki plays the protagonist Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Sano Izumi (Oguri Shun) compete in the high jump on television.
Hana Yori Dango 2(花より男子) Boys Before Flowers
This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji (Matsumoto Jun)leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino (Inoue Mao)has not spoken to him for a year. Rui (Oguri Shun)and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.
Hana Yori Dango(花より男子) Boys Over Flowers
Makino Tsukushi (Inoue Mao) is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa (Matsumoto Jun), the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui (Oguri Shun), the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro (Matsuda Shota), a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira (Abe Tsuyoshi), a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4’s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.
