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Many years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Yuki Kaji

The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuko Takeuchi

A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takaaki Enoki

Onoda Sakamichi is a rather timid, anime-loving first-year student at Sohoku High School. Upon entering high school, he tried to join the anime...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Daiki Yamashita

A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi Yasuda.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Narumi Yasuda

Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Kengo Kawanishi

The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takaaki Enoki

The 44th NHK Asadora about a man who developed an early television system.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Minoru Tanaka

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto

The adventures of a young Spanish boy named Esteban who joins a voyage to the New World in search of the lost Cities of Gold and his father.

Genre: Kids

Cast: Rei Sakuma

The 26th NHK Asadora. Shimazaki Kayo is a woman from Hagi, Yamaguchi, who joins the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Misako Konno

The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national railroad living through 50 years of modern history...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tadashi Yokouchi

In the Warring States Period of ancient China (475–221 BCE), Shin and Hyou are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of one day proving...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Yutaka Nakano

The 33rd NHK Asadora. Starring Eisaku Shindou as a man who loves manzai (a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture). Average rating...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eisaku Shindō

The 39th NHK Asadora drama is Hassai-sensei. A novice teacher in 1930s Osaka learns that there is more to education than mere instruction. Though her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mayumi Wakamura

Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her...

Genre: Family

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Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shun Oguri

The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is buried by deep snow.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akemi Nakamura

Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Yoshitaka

Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Charlotte Kate Fox