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A full-scale travel documentary program that portrays the beautiful landscapes, lifestyles, and activities of people across various regions in Japan....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Takako Matsu

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

Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiko Mizuhara

Amachan is the 88th 2013 NHK asadora written by Kankuro Kudo (Tiger and Dragon, Unobore Deka). It's about Amano Aki (Nounen Rena), a 16 year old girl...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Non

Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Sakura Tange

Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mari Natsuki

Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anne Watanabe

Higa Nobuko was born and raised with her four siblings in a farmhouse in the "Yanbaru region" in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa. She...

Genre: Family

Cast: Yuina Kuroshima

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

Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Taiga Nakano

During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toru Tezuka

The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms...

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Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama

In her beloved car, "Grace", a wife is on her way to Narita. Following a bus accident that kills her, her husband, Kikuo, gets access to her GPS...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Takitoh

Prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker Mitsuaki Iwago loves cats of all shapes and sizes. So he's set out on a journey to film cats...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mitsuaki Iwago

The story follows a boy who was in a soccer team, but it was disbanded due to not enough players. However, after the boy meets a female professional...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Yu Kobayashi

Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emi Wakui

The case files of a most unfortunate detective Detective Oshii is brilliant. His flair for seeing through the mystery is unequaled. And yet…...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sei Shiraishi

Sasuke Furuta is a vassal of the great warlord Nobunaga Oda and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Koji Ohkura

Ronja is the only daughter of Mattis, a bandit leader who lives in a castle in the middle of a large forest. When Ronja grows old enough, she...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Haruka Shiraishi

The series depicts "Kyoto as Kyoto people love it" in dramas and documentaries.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jiro Dan