Archive for October, 2008
Winter Dramas 2009
Voice ~ Inochi Nakimono no Koe
Time: Mondays, 9.00 p.m. from 12 January 2009
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Eita, Ikuta Toma, Ishihara Satomi, Endo Yuya, Sato Tomohito, Hamada Mari, Yamazaki Shigenori, Nadaka Tatsuo, Izumiya Shigeru, Yada Akiko, Tokito Saburo
Synopsis: Kaji Daiki (Eita), Ishizue Ryosuke (Ikuta Toma) and Kuboaki Kanako (Ishihara Satomi) are students belonging to the forensic [...]
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Judge II
Official Website
http://www.nhk.or.jp/judge2/
Broadcast
Saturdays, 9.00 – 9.58 p.m. from 25 October 2008
Station
NHK
Story
Misawa Kyosuke observes the second summer since he took the post as Omijima’s judge. One Sunday, an incident occurs when a child climbs the up the tennis umpire chair at the elementary school and sustains serious injury from a fall. The parents of the child seek [...]
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Prisoner – Press Conference
WOWOW, the private Japanese satellite television broadcaster, has been quietly making waves in drama production with DramaW. WOWOW has produced drama specials since 2003, but only made its foray into drama series earlier this year with the impressive medical thriller Pandora, featuring acting heavyweights like Mikami Hiroshi and Yanagiba Toshiro.
This November, WOWOW returns with [...]
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Aibou Season 7
Official Website
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/aibou/
Broadcast
Wednesdays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 22 October 2008
Station
TV Asahi
Story
Setouchi Yonezo, former Minister of Law and a political bigwig holds a political fund raising party an exclusive hotel in Tokyo. Ukyo and Kaoru who have been invited by Onoda Koken, head of the National Police Agency’s Secretariat, also attend. But the next day, the [...]
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Akai Ito
Official Website
http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/akai-ito/index.html
Broadcast
Saturdays, 11.00 – 11.55 p.m. from 6 December 2008
Station
Fuji TV
Story
Mei and her older sister, Haruna, and their childhood friend, Yuya, grew up together like siblings. When Haruna went on to high school, her route to and from school was different, so Mei was alone with Yuya every morning. At that time, Mei’s love grew [...]
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Scrap Teacher ~ Kyoshi Saisei
Official Website
http://www.ntv.co.jp/scrap/
Broadcast
Saturdays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 11 October 2008
Station
NTV
Story
Hidesaburo of Class 2-B cheerfully attends school even though it infuriates him to be under his useless form teacher, Sugi Toranosuke. One day, Toichi, Eitaro and Sugizo, come to Class 2-B as transfer students. The three of them, who proclaim that they have come to “get [...]
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Scandal
Official Website
http://www.tbs.co.jp/scandal2008/
Broadcast
Sundays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 19 October 2008
Station
TBS
Story
Takako is swamped with work and golf, has a husband who doesn’t do anything around the house and a daughter in a rebellious phase. One day, she receives a wedding invitation card from her former colleague, Risako. Two weeks later, Takako meets Hitomi, Mayuko and Tamaki [...]
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Ryusei no Kizuna
Official Website
http://www.tbs.co.jp/ryuseinokizuna/
Broadcast
Fridays, 10.00 – 10.54 p.m. from 17 October 2008
Station
TBS
Story
14 years ago, three young siblings slipped out of their house in the middle of the night to see the Leonid meteor shower. Unfortunately it rains and when they return home, what awaits them are the bodies of their parents who have been brutally murdered. The [...]
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Shouni Kyumei
Official Website
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kyumei/
Broadcast
Thursdays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 16 October 2008
Station
TV Asahi
Story
Aoyama Sora, who works as a pediatrician at a big hospital, decides to open a 24-hour pediatric ward, Aozora Children’s Clinic, when the hospital decides to scale down the pediatric department. Those around her object to the idea out of concern, but Sora is firm [...]
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Gira Gira
Official Website
http://giragira.asahi.co.jp/
Broadcast
Fridays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 17 October 2008
Station
TV Asahi
Story
A former legendary host, Nanase Kohei, is leading a blissful life with his wife, Momoko, and his only daughter but he is retrenched and ends up looking for a job. However, there are no corporations who will hire the middle-aged Kohei. After brooding over it, [...]
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