Archive for January, 2009
General Rouge no Gaisen
Broadcast
In theatres on 7 March 2009
Official Website
http://www.general-rouge.jp/
Story
Tojo University Hospital’s outpatient doctor, Taguchi Kimiko, who led the settlement of the Team Batista case (so it was thought), is unexpectedly appointed the chairperson of an ethics committee to handle problems to within the hospital. She receives a document with shocking contents. It charges that “the head of [...]
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Zeni Geba – Episode 2 Synopsis
Episode 2: Money can buy love!
Futaro rushes out in front of the car Midori is driving. Midori is worried about Futaro who wakes up to find himself in a hospital room. “Is there something I can do to help you?” she offers . “I would be happy to be your friend …” Futaro has a [...]
Filed under: Winter 2009, Zeni Geba | Leave a Comment
Triangle – Episode 4 Synopsis
Episode 4: A shocking confession
Sachi is called to West Ota precinct once again and asked about the letter by Maruyama and Shun but she denies knowledge. Ryoji tells her that a man with a birthmark on his face had asked Komaki at a pub in Minami-machi to steal the letter.
When Sachi returns home, she notice [...]
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Shirasu Jiro
Time: Saturdays, 9.00 p.m., 28 February, 7 March 2009 (first two episodes)
Station: NHK
Cast: Iseya Yusuke, Nakatani Miki, Okuda Eiji, Harada Mieko, Kora Kengo, Shiomi Sansei, Kusamura Reiko, Ishimaru Kanji, Harada Yoshio, Kishibe Ittoku
Synopsis: Shirasu Jiro (Iseya Yusuke) was an English-educated gentleman and true liberalist who was the focus of attention. Before the war, he [...]
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Zeni Geba – Episode 1 Synopsis
Episode 1: Give me love… I will do anything for money!
Gamagori Futaro has been poor since his childhood. His mother, Momoko, had a weak constitution and his father, Kenzo, was absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures. He couldn’t pay for his school textbooks or school lunches. In school, he was bullied and looked down on.
“Teacher … there [...]
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Keikan no Chi
Broadcast
Date: 7 & 8 February 2009, from 9.00 p.m.
Official Website
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/keikan/index.html
Station
TV Asahi
Story
Keikan no Chi spans three generations of the Anjo men from the early postwar years to the current era. Anjo Seiji, who has been discharged from military service, undergoes grueling training with a former army second lieutenant Hayase Yuzo and becomes a policeman. He works [...]
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Episode 3: Forgery Scam
A male artist is killed in the streets of Edo and an erotic painting is found among his personal effects. Shogoro ignores the case and marvels at the quality of the painting. On the other hand, why is it that Ryoji seems to be leading an unusually good life everyday?
At that [...]
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Triangle – Episode 3 Synopsis
Episode 3: The suspect I loved
Ryoji, who was stabbed while protecting Sachi, is taken to a hospital. The man who attacked Sachi escapes. Asked for an account of the events by Maruyama at West Ota precinct, Sachi conceals the fact that she had been called out to hand over the letter by an unidentified man, [...]
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Official Website
http://www.tbs.co.jp/rescue2009/
Broadcast
Saturdays, 7.56 p.m. – 8.54 a.m. from 24 January 2009
Station
TBS
Story
Kitajima Daichi has chosen to be a firefighter but he is unable to adapt to a firefighter’s work and makes no headway let alone become member of the rescue team. However, Tokunaga Katsumi, the leader of the special rescue corps, discovers Daichi’s hidden talent and [...]
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Kiina ~ Fukanou Hanzai Sousakan
Official Website
http://www.ntv.co.jp/kiina/
Broadcast
Wednesdays, 10.00 – 10.54 p.m. from 21 January 2009
Station
NTV
Story
Haruse Kiina is a detective working in a special unit nicknamed “Beppan” which is only in charge of mysterious cases. Yamasaki Takeru, a promising rookie and the lone career detective comes to that place. He becomes Kiina’s only subordinate and partner but Takeru, who has [...]
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