Archive for March, 2009
Shiroi Haru
Official Website
http://ktv.jp/haru/
Broadcast
Tuesdays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 10 April 2009
Station
Fuji TV
Story
Sakura Haruo is released from prison after serving out his sentence. Haruo, who was charged for murder and had taken leave of his girlfriend Mariko with insensitive words, has abandoned himself to despair. He loiters in the streets like a hooligan just as he had [...]
Filed under: Spring 2009 | 2 Comments
Hanchou ~ Jinnansho Azumihan
Official Website
http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanchou2009/
Broadcast
Mondays, 8.00 – 8.54 p.m. from 13 April 2009
Station
TBS
Story
One morning, a dead body is found within the jurisdiction of Jinnan Police Precinct. The victim is Yokotani Mitsue, the president of a jewellery store. There is a strong indication that this is a robbery and murder case because her wallet is missing from the scene [...]
Filed under: Spring 2009 | Leave a Comment
Zeni Geba – Episode 9 Synopsis
Episode 9: Where is happiness?
Futaro has decided to die by blowing himself up with dynamite. Midori appears just as he is about to leave the house and says she wants to see him die with her own eyes just as she had promised. They drive to the secret childhood place that Futaro had often gone [...]
Filed under: Winter 2009, Zeni Geba | Leave a Comment
Godhand Teru
Official Website
http://www.tbs.co.jp/god-teru/
Broadcast
Saturdays, 7.56 – 8.54 p.m. from 11 April 2009
Station
TBS
Story
The new surgeon Mahigashi Teru, who has finished his internship, arrives at Yasuda Memorial Hospital – a hospital which famous doctors aim for and which has the world’s best operating theatres. He is quickly assigned to be the assistant in an emergency operation but he cannot [...]
Filed under: Spring 2009 | 1 Comment
Iindaze! ~ Ikemen Sobaya Tantei
Official Website
http://www.ntv.co.jp/ikesoba/
Broadcast
Thursdays, 12.50 – 1.20 a.m. from 4 April 2009
Station
NTV
Story
Higuchi Juntaro is a soba seller who appears in unexpected places at unexpected moments. One day, his older sister, Itako, comes down from Osorezan out of worry for him. However, besides being a soba seller, Juntaro is also a detective who has impressively solved several difficult [...]
Filed under: Spring 2009 | 1 Comment
Private Japanese satellite television broadcaster, WOWOW, has been making a name for itself through its unique and high quality drama productions under DramaW. Later this month, it will broadcast its third drama series, Soratobu Taiya, which is based on the original novel written by Ikeido Jun.
Soratobu Taiya revolves around the injuries and deaths that actually [...]
Filed under: Soratobu Taiya, Spring 2009, WOWOW | 1 Comment
Zeni Geba – Episode 8 Synopsis
Episode 8: Evil will kill quietly
Akane, who loved Futaro to the end, has committed suicide. All a stunned Futaro can do is gape at her lifeless body. Midori is devastated by her sister’s death. She demands to know what Futaro did to Akane. “I just told her ‘I don’t care whether you live or die,’” [...]
Filed under: Winter 2009, Zeni Geba | Leave a Comment
Soratobu Taiya
Broadcast
Date: Every Sunday from 29 March 2009
Time: 10.00 pm – 11.00 pm
Station
WOWOW TV
Official Website
http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/taiya/
Trailer
http://bb.wowow.co.jp/movie/player/19/0/1116/0/?TB_iframe=true&width=490&height=490
Story
One day, Akamatsu Tokuro, who runs a small transportation company, receives a call about an accident. The tyre of one of the company’s trailers had come off and hit a mother and her child, resulting in injuries and deaths. Poor maintenance is [...]
Filed under: Soratobu Taiya, Spring 2009, WOWOW | Leave a Comment
Episode 10: Devil’s fate
A black-hooded indiscriminate killer haunts the streets of Edo. The modus operandi of targeting places where people gather and randomly slashing them, is a new crime that is different from killing people to test a new sword.
The true identity of the black-hooded killer is Osanai Gisuke. Gisuke, who has also killed people [...]
Filed under: Hissatsu Shigotonin, Winter 2009 | Leave a Comment
