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Upcoming Spring 2024 Dramas

Tora ni Tsubasa
Date: From 8.00 a.m., Mondays – Fridays, Spring 2024
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Yoshida Erika (Kimi no Hana ni Naru, Koisenu Futari, 30-sai made Dotei da to Mahotsukai ni Narerurashii)
Directors: Nagikawa Yoshiro, Ando Daisuke, Hashimoto Mayo
Cast: Ito Sairi, Kamikawa Shusaku, Morita Misato, Nakano Taiga, Ishida Yuriko, Okabe Takashi, Doi Shiori, Sakurai Yuki, Hiraiwa Kami, Ha Yeon-soo, Tozuka Junki, Iwata Takanori, Matsuyama Kenichi, Kobayashi Kaoru
Synopsis: Japan’s first school to teach law exclusively to women was established in 1929. The women gathered there had something about them that could not fit Japan of that era. Inotsume Torako (Ito Sairi) was one of these women. At the schoolhouse that people unkindly called the witches club, they studied law to pave their own way. In 1938, the country’s first female lawyers emerged from among the school’s graduates. As one of them, Torako attracted attention across Japan and was admired. Despite triumphantly coming out into the world as lawyers, the country soon plunged into war. Law should have allowed them to go out into the world, but the places where the law could be used were rapidly disappearing. Seven years later, Torako had lost everything after the devastation of the war. The only thing she could depend on to survive was the law that she had once learned. Making up her mind to become a judge, she works hard to set up a family court for children who had lost their parents in the war as well as for women who found themselves in a difficult position. She and her colleagues passionately attempt to help people with troubles that neither politics or economics can solve.
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Twitter: twitter.com/nhk_dramas

Fall 2023 Dramas

Boogie Woogie
Date: From 8.00 a.m., Mondays – Fridays, 2 October 2023
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Adachi Shin (Hirowareta Otoko, Nusumareta Kao, Itsuka de Tiffany de Choshoku o)
Directors: Fukui Mitsuhiro, Futami Daisuke, Izunami Takamasa
Cast: Shuri, Mizukami Koushi, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Aoi Yu, Mizukawa Asami, Tsubasa Kazuki, Shimizu Kurumi, Kurosaki Kodai, Katayama Yuki, Morinaga Yuki, Ihara Rikka, Fujima Sawako, Kikuchi Rinko, Nadagi Takeshi, Mitani Masato, Kusumi Kaoru, Seno Kazuo, Okabe Takashi, Uno Shohei, Fukutoku Shusuke, Goto Junpei, Yanagiba Toshiro, Hashimoto Jun, Masu Takeshi, Sawai Rioka, Honjo Manami, Nakagoshi Noriko, Ishikura Saburo, Mitsubayashi Kyoko, Niiro Shinya, Yasui Junpei, Oguri Motohiro, Kageyama Tai, Tomita Miu, Riju Go, Miyamoto Amon, Ichikawa Miwako, Fuse Eri, Sakata Tadashi, Enari Kazuki, Murakami Shingo, Kondo Yoshimasa
Synopsis: The poster girl of a small public bath in an Osaka neighbourhood around the end of the Taisho period, Hanada Suzuko (Shuri) loves singing and dancing. Wanting to make everyone smile through song and dance, she decides to join a newly established musical theatre troupe in Dotonbori. Suzuko practices hard and stands out with her outstanding singing talent. In 1938, she moves up to Tokyo where an encounter with a popular songwriter dramatically alters her destiny. Under his guidance, she becomes popular as the Queen of Swing. But when World War II begins, Suzuko’s situation drastically changes. The songs she had sung are considered the enemy’s music and her singing and dancing are severely restricted. Adding to her troubles, her younger brother Rokuro (Kurosaki Kodai) is sent to the warfront and their mother Tsuya (Mizukawa Asami) dies of illness. Suzuko falls in love with Murayama Aisuke (Mizukami Koushi) and they commit to get married. But his family is dead set against their union. By the time the war ends after Japan’s surrender, Suzuko is pregnant with his child. However, he falls ill and she cannot see him. In the final month of her pregnancy, she receives word of his passing. Several days later, Suzuko gives birth to a baby girl. She raises their child on her own while singing on stage. Tokyo Boogie Woogie is born at this time. Bright and natural Suzuko shows her charm, singing with all she has got. This singing voice resounds across the country which has been blighted by the war. She becomes known as the Queen of Boogie and rapidly rises to become a huge star.
Website: www.nhk.jp/p/boogie/ts/NLPYVZYM29
Twitter: twitter.com/nhk_dramas

Winter 2025 Dramas

Berabo ~ Tsutajueiga no Yumebanashi^*UPDATED*
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Sundays, January 2025
Station: NHK
Genre: Period
Scriptwriter: Morishita Yoshiko (Ooku Series (2023), Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita, Gibou to Musume no Blues Series)
Directors: –
Cast: Yokohama Ryusei, Sometani Shota, Mizusawa Hio, Kataoka Ainosuke, Watanabe Ken
Synopsis: Born to poor commoners in Yoshiwara in the outskirts of Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo became the adopted child of a tea house after he was separated from his parents at a young age. He started from a rental book business and later began editing and publishing books. Tanuma Okitsugu (Watanabe Ken), who was the man in power at that time, created a liberal environment where Edo culture flourished and produced various literary figures. Tsutaya (Yokohama Ryusei) published a series of hits with the writer Kisanji Hoseido’s illustrated book known as kibyoshi. At the age of 33, Tsutaya set up a store in Nihonbashi’s Toriaburacho and rose to become the king of publishers. He discovered young talents such Kitagawa Utamaro (Sometani Shota), Katsushika Hokusai and Jippensha Ikku – many of whom would later become great masters and the pillars of Japanese culture. However, the times changed and Tanuma fell from power. With the implementation of the Kansei Reforms by Matsudaira Sadanobu, Tsutaya’s freedom and political satire became a problem. Half of his assets were seized as punishment. Some of the people around him were exiled from Edo or driven to their death. Tsutaya continued to be relentlessly suppressed by the shogunate government even after that. However, he remained anti-establishment and fought on with the power of the written word. In the midst of this, he was afflicted with an illness and as the end of his life drew near, he launched the great entertainment of Sharaku which could never be taken away … …
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Upcoming Dramas

Mikkoku wa Utau Season 2 ~ Keishichou Kansatsu File^*NEW*
Date: –
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Suspense
Original Work: Blacklist ~ Keishichou Kansatsu File and Zankyou ~ Keishichou Kansatsu File by Igane Gentaro
Scriptwriter: Suzuki Kenichi (Ryojin no Ono, Mikkoku wa Utau Season 1, Akuto (WOWOW))
Director: Uchikata Akira
Cast: Matsuoka Masahiro
Synopsis: The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Personnel Division is an elite group responsible for inspection work to uncover misconduct among the more than 40,000 personnel who work for the police force. It is said that just being the subject of an inspection can end a police officer’s career. Feared as police of the police, inspectors like Sara Masaki (Matsuoka Masahiro) have a lonely role. Two years on, Sara comes face to face with a conspiracy that will rock the entire police organisation.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/mikkoku2
Twitter: twitter.com/drama_wowow
Related: Mikkoku wa Utau Season 1 ~ Keishichou Kansatsu File

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Ooku Season 2 Introduction

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Rakujitsu

Official Website
www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/rakujitsu

Twitter
twitter.com/drama_wowow

Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 10 September – 1 October 2023

Episodes
4

Network
WOWOW

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