Must Watch Japanese Drama

Periwinkle Apr 2, 2021
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  • Tenno no Ryoriban

    1. Tenno no Ryoriban

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 12 episodes
    8.6
    200 points by 2 voters
    Tokuzo Akiyama is a young man from a rural area who is married with a child along the way. One day, he eats a delicious breaded cutlet which inspires him to strive ...more
  • Tonbi

    2. Tonbi

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    8.5
    198 points by 2 voters
    Ichikawa Yasuo, who goes by the nickname Yasu, is a ‘dumb’ man unequalled anywhere in the world. He has not had schooling, is boorish and would immediately let his fists fly if ...more
  • Rikuoh

    3. Rikuoh

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    8.1
    196 points by 2 voters
    Koichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a decrease of ...more
  • Galileo

    4. Galileo

    Japanese Drama - 2007, 10 episodes
    8.0
    194 points by 2 voters
    A genius physicist and university associate professor, Yukawa Manabu, solves difficult mysteries. Affectionately known as Detective Galileo, Yukawa is brilliant, an all-round sportsman, tall and handsome but eccentric. Yukawa's partner is a ...more
  • Seirei no Moribito

    5. Seirei no Moribito

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 4 episodes
    7.9
    192 points by 2 voters
    Balsa is a 30-year-old female bodyguard-for-hire. Her life changes when she saves Imperial Prince Chagum, who is being carried away by a raging river. They then attempt to return the great egg ...more
  • Mother

    6. Mother

    Japanese Drama - 2010, 11 episodes
    8.6
    190 points by 2 voters
    Elementary school teacher Suzuhara Nao decides to abduct Michiki Rena, one of her female students, after discovering that she is being abused by her mother. Fleeing Hokkaido to Tokyo, the two experience ...more
  • Yakou Kanransha

    7. Yakou Kanransha

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    8.0
    188 points by 2 voters
    The drama is based on the best selling same-titled novel Minato Kanae, and is about two families that reside in the same upscale neighborhood. Amongst all the beautiful homes lined up in ...more
  • Byakuyako

    8. Byakuyako

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
    8.0
    186 points by 2 voters
    When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father's perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho's mother forced her to do so to relieve their ...more
  • Kaseifu no Mita

    9. Kaseifu no Mita

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 11 episodes
    7.9
    184 points by 2 voters
    Can a family hope to recover after losing their mother to suicide? Keiichi Asuda serves his wife, Nagiko divorce papers after he tells her that he intends to marry his mistress. The ...more
  • Ishi no Mayu

    10. Ishi no Mayu

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 5 episodes
    7.9
    182 points by 2 voters
    Toko Kisaragi is a new female detective who was transferred to 11 Section of the 1st Investigation Division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as she wishes. Her father was a former ...more
  • Hokuto

    11. Hokuto

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 5 episodes
    8.1
    180 points by 2 voters
    20-year-old Hokuto is being detained as a murderer and tells his court-appointed lawyer Takai Soichi to get him the death penalty. Hokuto was actually severely abused by his parents in his childhood ...more
  • Maou

    12. Maou

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 11 episodes
    8.3
    175 points by 2 voters
    Naruse Ryo, who is an able attorney that can turn any case in his clients’ favour, takes cases for the disadvantaged and defends them free of charge; therefore, he is called an ...more
  • Ouroboros

    13. Ouroboros

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.5
    173 points by 2 voters
    Ryuzaki Ikuo and Danno Tatsuya are orphans who grew up in an orphanage called Mahoroba no Ie. When they were elementary school students, an orphanage staff, who took care of them like ...more
  • Liar Game

    14. Liar Game

    Japanese Drama - 2007, 11 episodes
    8.3
    172 points by 2 voters
    Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The ...more
  • Innocent Days

    15. Innocent Days

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
    7.7
    171 points by 2 voters
    Sasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to death. She went to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment and caused his wife and child to burn to death. ...more
  • The Queen's Classroom

    16. The Queen's Classroom

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
    8.2
    169 points by 2 voters
    A new school year begins at Hanzaki Elementary School, and there's a new mysterious teacher named Akutsu Maya in grade 6, class 3. Meanwhile, Kanda Kazumi is now entering the 6th grade ...more
  • Tokyo Bandwagon

    17. Tokyo Bandwagon

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    7.8
    166 points by 2 voters
    The somewhat peculiar Hotta family runs Tokyo Bandwagon, a secondhand bookstore and cafe in the old part of Tokyo. They are a big four-generation family that is rare these days. The Hottas ...more
  • Aogeba Toutoshi

    18. Aogeba Toutoshi

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 8 episodes
    8.0
    164 points by 2 voters
    Hikuma Koichi, a former saxophone player who has turned his back on music due to the aftereffects of an accident, becomes the advisor of a small brass band at a run-down high ...more
  • Gibo to Musume no Blues

    19. Gibo to Musume no Blues

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    8.3
    162 points by 2 voters
    Miyamoto Ryoichi, a father to an 8-year-old daughter, proposes to and marries Akiko Iwaki, a career-minded 32-year-old woman. What happens when a career-oriented woman who has never raised a child before now ...more
  • Kazoku Game

    20. Kazoku Game

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    8.6
    160 points by 2 voters
    The story revolves around an eccentric home tutor named Yoshimoto, who is hired to teach the second son of the Numata family. While being tossed around by the weird and unconventional home ...more
  • Algernon ni Hanataba wo

    21. Algernon ni Hanataba wo

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.1
    158 points by 2 voters
    Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and ...more
  • Nobuta wo Produce

    22. Nobuta wo Produce

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 10 episodes
    7.8
    78 points by 1 voters
    Shuji Kiritani is one of the most popular guys in his school. He pretends to care for all of his classmates, but deep down, is quiet and doesn't open up to others. ...more
  • Saka no Tochu no Ie

    23. Saka no Tochu no Ie

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    8.3
    77 points by 1 voters
    Yamazaki Risako lives with her husband Yoichiro and 3-year-old daughter Fumika. One day, she receives a notification from the court that she has been selected as an alternate member of the jury ...more
  • Ryusei no Kizuna

    24. Ryusei no Kizuna

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 10 episodes
    8.0
    76 points by 1 voters
    "When we grow up... We'll kill him together." Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just in elementary school, and they vowed to ...more
  • Boku no Ita Jikan

    25. Boku no Ita Jikan

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
    8.5
    75 points by 1 voters
    Sawada Takuto is an ordinary university student, who one day learns that he has A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig’s disease) with not much time left to live. Instead of wallowing in despair, Takuto tries ...more

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