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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
Japanese Movie - 1993
Adapted from Tsuneyuki Mori novel with the same title. Although the book is a fiction, it is based on the true stories of the Kamikaze Unit, known from suicide attacks. The title "Moonlight" is taken from Ludwig van…
Inochi Moyu
Japanese Special - 1992, 1 episodes
~~ Adapted from the novel "Inochi Moyu" (生命燃ゆ) by Takasugi Ryo (高杉良). Inspired by a real story of an engineer working on the construction of Showa Denko's Oita Petroleum Complex ethylene plant who died…
Tsurumoku Single Dormitory
Japanese Movie - 1991
A romantic comedy depicting the life of Shota Miyagawa, a new employee of "Tsurumoku Furniture," and the residents of the single dormitory where Shota lives. ~~ Adapted from the manga "Tsurumoku Single Dormitory" (ツルモク独身寮)…
Kin no Senso
Japanese Special - 1991, 1 episodes
~Based on real crime story, named in media "Kwon Hyi-ro Case" aka "Sumata Gorge Incident" . And journalist Yasuharu Honda book about it, names "Private Battle"". Kwon Hyi Ro was charged with the murder of two mobsters.…
Ikiteiku Watashi
Japanese Drama - 1991, 30 episodes
The story begins when Chiyo becomes a substitute teacher at an elementary school in Iwakuni City. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the autobiographical book "Ikiteiku Watashi" (生きて行く私) by Uno Chiyo (宇野千代).
Sengokuranse no Abarenbo Saito Dozan Doto no ten Shitadori
Japanese Special - 1991, 1 episodes
New Year large 5-hour period drama special, Adapted from work by Yoshihide Nakayama and Kuwata Tadashioya. (Source: MyDramaList)
2100 Nen Kasei
Japanese Special - 1990, 1 episodes
A drama produced in response to a report from space by Akiyama Toyohiro, the first Japanese astronaut-reporter. (Source: MyDramaList)
Turbulent 1750 Days
Japanese Movie - 19905.0
Based on the Yama-Ichi War, - conflict between the Kamioka Group and the Yayakai, which was split after the 4th generation conflict of the Kamioka Group with 12,000 members.
Fuun! Edo no Yoake
Japanese Drama - 1989, 12 episodes
~~ Based on the life of Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光), a general from Edo Shogunate.
Nakuna-sen! Moeruotoko
Japanese Special - 1988, 1 episodes
Story loosely adapted from the life of Senichi Hoshino (星野仙一) - Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball commentator and talent. Still, many elements of the story are fiction, including changing…
Rock, Flow Quietly
Japanese Movie - 1988
~~ Adapted from the book by Sachiko Yoshioka. ~~ Based on a true story that happened in Matsumoto City.
Miagereba Itsumo Aozora
Japanese Drama - 1987, 130 episodes
A drama depicting the half-life of Eiko Wada, a beautician , horse-race critic, and essayist . A story about her encounter with her husband Koji, his affair, and death from esophageal cancer and living through various…
The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
Taiwanese Movie - 1986
As befits the telling of the story of perhaps the most universally beloved hero of modern-day Chinese history Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925), this lavishly produced biographical film uses techniques culled from Chinese…
Musashibo Benkei
Japanese Drama - 1986, 32 episodes
~~Adapted from Tomita's Tsuneo (富田常雄) "Musashibo Benkei " (武蔵坊弁慶)
Yamashita Boys Story
Japanese Movie - 1985
The story is inspired by the life of Judo King - Yasuhiro Yamashita. It's loosely focuses on the man's childhood and years that marked the beginning of his further sports career.
Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti Fukuzawa Yukichi
Japanese Special - 1985, 1 episodes
A special drama was produced on TBS to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Yukichi Fukuzawa's birth. He was a Dutch scholar, a writer, an enlightenment thinker, and an educator.
Shione: A Certain Form of Love
Japanese Movie - 1984
A work about life of Eikichi Takahashi, a wood carver who died at a young age, leaving a comet-like brilliance in the world of Japanese sculpture.
Ikiteiku Watashi
Japanese Drama - 1984, 13 episodes
~~ Adapted from the autobiographical book "Ikiteiku Watashi" (生きて行く私) by Uno Chiyo (宇野千代).
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