Shiawase no Jikan

The drama, unlike the other versions, is told through the eyes of the main character, Tomoko, and not, as in the original story, her male protagonist Tatsuhiko. The title met with much criticism due to its excessive…

Memories of Yusin

Reply 1972! From an elementary school teacher to an Japanese military officer. Becoming an South Korean officer after liberation, again from a party member of the workers' party to an anti-communist leader. The soldier,…

Battle Flag

7.4

During the "September 18th" Incident, the Kuomintang withdrew from North China, and the senior Kuomintang officer Jin Ge died and returned to Dong'an City, trying to pick up his mother and his newlywed wife Liu Wenting.…

Oyari Haishaku - Yoidore Kotoji Tomegaki

7.7

Akame Kotoji, a shabby, middle-aged, low-ranking samurai, is a stableman at the suburban villa of Narushima Michihisa, the feudal lord of the desperately poor Kuju domain. One day, he downs litres of alcohol in a drinking…

All Bark No Bite

4.9

Even a remote town breeds a gang; these young men pass the time idling on the rooftop of a run-down coffee house, picking a fight with a delivery boy and collecting debt on behalf of others. Even though the hoodlums…

Kidlat

7.1

Voltaire was the son of the couple Dulce and Mario. At a young age, he and his mother were assailed by a "perfect storm" where lightning 'struck' Voltaire, but left him unharmed. He discovered he had power afterwards…

Shuden Bye Bye

9.5

At midnight, near the Tachikawa Station, Sato (Gaku Hamada), still in his suit, runs to catch the last train. There are other men also running to catch the last train. At the crossroad, people are divided into two…

General History of China

This massive project brings together historians and researchers from top institutions to create a definitive visual guide to Chinese civilization. The series meticulously charts the full span of China's past, exploring…

Radio

6.9

Radio (NHK Drama Special, Winter 2013) takes place in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the many coastal towns that were devastated during the 2011 Great Tohoku Disaster. "Onagawa Saigai (Disaster) FM", a provisional…

Beloved

7.0

Lu Xue Ni is 41 years old and a divorcee with a troublesome young son, Bu Bu. Adopted at birth during the middle of the Cultural Revolution by Li Qian Hua, a WW2 Japanese refugee who had herself been raised by a Chinese…