Mukashibanashi Houtei

The setting is "What if the protagonists of folk tales were sued?". A feature of this drama is that it ends just before the verdict is handed down. It's up to everyone in front of the TV to make the decision. What…

The Phone of the Wind: Whispers to Lost Families

9.0

In a Japanese town devastated by the tsunami of March 2011 stands a booth containing an unconnected telephone. It's known as the Phone of the Wind. People come to "call" their loved ones who died in the disaster. Five…

Kyoto Jin no Hisokana Tanoshimi: Natsu

The protagonists are a young proprietress of a long-established confectionery shop and a mysterious foreign professor who has lived in Kyoto for over ten years. The second installment focuses on “summer,” a season…

Home Sweet Tokyo Season 2

7.4

When his Japanese mother-in-law passes away, Englishman Bryan Jenkins moves to Tokyo with his family to live with his father-in-law. With his wife heading out to work in the city, he must come to grips with being a…

A*B*C Tours

Thanks to their appearance in hit Asian films, locations throughout Japan are being thrust into the spotlight. We visit these new tourist hotspots with the stars of the films that made them famous, hearing the behind-the-scenes…

Zombie ga Kita kara Jinsei Mitsumenaoshita Ken

6.5

An outbreak of zombies in a local city! The only ones who can stand up to them are three women around 30 and their friends! In the midst of the battle, their hidden desires begin to seethe in strange ways! In this…

Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise

7.0

For director Nobuhiko Obayashi, a late-stage cancer diagnosis has not stopped him from making movies. We follow him as he pursues a war film, inspired by his mentor, the legend Akira Kurosawa. (Source: NHK World-Japan)

Home Sweet Tokyo Season 3

7.5

Still just a few months into their move to Tokyo, life is hectic as ever for Bryan and the Matsuyama-Jenkins family! "Home Sweet Tokyo Season 3" takes the family from bizarre Japanese business meetings and British…

Home Sweet Tokyo Season 4

7.7

With his wife Itsuki on a business trip abroad, Bryan and Tsuneo set about preparing the Matsuyama-Jenkins household for an incoming typhoon. However, nothing could prepare them for the arrival of Tsuneo's great-niece,…

SDGs Mini Drama

7.3

Short drama series to carry a message about the importance of coming together to create a society that leaves no one behind. Based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out by the United Nations, each vignette…