Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Career woman Shimura Eriko works for a large general trading company on equal footing with the men. She is beautiful and highly educated. Her parents have a house in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. Life seems to be going well for Eriko whose single greatest hang-up is the fact that she does not have any female friends. Her secret pleasure is to read a popular journal written by a housewife influencer...
Country: Japan
Genre:
18-year-old Saito Mifuyu is a simple girl who grew up in Nagano. After her mother’s death her father brings his lover over which displaces Mifuyu in her own home. She arrives in Tokyo following an invitation from her late mother’s younger cousin Kashimada Naoko to come over to her house for a while. It is a house blessed with “wealth” that she herself cannot obtain even if she wishes for...
Country: Japan
Genre: Horror
It is a live-action version of the popular horror anime Yamishibai Every week at 5 p.m. an old man in a yellow mask the kamishibaiya or kamishibai narrator shows up at a childrens playground and tells them ghost stories based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin. The man tells the stories on the back of his bicycle using a traditional kamishibai. Each episode has 3...
Country: Japan
Genre: Food, Business, Comedy, Life
Serizawa Tatsumi the charismatic owner of a popular ramen chain which gets long queues day after day plays a leading role in the world of ramen. She is also a food consultant who saves ramen shops facing difficulties. One day her subordinate Natsukawa Aya discovers a female customer who has not touched a new ramen dish. The young woman criticises the flavour of the ramen that Tatsumi created...
Country: Japan
Genre: Food, Business, Romance, Drama
Kiki Inoue works part-time at a convenience store spending the better part of her day lazing about or reviewing sweets on her social media account. One day at work she is introduced to the chain’s CEO Takumi Asaba who as it turns out is familiar with Inoue’s online reviews. Asaba asks Inoue to develop new desserts to sell chain-wide. As CEO Asaba is tasked with turning around the...
Country: Japan
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Hana and her family of master thieves hides from the world by pretending to be dead. They live at Kazuma’s home. Hana’s father Takeru never stop stealing. Due to that Kazuma’s father Norikazu gets sick. Hana’s family moves out from Kazuma’s home. Also Hana and Kazuma move into an apartment together which is old and small. They finally can live their own lives which is happy and...
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Life
The story follows 28-year-old civil servant Akiyasu Shin as hes chosen to take part in a new government program under the so-called NEET protection law. This project pairs government employees with NEETs as a means to rehabilitate them and re-introduce them into society. Problem is his chosen partner Sawamoto Himari was signed up without her knowledge! Will Akiyasu Shin end up winning her...
Country: Japan
Genre: Mystery
The Mobile Investigative Unit known as MIU of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Shima Kazumi is selected as a new member of MIU. He is intelligent with excellent observation and communication skills. Yet he does not trust other people. He is unable to find a partner in MIU and is ordered to partner with Police Officer Ibuki Ai...
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