1 Litre of Tears (１リットルの涙 Japanese Drama ) -
This beautifully moving drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hol
100 Scene no Koi (100シーンの恋 / 100 Love Scenes) -
(100 장면의 사랑) Mizushima Hiro stars in three different love stories of 15 minutes each, playing three different roles: an stylist, a surfer and a beautician.
First Story: "If it makes you happy" ~ Chapter of the Surfer ~
Hiro Mizushima & Yuki Saya
Second story
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 video source from dailymotion Asano Atsuko,Eguchi Yosuke,Ishida Yuriko,Takeda Tetsuya,Hasegawa Hatsunori,Kosaka Kazuya,Maeda Shinnosuke,Satoi Kenta, July, 1991 101st Marriage Proposal is a "Beauty and the Beast" story starring Takeda Tetsuya (Virgin Road, 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei) as a down-on-his-luck man who has gone through 99 omiai (arranged dates with the intention of marriage if the date goes well). Not particularly smart, nor handsome, nor rich, he is a man who cannot lie and of course, has a heart of pure gold. On the 100th omiai, he meets Kaoru (Asano Atsuko), an extremely beautiful and talented cellist who can't forget her dead fiancee... |
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video source from myspace Enjouji Aya,Sorimachi Takashi,Kaito Ken,北村康,Koshimizu Kazuki,Koumoto Junichi,Miura Haruma,Namase Katsuhisa, October, 2006 Details Title: １４才の母 Title (romaji): 14 Sai no Haha Also known as: 14-year-old Mother / Juyon-sai no Haha / Mother at Fourteen Format: Renzoku Genre: Family Episodes: 11 Viewership ratings: 18.55(Kanto), 20.38(Kansai) Broadcast network: NTV Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-11 to 2006-Dec-20 Air time: Wednesday 22:00 Theme song: Shirushi by Mr. Children Synopsis Shida Mirai, the young actress of Jyoou no Kyoushitsu fame, plays an average junior high school student who becomes pregnant with her lover’s child. The drama will show her gradually maturing as the circumstances around her change. .. |
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video source from yahoo Mayuko,Tegoshi Yuya,Zeebra, May, 2005 Sanada Kohei is in his third year of junior high school, and is constantly bullied by three classmates, one of which happens to like the same girl that he does. Along with a troubled school life, Kohei doesn't get very good grades and his family life isn't too great either. The only company he keeps is that of flowers, and he has many potted flowers in his room that he takes care of... |
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video source from dailymotion Matsuoka Mitsuru,Hoshino Mari,Kato Koji,Shingo Katori, January, 2002 This is a story about 3 men that live together. One morning they wake up to find out that they are now fathers; which helps them to grow right beneath their own eyes... |
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video source from youku Domoto Tsuyoshi,Mizukawa Asami,Nonami Maho,Sato Jiro,KATSUMI,Totsugi Shigeyuki,Ato Kai,Dohmoto Tsuyoshi, August, 2008 [돌아온 33분 탐정]Each episode's mystery is solved within that short time span, but unlike typical detective shows, this comedy features a slow-witted sleuth named Rokuro Kurama. While viewers will be able to identify the criminal right away, Kurama constantly comes up with incorrect theories, leading him to always accuse the wrong person. The show's name comes from its time slot (Saturday nights at 11:10pm), which runs a total of 33 minutes after commercial time is subtracted. --Tokyograph.. |
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video source from tudou Ito Tsutomu,Kunihiro Tomiyuki,Matsuzawa Kazuyuki,Nakamura Shigeyuki,Namase Katsuhisa,Yamada Meikyo,Yasui Kenichiro,Yoshizawa Hisashi, January, 2008 The story features a team of four sleuthing sisters... |
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video source from other Lee Chun Hee, April, 2002 The story opens after a young female student kills herself by jumping off a balcony. It's soon discovered that she was in fact stabbed, and the room arranged to make it look like a suicide. And so we begin. A few minor details lead Detective Kanzo (Akashiya Sanma) to suspect that Ryo (Kimura Takuya), an enigmatic chef's assistant, knows more about her death.The two have run into each other by chance a few times, and each time left Kanzo with an uncomfortable feeling. Every clue that is revealed seems to lead to more questions about Ryo, his obsessive girlfriend, his callous and manipulative relations with several women, and about a painful memory from Kanzo's past. Things get more complicated when a powerful love/hate relationship develops between Ryo and Kanza's little sister, the beautiful Yuko (Fukatsu Eri). What exactly is their connection? As the evidence (and body count) rises, Kanza tries desperately to save his sister from Ryo's influence. He's no .. |
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video source from other Kimura Takuya,Nakamura Toru,Nakayama Miho,Natsuyagi Isao,Okada Masumi, October, 1998 Kimura Takuya plays Ito Naoki, a mysterious man that seems to have some special connection with Oba Minako (Nakayama Miho) by their childhood. But Minako has lost her memory long ago and she won't remember anything about her childhood or him. Naoki knows almost everything about her and he secretly invites her to the "Sleeping Forest". From there on their story begins, into a mix of dark and romantic drama... |
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video source from other Oizumi Yo,Tomosaka Rie,Ueto Aya,Katase Nana, October, 2007 Details Title: 暴れん坊ママ Title (romaji): Abarenbo Mama Also known as: Wild Mom / Avarenbow Mama Format: Renzoku Genre: Comedy Episodes: 10 Viewership ratings: 12.4 (Kanto) Broadcast network: Fuji TV Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-16 to 2007-Dec-18 Air time: Tuesday 21:00 Theme song: I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY by mihimaru GT Synopsis 22-year old Kawano Ayu was brought up way out in the country. She's a rough-mannered tomboy. When she meets Tetsu, a divorced beautician, the two fall in love and get married. Immediately after their happy new life begins, they are visited by a 5-year old boy, Yuki, who claims to be Tetsu's son. Ayu reluctantly becomes the boy's mother, but has no idea how to raise a child. What's more, at kindergarten, she must confront the elegant mothers of the neighborhood. Ayu's humorous life as a rookie mother begins. --Fuji TV .. |
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video source from other Aibu Saki,Hayami Mokomichi,Irie Jingi,Maya Miki,Mizushima Hiro,Nakamura Shunsuke,Kuranosuke Sasaki, April, 2008 Izawa Riko is a temp worker in search of a boyfriend, and she ends up in possession of a "robot" known as Night Tenjo, who is programmed to be the perfect boyfriend. However, this creates a love triangle with a distinguished young man at her company who has feelings for her... |
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video source from myspace Matsumoto Rio,Uchino Masaaki,Ueto Aya,Yoshizawa Yu,Ishigaki Yuma,Kashiwabara Shuji,Komoto Masahiro,Natsuyagi Isao, January, 2004 Ace", an all time favorite comic book that sold 15 million copies is finally dramatized! A positive success story of an ordinary high school girl who gradually discovers her hidden talent of tennis through severe trainings designed by her strict coach. Can she every become an "Ace" tennis player?.. |
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video source from google Hamasaki Ayumi,Koda Kumi,Anan Kenji,Kohinata Fumiyo,Matsuzawa Ren,Narimiya Hiroki,Sato Kazuya,Tamaki Koji, October, 2005 A drama about a man and woman who come to know true love after unexpected circumstances cause them to live under the same roof. Singer and songwriter Tamaki Koji returns to acting after a 8 year hiatus, to star opposite Kanno Miho in this drama. Koji plays a very kind policeman; a champion of the weak and a pacifist. Having lost his wife 4 years earlier, he has been saddled with the arduous task of raising 3 children singlehandedly. Kanno stars as the unfortunate heroine with an ugly personality who grows through her encounters with this good natured middle aged man... |
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video source from tudou Arakawa Yoshiyoshi,Ishida Taro,Saeko,Yamaguchi Tomomitsu,Yamazaki Shigenori,Arakawa Ryoyu,Funakoshi Eiichiro,Ito Atsushi, July, 2004 Tomoe, 17, is an average high-school girl, interested in clothes and guys, but her family life is not so average. Losing her mother at a young age, she lives alone with her father, Shouhei and does all the cooking, laundry, housekeeping, like a mother would do. They have a hard time making ends meet, because Shouhei’s only income is from working as a judo teacher to the neighborhood kids. Tomoe can’t wait to go to the university to get away from her father, and judo which she hates. But because of her father’s unfortunate arrest, she is forced to take over at the dojo. With help from the captain of her high school’s judo team, Tomoe begins to teaching the few kids who still come to learn judo, and even start practicing the judo that she gave up as a child. This heartwarming family drama will entertain kids and adults alike... |
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video source from dailymotion Asou Yumi,Etsushi Toyokawa,Okada Kohki,Suzuki Ranran,Tokiwa Takako,Akiko,Yo Kimiko,Ito Masayuki, November, 2008 This delicate love story transcends the spoken word as it depicts the lives of an aspiring young actress and a painter who lost his sense of hearing during childhood. As their relationship develops, the audience learns the true power of sign language and experiences the couple's growth first-hand through the progression of their visual communication... |
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video source from google Shi An,Iwata Sayuri,Kimura Ryou ,Minami,Mizobata Junpei,Okamoto Rei,Suzuki Kasumi,Fukazawa Atsushi, December, 2008 The story was one of the best-selling novels of 2007, it revolves around the "red thread of fate" connecting the young pair Mei and Atsushi and the trials they face... |
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video source from tudou Himura Yuki,Hoshino Gen ,Ikuta Toma,Yuka,Matsushima Hatsune,Izumi Masayuki,Kazama Shunsuke,北村康, June, 2006 Akihabara is a Tokyo district full of mangas, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes, people who are commonly referred to as otaku. Page, Box, Akira, Taiko, Daruma, and Izumu are six otaku each with his/her own troubles and sought relief through a website called "Yui’s Lifeguard." When site owner Yui died of a mysterious death, the six who are each experts in their own fields gathered to form "Akihabara@DEEP", a "trouble shooter" group that vows to protect Akihabara and solve the problems of its inhabitants... |
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video source from veoh Reina,Brother Tom,Hayami Mokomichi,Kimura Tae,Miho Jun,Koyanagi Tom,Ito Tsutomu,Fukasawa Arashi, April, 2005 Based on a novel by Akutagawa Prize-winning author, Yu Miri, 'Ame to Yume no Ato ni' is a story about the supernatural and the bonds between a father and daughter... |
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video source from other Kanjiya Shihori,Omi Toshinori, July, 2008 Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a patissiere, finds herself jobless after the shop owner’s sudden death. She goes to Tokyo in search of another job at a confectionery but the recruiting period has just ended and there are no available positions. This is when she makes her first encounter with the well-established Japanese confectionery “Mangetsudo”. It is run by the veteran confectioner Umekichi, Takezo, and Mitsuko, and they happened to be looking for a part-time worker. A number of chance events follow and Natsu starts working at Mangetsudo. Although her job is to serve customers, Natsu becomes interested in the world of Japanese confection. Having only worked in cake shops, everything is new to her and she is gradually drawn into the deepness and profoundness of Japanese confection. --TBS.. |
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video source from dailymotion Akanishi Jin,Shinohara Ryoko,Toda Naho,Tomosaka Rie,Yanagihara Haruo,Jinbo Satoshi,Kato Masaya,Kotani Yoshikazu, April, 2005 Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called “anego” by her younger co-workers. What is “anego”? It means “older sister,” but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, based on a popular novel, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future... |
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video source from google Imai Yuki,Inoue Mao,Izumiya Shigeru,Kang Yoon sung,Morisako Ei,Natsuki Mari,Shirakawa Yumi,Danta Yasunori, January, 2008 At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group of children who make a living by pick-pocketing. At the same time, she finally meets her prince charming Senbe, the leader of the group. However, she soon finds herself in an awkward position when she learns of the children's new plot: they are planning to steal the treasures from her own castle. Will she be able to put a stop to it without revealing her true identity?.. |
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video source from tudou Anzu Sayuri,Becky,Kashiwabara Shuji,Takizawa Saori,Daito Shunsuke,Hagiwara Mitsuo,Hasegawa Tomoharu,Ikeda Tsutomu, September, 2006 Anna is everyone’s dream; beautiful, intelligent, kind and elegant. But in this drama, she is not the heroine... it is her best friend Lily. Lily is a girl who is overly confident of her own beauty and fantasizes that the whole world is in love with her. She even feels sorry for Anna who is always chased by the boys... as she believes that they are using Anna to become acquainted with her own self. --TV Asahi.. |
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video source from dailymotion Jinnai Takanori,Kase Ryo,Nakama Yukie,Anan Kenji,Fukikoshi Mitsuru,Igawa Hisashi,Kase Ryo,住田知仁, January, 2009 "Arifureta Kiseki" focuses on a woman (Nakama) living with her parents and grandmother, and a man (Kase) living with his father and grandfather. The story follows the ways that their ordinary lives and family ties begin to change after their encounter... |
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video source from dailymotion Amami Yuki,Fujiki Naohito, April, 2008 39-year-old Ogata Satoko is a highly capable psychiatrist who is single. She's forthright, a caring older sister and reliable in her job and in private. Her interests are staying in luxurious Japanese inns and watching stand-up comedy videos. Satoko hasn't had a boyfriend in the past five years. Nevertheless, she derives satisfaction from work and isn't worried about her finances. Among her good friends that she hangs out with are 35-year-old Morimura Nao, her junior who proclaims that she won't marry, and 39-year-old Oikawa Sadao, her peer since high school. Satoko is happily enjoying the single life. At an alumni reunion as everyone is on the verge of 40, Takeuchi Mizue, her good friend since high school who is now a full-time housewife, rushes Satoko into action. "If you want children, you should marry now" and "It's women's happiness", but both are lost on Satoko, who isn't convinced. One day, Satoko attempts to cheer up Nao, who is downcast over a .. |
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video source from tudou Kurokawa Tomoka,Nishida Toshiyuki,Anan Kenji,Fukami Motoki,Fukasawa Arashi,Fukazawa Atsushi,Ishigaki Yuma,Ito Hiroto, January, 2007 National Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006. In January 2007, the theatre begins its 51st year with “Asakusa Fukumaru Inn,” a new drama where every episode is self-inclusive, set in an old-line inn in Asakusa. Fukumaru Daikichi, the owner of Fukumaru Inn is played by Nishida Toshiyuki. The inn has been in business for over 60 years, and Daikichi is its third owner. Known as “nosy Dai-san” from people of Asakusa, Daikichi pries into the affairs of others and ends up making matters worse. As social conditions change, his inn business faces difficult situation, but he cannot help but stop being nosy. In each episode, various guest actors/actresses appear to take the key role sometimes as a guest to the inn or as a someone Daikichi meets in the neighborhood area. Exchanges between guest actors/actresses and Dakichi will definitely make the viewers cry and laugh in all episodes... |
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video source from tudou Ito Tsutomu,Hayashi Yasufumi,Sei Hiraizumi,Horibe Keisuke,Ichikawa Isamu,Ida Kunihiko,Imai Masayuki,Iwamatsu Ryo, January, 2008 Can a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend’s death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November 11th; his roll call number at school was #11; and 11 years ago, he and his wife, Mizuho, went through a divorce. Debt-laden and feeling unneeded to the world, he sells off all his belongings and plans for his death date. However, on the 1st day, he meets Yashiro Heita as well as numerous other characters who will cause him to experience the most eventful 11 days of his life. -- Rikayla .. |
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video source from wat_tv Ishida Hikari,Kimura Takuya,Nishijima Hidetoshi,Sugiyama Ayako,Suzuki Anju,Tsutsui Michitaka, October, 1993 Details Title: あすなろ白書 Title (romaji): Asunaro Hakusho Also known as: Asunaro White Paper / Asunaro Confessions / Ordinary People Format: Renzoku Genre: Human drama, Romance, School Episodes: 11 Broadcast network: Fuji TV Broadcast period: 1993-Oct-11 to 1993-Dec-20 Viewership ratings: 27.0% Air time: Monday 21:00 Theme Song: True Love bu Fujii Fumiya Hitosaji no Yuuki by Touge Keiko Just Like Wind by Fujii Fumiya Synopsis Five youngsters enter the same university and become very good friends. As they're very close, they're afraid of 'hurting' one another, and this results in even more tragedies. Both Tamotsu and Osamu, who fall for Narumi, keep holding back their feelings and giving way to each other. This complex love affair unintentionally causes Junichiro's death. In the end, all left school due to one reason or another, leaving Narumi .. |
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video source from myspace Abe Hiroshi,Miyasako Hiroyuki,Nagai Masaru,Shinohara Ryoko, April, 2004 Kazuyuki Yamamura works at a major advertising agency, and is the breadwinner of his family, which consists of himself, wife Miki, and daughter Rie. He purchases a house, and is proud of being at the pinnacle of his career... |
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video source from google Higuchi Kanako,Aoi,Nagatsuka Kyozo,Okada Yoshinori, January, 2008 The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma. In 1835, Shimazu Tadatake, head of the Imaizumi-Shimazu family of Satsuma clan, and Oyuki are blessed with a long-awaited daughter, Okatsu, who later becomes Atsuhime. She grows up as a tomboy, full of wonders, yet warm-hearted. Meanwhile, as Satsuma clan is under going financial reform, headed by chief retainer Zusho, Tadatake is punished for being lenient with farmers. Okatsu, unable to absorb why her father is.. |
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video source from tudou Kubota Maki,Ootomo Minami,Sakai Ayana,Takahashi Arisa As,Ueto Aya, April, 2005 What does it take to become the ultimate volleyball player? The smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time! A smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time! Kozue, a positive and cheerful high school girl devotes her entire energy toward her school volleyball team. Extremely severe practices designed by the strict head coach Inokuma, highly competitive matches against the toughest top players, friendships and rivalry among teammates with strong characters?. Can Kozue?s genuine love toward volleyball make the impossible come true? .. |
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video source from yahoo Aibu Saki,Koizumi Koutaro ,Maya Miki,Nishikido Ryo,Uehara Misa,Ueto Aya,Kato Naritaka,Inoue Jun, April, 2006 Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko (Ueto Aya) was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty. Ever since she was young, she enjoyed the company of boys over girls. She starts a band with four of her boy friends and becomes the lead singer. Then one day, one of the members of the band, Tsukasa, gets a job at a bank in Tokyo. Due to Tsukasa leaving town, the band breaks up and though Yoko finds herself lonely, she puts on a strong act in front of Tsukasa. She can't tell Tsukasa how she truly feels for him. On the day Tsukasa leaves for Tokyo, Yoko goes along with the band members to the airport to see him off. The guys get excited when they see some cabin crew ladies and Yoko has no idea why. She reminds them that even she can wear a uniform, but the guys only make fun of her. That's when Tsukasa tells Yoko he wonders what she'd look like dressed in uniform. This is when Yoko decides she wa.. |
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