(11 vote(s), average: 9.18 out of 10)

Alternative Title: I'm In Love With My Little Sister | BokuImo | 僕は妹に恋をする | I Love My Younger Sister

Genre: Drama, Romance

Film Date: January, 2007

Japanese Movie Cast: Asano Yuko, Eikura Nana, Hiraoka Yuta, Komatsu Ayaka, Matsumoto Jun

Description: Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be very close as children but lately Yori has grown colder toward Iku and is always eager to stay away from her. Iku was confused by Yori's attitude. Actually Yori is in love with Iku and that forbidden love is causing Yori sleepless nights since Yori and Iku are sharing the same room with bunk beds. Yori tried to ease his intense desire for Iku by bedding Iku's best friend. He had even applied to attend a boarding school in another city to take him far away from Iku. Yori lost his resolve to stay quiet about his feelings when Iku started to talk about having a boyfriend and going on dates. Now Yori want to have his little sister and he confessed. Iku loves her big brother and wanted them to stay together, so Iku is willing to anything to keep them together. But Yori wanted to have Iku as a lover, not as a sister loyal to her twin.

(2 vote(s), average: 7.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: スウィングガールズ

Genre: School

Film Date: September, 2004

Japanese Movie Cast: Hiraoka Yuta, Kanjiya Shihori , Motokariya Yuika, Ueno Juri, Yukari Toyoshima

Description: Set in present-day Japan, Swing Girls is the story of girls who meet and are deeply fascinated by jazz. The heroine is a very typical Japanese teenager. Her character is suggestive of the hidden problem of today children. She lacks any special interests or motivation and dislikes making any effort. But when she discovers jazz, she discovers something she can be absorbed in and begins to transform herself. At first, she is not able to even make a noise. But she and her friends practice and come to be able to play their instruments. They slowly come to be fond of jazz and take part in a music competition.

(2 vote(s), average: 7.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: ファースト・キス

Genre: Romance

Film Date: July, 2007

Japanese Drama Cast: Gekidan Hitori, Hiraoka Yuta, Inoue Mao, Ito Hideaki, Matsuyuki Yasuko

Description: A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years. After learning about the upcoming surgery, which she has only a fifty percent chance of survival, Mio decides to fly back to Japan to spend time with Kazuki. Looking forward to seeing his sweet younger sister, Kazuki anxiously awaits Mio's return in Japan. However, their reunion is nothing but full of surprises as Mio has transformed from the innocent sickly girl Kazuki remembers from ten years ago into a sassy woman with an attitude. Kazuki has difficulty dealing with his wickedly selfish younger sister, but soon learns about the truth of her medical condition and has a change of heart

(4 vote(s), average: 9.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: Just One Love | たったひとつの恋 | Love of my Life

Genre: Drama, Romance

Film Date: October, 2006

Japanese Drama Cast: Ayase Haruka, Hiraoka Yuta, Kamenashi Kazuya, Tanaka Koki, Toda Erika

Description: If you feel you have lost the purity of your soul by watching stories about rich womanizers seducing impudent women, or by carrying out calculated maneuvers in your own love life, here is a story for you. A boy and a girl from opposite social backgrounds meet and fall in love, a straightforward love which is only possible for a 20-year-old couple. Their love, of course, faces a lot of obstacles. The setting is Yokohama, a modern port city known for its romantic atmosphere.Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night to fight for the survival of a small ship repair factory inherited from his father, and to support his mother and young brother, who has health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. In contrast to him, Nao Tsukioka (Haruka Ayase) is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner on a fashionable street in Yokohama. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, literally. Nao attends a prestigious women’s college and grew up cheerful, blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind gradually opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever is on her mind. Their three close friends, who are also 20 years of age, play an important role in their developing relationship.

(9 vote(s), average: 9.45 out of 10)

Alternative Title: Daisuki!! | I Love You!! | だいすき！！

Genre: Family, Human Drama

Film Date: January, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Hiraoka Yuta, Karina, Kishimoto Kayoko, Konno Mahiru , Yo Kimiko

Description: Yuzu, a 23-year-old mentally disabled woman with the mind of an 8-year-old, falls in love with Sosuke, a man with a similar disability. After Sosuke is involved in a fatal accident, Yuzu discovers she is 5 months pregnant with his child. Though Yuzu is intent on having the child, her mother, Miyoko, is immediately against it. After her family comes to terms with her pregnancy, Yuzu eventually gives birth to her daughter, Himawari. With many odds against her, Yuzu does her best to care for the daughter she so dearly loves.

(5 vote(s), average: 8.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: めだか | Night School

Genre: Human Drama

Film Date: October, 2004

Japanese Drama Cast: Sudo Risa, Hiraoka Yuta, Yamamoto Taro , Eita, Harada Taizo

Description: Takako Meguro's dream has always been to get married and quit her job. But one day, she finds herself working as a teacher at a night school. At first, she is unmotivated and doesn't take her work seriously. But she soon finds out that work at night school is tougher than she thought. There's a high-school dropout, a businessman, a cabaret girl, and many others—every student is either strange or extraordinary in one way or another. Half of the students are older than Takako, and she discovers that one of the students was her classmate in elementary school.Now that she sleeps during the day and works at night, Takako is unable to attend drinking parties to meet guys. She starts to think that's how life is, and she should go with the flow.But one night an incident ignites Takako's passion for her job, which explodes into an angry scolding of her students.

(0 vote(s), average: 0.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: モンスターペアレント | Monsutâ puarento | 怪兽家长 | 몬스터 페어런트

Genre: Legal Drama

Film Date: July, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Sasaki Kuranosuke, Hiraoka Yuta, Nukumizu Youichi, Hori Mayumi, Yonekura Ryoko

Description: Monster parents-a neologism that denotes parents who repeatedly make unreasonable demands to their children’s school and prevent it from functioning normally. Takamura Itsuki is the ace lawyer of a major law firm. One day, she is assigned on a case requested by a school board, and learns of the existence of "monster parents." She meets a parent who wants the school to fire a teacher with a dialect for fear that he may exert bad influence on her child, a parent who insists that her son get a regular position on the soccer team, a parent who refuses to pay the lunch fee because it doesn’t taste good and so on. She is, at first, reluctant about this case, but gradually becomes determined to solve the problems.

(8 vote(s), average: 9.12 out of 10)

Alternative Title: キイナ | Impossible Crime Investigator | 不可能犯罪捜査官 | Fukano Hanzai Sosakan

Genre: Detective, Mystery

Film Date: January, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Hiraoka Yuta, Kanno Miho, Koike Eiko, Tonesaku Toshihide, Tsukaji Muga

Description: At first glance Haruse Kiina is a completely normal 29-year-old. However, Kiina is the head of a special investigation unit nicknamed "Beppan" which deals with strange cases. With an unorthodox approach to solving crimes, she draws on her exceptional memory and powers of observation, and gets so absorbed in the pursuit of these cases that she forgets to eat or sleep til she solves the mystery.

(17 vote(s), average: 9.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: ゴッドハンド輝

Genre: Medical

Film Date: April, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Mizukawa Asami, Watabe Atsuro, Bessho Tetsuya, Hiraoka Yuta, Kaname Jun

Description: The story revolves around a young man named Mahigashi Teru. When he was young, his father, a brilliant surgeon, died in an accident, but not before saving Teru's life. As a result, Teru also aims to become a great surgeon like his father, devoted to never letting a patient die. As a clumsy newcomer at his hospital, he seems to be an unlikely savior. But whenever a patient's life is in danger, his true powers emerge in the form of his "god hands," allowing him to successfully perform even the most difficult operations.