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

Alternative Title: Hotaru's Light | It Is the Only Little Light in My Life | Light of the Firefly | ホタルノヒカリ 2 | 螢之光 2

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Film Date: July, 2010

Japanese Drama Cast: Ayase Haruka, Fujiki Naohito, Itaya Yuka, Mukai Osamu, Yasuda Ken

Description: Originally based on a shoujo manga by Satoru Hiura, the first series told the story of a young office lady named Hotaru, who has no interest in romance and instead prefers spending her time lazily at home. However, her life changes when circumstances lead her to live under the same roof as her boss.Although the first series focused on Hotaru's reawakening to love, "Hotaru no Hikari 2" will be more about her path towards possible marriage...

(1 vote(s), average: 1.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: 新参者 | Newcomer

Genre: Crime

Film Date: April, 2010

Japanese Drama Cast: Abe Hiroshi, Kimura Yuichi, Kuroki Meisa, Mizobata Junpei, Mukai Osamu

Description: In the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo a women is murdered. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga (Hiroshi Abe), who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case. With virtually the entire residents of the Ningyo-cho's shopping street emerging as suspects Detective Kaga must use his keen sense of deductive reasoning to uncover the truth ...

(1 vote(s), average: 3.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: ゲゲゲの女房

Genre: Family

Film Date: March, 2010

Japanese Drama Cast: Adachi Rika, Matsushita Nao , Mukai Osamu, Nogiwa Yoko, Osugi Ren

Description: The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from the perspective of Mura.

(4 vote(s), average: 4.5 out of 10)

Alternative Title: ママさんバレーでつかまえて

Genre: Drama

Film Date: October, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Kato Natsuki, Kuroki Hitomi, Mukai Osamu, Sato Hitomi , Yokoyama Megumi

Description: The Mammies are a small "mama-san volleyball" (middle-aged women's volleyball) team sponsored by a local supermarket, whose colorful members range in age from their 20s to their 70s. The team is led by 40-year-old Suzuko, who invites her mentor, a grandmotherly coach, to shore up their performance. However, a handsome, young man appears in an unexpected turn of events. The mothers are suddenly motivated but Suzuko troubled because she and the team's young, good-looking coach Kotaro are actually newlyweds!

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

Alternative Title: 傍聴マニア09

Genre: Legal Drama

Film Date: October, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Minami Akina , Mukai Osamu, Rokkaku Seiji

Description: Morio is a freeter who winds up sitting in the audience at a trial for the first time. He instantly becomes fascinated with the human interactions that take place inside the courtroom, and he turns it into a hobby. At court he meets others who share his hobby and teach him about what’s going on in the courthouse and how to find the most interesting trials.

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

Alternative Title: ハチミツとクローバー | Hachimitsu to Clover

Genre: Romance

Film Date: January, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Harada Natsuki, Ikuta Toma , Mukai Osamu, Narimiya Hiroki, Narumi Riko

Description: Hagumi Hanamoto has just moved to Tokyo to attend an art college. She is a genius painter but an extremely shy girl. One day in April, Yuta Takemoto, a junior majoring in architecture, spots Hagumi near a pond within the campus and instantly falls in love with her. She turns out to be the assistant professor Mr. Hanamoto's second cousin.A few days later, Yuta's college hosts an art exhibition contest. The winning painting was a dynamic piece of work by Hagumi. Yuta's friend Shinobu Morita, a sculpture major, had been winning the contest every year. He takes one look at the painting and runs off. Yuta runs after him and arrives at Mr. Hanamoto's office. Shinobu finds Hagumi there and hugs her out of the blue. "It's been a while since I saw a painting that grasped my heart like that" he says. "I like your work too" she replies. Yuta is shocked to see the bond between the two. There's also Yuta's friend, Ayumi Yamada, who has a crush on classmate Takumi Mayama. But Takumi has fallen in love with Rika Harada, a designer who he works for part time.

(1 vote(s), average: 5.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: おせん

Genre: Comedy, Food

Film Date: April, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Aoi Yu, Mukai Osamu, Sugimoto Tetta, Suzuki Ranran, Uchi Hiroki

Description: Handa Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of the lower parts of Tokyo. Though she is normally airheaded and loves to drink, she has an impressive mastery of a wide range skills, from cooking to ceramics to calligraphy. While the drama follows various events surrounding the restaurant, one of the series' highlights is its illustration of Japanese food and culture...

(18 vote(s), average: 9.17 out of 10)

Alternative Title: 正義の味方

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Film Date: July, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Hongo Kanata, Mukai Osamu, Shida Mirai, Tanaka Yoshiko, Yamada Yu

Description: Yoko (Mirai Shida), a first-year high-school student, has been the victim of her older sister, Makiko (Yu Yamada), since they were little girls. Makiko treats Yoko as her personal servant, making her feel useless and stupid. Yoko has tried to tell others that Makiko is evil, but the older girl is good at showing a benevolent face to the world, so no one believes Yoko. Makiko becomes more demanding the older they get, even using Yoko to get boyfriends for her.One morning, when Yoko leaves home for school, she sees Makiko talking to Yoko's boyfriend, who is there waiting for her. Makiko has told him something embarrassing about Yoko, and Yoko can no longer stand it.

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

Alternative Title: アタシんちの男子 | My Boys | More Than Family But Less Than Lovers | 家族以上、恋人未満 | Kazoku Ijo, Koibito Mimanl?

Genre: Comedy

Film Date: April, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Horikita Maki, Kaname Jun, Mukai Osamu, Okada Yoshinori, Yamamoto Yusuke

Description: These days, the term "homeless" has taken on new meaning. There are youths referred to as "net cafe refugees," who have neither a job nor a place to live, but who find themselves hopping around internet cafes. One such refugee is a 20-year-old girl named Chisato, who lost her mother at a young age due to sickness. She spent her youth trying to escape from the huge debt her father left her, and her battle with the repossessors unfolded every night. However, her life changed after meeting one man named Shinzo, changing her views on the meaning of "family." Shinzo comes from a rich family tracing back to the Edo period, and he adopted six good-looking sons with the hope of one becoming his successor, but all of them have strange personalities. Shinzo promises to free Chisato from her debt if she marries him and becomes the mother of his sons. However, a life with these six guys under one roof will not go smoothly.