(3 vote(s), average: 7.33 out of 10)

Alternative Title: 風のガーデン | Garden of Wind | Garden Breeze

Genre: Human Drama

Film Date: October, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Ogata Ken, Nakai Kiichi, Ito Ran, Sudo Risa, Kamiki Ryunosuke

Description: Despite being a respected anesthesiologist at a famed Tokyo hospital, Shiratori Sadami has a disastrous family life. Before his life in Tokyo, his infidelity prompted his wife's suicide and the incident separated him from his two children ever since. Seven years later, as he is being diagnosed with late-stage cancer and inevitably on the brink of death, he finds himself making way towards his hometown Hokkaido, his estranged children and his final moments in life.

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

Alternative Title: 武蔵

Genre: Historical

Film Date: January, 2003

Japanese Drama Cast: Matsuoka Masahiro, Miyazawa Rie, Nakai Kiichi, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Yonekura Ryoko

Description: In 2003, the story of this legendary swordsman-philosopher-painter comes to life in the NHK Taiga Drama MUSASHI. Based on the famous biography written by Yoshikawa Eiji, this taiga drama boasts a list of stars that reads like a Who's Who of screen and television.Orphaned before he was ten years old, Musashi (his real name is Takezo, so you'll hear his childhood friends call him by that name) grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword, becoming a stronger samurai. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate Duel at Ganryujima.

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

Alternative Title: スマイル

Genre: Romance

Film Date: April, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Aragaki Yui, Koike Eiko, Matsumoto Jun, Nakai Kiichi, Tokuyama Hidenori

Description: Hayakawa Bito has a Filipino father and a Japanese mother, but he was born and raised in Japan and has never visited the Philippines. The ever-smiling Bito works at Machimura Foods during the day, and at night, he works a part-time job trying to make his dreams come true. One day during an incident at a bookstore, he meets a girl named Mishima Hana, who lost her ability to speak due to an accident. But even though she can't speak, Bito is drawn to her beautiful smile. However, Bito becomes wrongly suspected by the police for a crime, and after meeting the lawyer Kazuma, the issue begins to grow... Together, Bito, Hana, and Kazuma will go through challenging times and have to overcome many obstacles.