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Alternative Title: 官僚たちの夏 | The Summer of the Bureaucrats

Genre: Political

Film Date: July, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Nishimura Masahiko, Sato Koichi , Takahashi Katsumi, Sano Shiro, Sugimoto Tetta

Description: The story takes place in 1955, 10 years after losing in WWII. It tells the story of the government officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), who are carrying out their mission to make Japan as affluent and wealthy as the western world. The story revolves around Kazakoshi Shingo, otherwise known as “Mr. Ministry of International Trade and Industry”, and unfolds around the battle between the “industry supporters” who want to protect the national industry, and the “trade supporters” who are aiming for free trade to globalize the country.

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Alternative Title: 行列48時間 | 48-Hour Queue

Genre: Comedy, Suspense

Film Date: October, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Kaneda Akio, Taira Airi , Iwata Sayuri , Kunimura Jun, Sano Shiro

Description: A drama about a man nearing his retirement who waits in line for 48 hours to buy a lucky bag on New Year's Day. He and others with strong characters in queue, find themselves caught in a series of strange incidents. The unexpected story evolves through meeting people who try to hide their true feelings...

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

Alternative Title: アイシテル | 海容 | Kaiyo | Forgiveness

Genre: Human Drama

Film Date: April, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Sano Shiro, Tanaka Misako , Yamamoto Taro , Kawashima Umika, Itaya Yuka

Description: Typical mother Noguchi Satsuki spent her days trying to balance her life as a wife to her hard-working husband Kazuhiko and mother to their only son Tomoya, a seemingly withdrawn fifth-grader with whom Satsuki struggled to communicate. Seiko and Ozawa Hideaki, living in the same neighborhood as the Noguchi family, were raising a rebellious junior high school daughter Mihoko and their first son Kiyotaka a second-grader who was showered with much love and affection by his mother.On that ill-fated day when Kiyotaka was reported missing and was later found dead, Tomoya was taken into custody by police as the prime murder suspect. Tomoya slowly begins to open up about his innermost feelings as the hidden truth reveals the true motive behind his cruel act of violence. Satsuki, as mother of the perpetrator, comes face-to-face with her son’s true self while Seiko, as mother of the victim, deals with her sorrow and anger.

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Alternative Title: 喰いタン | Eating Detective

Genre: Comedy, Detective

Film Date: January, 2006

Japanese Drama Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Ito Shiro, Morita Go, Sano Shiro, Suga Kenta

Description: This story about a detective who has a huge appetite is adapted from a manga by Terasawa Daisuke and will be Higashiyama' first drama in 4 years.

(9 vote(s), average: 4.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: スタイル!

Genre: Comedy

Film Date: October, 2000

Japanese Drama Cast: Motoki Masahiro, Sakai Maki, Sano Shiro, Takeuchi Yuko , Toda Keiko

Description: It's about life in a department store. Its stars Motoki Masahiro and Takeuchi Yuko. Motoki heads a personal shopper's department. This department recommends shopper's what to wear at no extra charge. The management wants to remove the department so people in the special department tries it's best not to be removed. Lots of humour, sometimes funny and heartwarming. Another fun drama to watch.

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Alternative Title: 風に舞いあがるビニールシート|Vinyl Sheet Dancing in the Wind

Genre: Drama

Film Date: May, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Fukiishi Kazue, Hasegawa Tomoharu, Katahira Nagisa , Sano Shiro, Yoshizawa Hisashi

Description: Kudo Rika works for the UNHCR. After she fell in love with Ed, her American boss, they married and, after seven years, divorced. That had been two years ago. Now, when Ed dies in Afghanistan, Rika is devastated and finds it hard to recover from the shock. A reporter who has encountered a refugee girl rescued by Ed comes to visit her.