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

Alternative Title: 不毛地帯 | The Waste Land

Genre: Business, Drama

Film Date: October, 2009

Japanese Drama Cast: Tabe Mikako , Harada Yoshio , Koyuki, Yanagiba Toshiro, Wakui Emi

Description: Iki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company.

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

Alternative Title: それは、突然、嵐のように… | It was sudden, like a storm...

Genre: Romance

Film Date: January, 2004

Japanese Drama Cast: Esumi Makiko, Kimura Tae, Miyaji Mao, Yamashita Tomohisa, Yanagiba Toshiro

Description: Kozue Ogawa (Esumi Makiko) is a housewife and has been married to Hideo (Yanagiba Toshiro) for seven years. They don't have any children but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, everyday is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by this doubt that she cannot raise with anyone.Kozue starts a part-time job in the editing department of the magazine where she used to work. Her former colleague is now working hard as the editor-in-chief.One rainy day, Kozue meets a young man. He is Takuma Fukazawa (Yamashita Tomohisa), a high school student. He seems somehow shrouded in sadness. He is a dance teacher. In the dance studio, there is just the two of them.Takuma curls his hands around Kozue's body and his dance instruction begins. Their unexpected closeness causes Kozue to hesitate. With her heart pounding, she pushes Takuma's hands away and runs home. But the throbbing in her chest continues. It can't be. But what is this feeling?

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

Alternative Title: Ns'あおい | Ns' Aoi

Genre: Comedy

Film Date: January, 2006

Japanese Drama Cast: Ishihara Satomi , Koyama Keiichiro , Sugita Kaoru, Yanagiba Toshiro, Yashima Norito

Description: Based on the same-titled manga on a newbie nurse, Misora Aoi and the problems she encounters in medical work.Aoi Misora is a third-year nurse at a prestigious hospital. After she is involved in trouble at the Emergency Center, she is transferred to a medical ward of an affiliated hospital. Unlike her previous workplace, the medical ward is a crucial place where patients who survived the emergency room must be looked after with extreme care. But it’s also a place for dishonest and unskilled doctors. Moreover, it is also a place for cozy ties between politicians and doctors, where the priority is not patient care but profit.Still, Aoi puts every effort forward to take care of patients with her heart and soul. The harder she tries, the more she is alienated from the proud doctors. But with the support of another nurse, Kyoko Komine, and also Dr. Takagi, Aoi succeeds in changing the minds of those around her.

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

Alternative Title: 踊る大捜査線 | Police Investigation Headquarters | Rhythm and Police | Bayside Shakedown

Genre: Mystery

Film Date: January, 1997

Japanese Drama Cast: Fukatsu Eri, Mizuno Miki , Oda Yuji, Satoi Kenta, Yanagiba Toshiro

Description: Odoru Daisousasen is a Japanese drama, with some comedic moments. It originally ran for 11 episodes, and has spawned several TV specials and four full-length theatrical movies.Oda Yuji plays a character named Aoshima Shunsaku, an ex-computer salesman, who decides one day that he wants to be a detective. He soon becomes a detective at the Wangan Police Station where he encounters various cases and deals with the police bureaucracy.