Shintaro, an Assistant Bank Division Chief at the Financial Services Agency, had been working like a dog for 33 years. But just five years before he is due for retirement, his boss framed him for accepting bribes. Shintaro was forced to retire immediately and was parachuted into a public organization, JAMS (Japan Association of Medium and Small Enterprises). Instead of a happy retirement that he had dreamt of, his out-of-the-blue retirement triggers a complete family breakup. To everyone’s surprise, his job is “to do nothing” for an annual salary of ten million yen!
Komari Sano, born in 1928, has always had a dream to become a pilot, under the influence of her father. Orphaned by WWII, she is now living with her aunt who manages a restaurant. After the end of
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Riku Kariyama, the director of the civil engineering design department of Teiwa Construction, a major general contractor, has been dedicating for several years to complete the "Ryujin Bridge", whic
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Soyogi Mikami is a popular trainer at a personal gym. She is known as a beauty goddess during daytime but at night, she is consumed by a wave of negativity.
One day, she gets dizzy from hun
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A family moves into a housing complex in the suburb of Tokyo.
They are Chikara, his wife Akari, their daughter Airi, and their son Kotaro.
Chikara is an indecisive man but very compas
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Six-Second Path: The Melancholy of Fireworks Master Seitaro Mochizuki
A fireworks shop has been in existence for generations in a local city. A father,Koh Mochizuki, and his son Seitaro have been running the business. One day, the father passed away at the age of ove
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Yuria Izawa is married to a kind-hearted, unsuccessful novelist. She spends her days peacefully, teaching an embroidery class. One day, her husband falls down unconscious at a hotel, and is transpo
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A story of how a top diva in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki, was born, her meeting and partings. This is the first dramatization of the much-talked-about original book with adaptations specific to the drama
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