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Netflix
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Romantics Anonymous (2025)
A brilliant chocolatier who's afraid of making eye contact meets an heir who can't touch others — but somehow, they're immune to each other.
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Amazon Prime Video
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48
5.5
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60
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2.8
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Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. In 1995, four friends eager to escape their restrictive lives in an orphanage dive into the yakuza-controlled underworld of 1995 Kamurocho. Meanwhile, in 2005, their friendship is deteriorated, as tensions between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance are at a boiling point.
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7.6
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Pride (2004)
Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two persons start a relationship while frankly admitting to each other that it is only a love game. …The result is the unfolding of a drama of people with their respective pasts and with their pride as individuals.
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7.3
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The Locked Room Murders (2012)
Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock. One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable. Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors.
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7.1
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/12/

Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ (2016)
Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Netflix
60
7
6.7
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/11/

Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot (2018)
In the 1980s, a simple-minded fool named Hideaki meets comedy legend Sanma, changes his name to Jimmy and becomes a comedic superstar.
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Netflix
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8.2
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The Royal Family (2025)
Kurisu has always admired his father, who runs a tax accounting firm, and dreamed of working with him one day. To broaden his skills, he joined a major tax firm, but a professional setback left him disillusioned. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets racehorse owner Sanno Kozo, reigniting his sense of purpose.
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Blackboard (2012)
"Blackboard ~ Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushitachi~," revolves around teachers in different time periods having to deal with the problems of that era. The first episode stars Sakurai as Shirahama, a junior high school teacher who taught his students about "dying for your country" during wartime. After later losing his right arm in the war, he returns to teaching but is burdened and conflicted by what he taught his students in the past. The second episode of "Blackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushitachi~" stars Sato Koichi as a teacher during the 1980s having to deal with school violence. Shida Mirai plays a delinquent student, and Kanjiya Shihori plays another teacher at the school. Set in modern-day Japan, tackles the story of forbidden teacher-student relationships. Matsushita Nao plays a devoted English teacher who's offering personal lessons for a pupil (played by Kamiki Ryunosuke), who barely can read or write.
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
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6.9
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After the Quake (2025)
This year marks thirty years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four stories that are based on Murakami Haruki’s exquisite short series about the people ‘after the quake’ are adapted into dramas featuring star-studded casts.
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10
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If love happens a second time (1995)
Kosuke Mikami, the head office manager of a convenience store, takes a mistress named Komachi, a Kyoto beauty, while he is working alone in Osaka. After he returns to Tokyo, his wife finds out about this and ends up divorcing him... "Koimo Nidome Nara" is a Japanese TV drama that was broadcast on the Nippon Television Network's Wednesday Drama slot from January 11, 1995 to March 15, 1995. Starring Sanma Akashiya.
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10
/1/

松本清張没後10年特別企画 疑惑 (2003)
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119 Emergency Call (2025)
Yuki Kasuhara, a command officer in Yokohama's Fire Department, handles 119 emergency calls, balancing high-pressure crises and workplace challenges. Known for her quick thinking, she often defies norms by visiting accident scenes, sparking friction within the team.
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10
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Downtown Story (1981)
The story revolves around a bar and a poor church in downtown Yokohama , a port town . Kazami Yobuko is a singer and hostess at the bar . The bar originally belonged to Yobuko's mother, Ranko, but Ranko committed an assault and is serving time in prison, and the bar now belongs to Tsukiyo. This is the story of the twists and turns of the love story between Yobuko and a poor pastor , Shioya Isaku. The story begins on Christmas Eve, when Isaku helps Yobuko, who is suffering from a miscarriage .
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10
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The Tailor-Made Shirt (1986)
Shukichi, the owner of a shirt shop in Tsukuda, Tokyo, is a stubborn craftsman devoted to his work. Through clumsy in his expressions of affection, the mini-series depicts the sincerity, pride and pathos of a man who has supported his family to the best of his ability by devoting himself to his work. One day, his wife and son explode their daily frustrations with Shukichi and leave home...
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10
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I Am Your Ancestor (1981)
" I Am Your Ancestor " (Ore wa Gosenzosama) is a 14-episode television drama produced by Office Henmi and broadcast on the Nippon Television Network every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:54 ( JST ) from December 6 , 1981 to March 14, 1982 .
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父と子の炎 (1981)
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10
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Seiichi Morimura Suspense: Detective Munei Series (1996)
Detective Muneta (Koichi Sato) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division is deeply scarred after his wife and child are murdered. Burning with a desire for revenge and a fierce obsession with the case, he approaches the mystery of the murder.
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35
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Weather Forecaster's Lover (2000)
Yano Katsuhiko, a weather forecaster who is divorced and is introduced by his friend, Taguchi to popular radio DJ Yukawa Sachi aka "Love Specialist". Yano recalled seeing pictures of her before but the person he actually saw is Sachi's friend, Yujin.
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10
/1/

Yokohama shinjū (1994)
The life-changing challenges faced by a woman whose fiancée has been killed by the man who is to eventually become her lover.
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10
/2/

A Woman in Danger (1982)
On her way home from job hunting, Eiko hears a stranger whisper to her, "Contact the police. The guy seems suspicious..." As soon as he leaves the stunned Eiko, the man is hit by a car. Eiko rushes to the police, but when she returns to the scene in her patrol car, there is no trace of him. Eiko (Sakurada Junko), who moved to Yokohama from Tsuwano, encounters one murder after another. However, whenever the police arrive, there is no body or anything, the busy police refuse to believe Eiko's story. Only Eiko's friend Yumi (Nakai Takae) believes her and introduces her to Keita (Sato Koichi) of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police. This is a two-hour drama with a comical touch, suspenseful, comical touch, directed by Kotani Seiyasu, who directed the comical suspense film "In the Storm of Love" (1978) starring Sakurada Junko. Cooperation: Sunshine City, 15 JUGOYA, Lene Shinjuku store.
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10
/1/

Ryoko!! (1996)
"Ryoko!!" is a four-episode competitive series created by Toshihide, a leading director in the modern Japanese film industry, starring actress Shigeru Muroi. Ryoko, who has absolute values ​​within herself and is always nihilistic, yet compassionate and tearful, is played by Shigeru Muroi, who can now be said to be a charismatic actress of today. Tsuyoshi Toshige is the original story and director of the first episode, and Junji Sakamoto is the director of the second episode. The first unique film produced by the most unique individuals in the Japanese film industry
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7.0
/12/
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What a Wonderful Life (1993)
Yume (Asano) is a single mother raising a now teenage daughter, Haruka, by herself. She has trouble trusting men, as Haruka's real father Kunio left before Haruka was born, and her first marriage ended when her husband cheated on her. It is then though that she meets Kunio's younger brother, Mitsugu (played by Oda). He falls for her immediately, and sets out to win her heart despite her disbelief.
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10
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Shinai Naru Mono e (1992)
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6.0
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Undercover Investigator Matsushita Kohei (2023)
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10
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Zoku zoku jiken (1980)
Daisaburo Kikuchi (Tomisaburo Wakayama), a skilled lawyer full of humanity, thrillingly depicts the process of stepping into the background of the case step by step.
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10
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African Nights (1999)
A story of young women living in the same local community. Yaeko (Suzuki Kyoka) moves to a condo named "Mezon Africa," and notices her neighbors are all a bit strange. Matsuyuki Yasuko acts selfish neighbor girl Yuka, and Tomosaka Rie acts anarchist college-student Midori. Meanwhile, Yaeko knows her neighbor Mizuho (Muroi Shigeru) killed her husband 14 years ago.
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7.7
/19/
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ONE DAY~It’s Wonderful Christmas Ado~ (2023)
Three people come from different backgrounds and face their own troubles. Their fate leads them to face each other as their destinies become intertwined.
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10
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Kougen e Irasshai (2003)
As a former manager of a top hotel, Seiji has been entrusted with the reopening of a hotel in the high plains that has been boarded up and closed for years. With a budget of 20 million, he begins to hire interesting characters to work there and rebuild the hotel. However, his attempts to get a top chef to draw customers fail. The staff members begin to worry about the hotel's future and try to leave, but at precisely that moment, an elderly man who used to be a chef at a top hotel pays a visit. Will this mean success for Seiji or just add to his troubles? --TBS
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7.4
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Takeda Shingen (1990)
During the 16th Century Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of Civil Wars and the powerful Warlords who fought them. One of the earliest and strongest of these men was the Great Lord TAKEDA Shingen. A tremendous military genius, his battles are the stuff of legend.
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5.6
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Onna Nobunaga (2013)
Nobunaga Oda (Yuki Amami) was raised as the successor of the Oda clan and her father is Nobuhide Oda (Toshiyuki Nishida). She distinguishes herself as a daimyo during the Warring States period. Due to her gender as a woman, she experiences difficult times as a warrior. Around this time, she approaches the truth of the Honno-ji Incident.
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7.2
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Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021)
Police dog handler Ippei Aoba has a problem. It's called Oliver. To others, Oliver is a genius police dog that comes from a long line of geniuses, but, to Ippei, he appears—literally—as a lazy, foul-mouthed, middle-aged man in a dog costume.
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8.0
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Tabloid (1998)
Tokiwa plays a sharp tongued reporter for a major daily newspaper. She was demoted to a sleazy tabloid as a punishment for breaking the reporter's code of conduct. While working in the tabloid, she discovered that she has the freedom of uncovering the truth behind a murder case.
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6.2
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The Sun Does Not Move (2020)
Kazuhiko Takano is an agent for spy organizatoin "AN Tsuushin." His rookie partner is Ryoichi Taoka and they sneak into the International City Fair, which will be held in three years in Tokyo. Various schemes exists surrounding the selection of the construction site for the International City Fair. An explosion suddenly takes place in front of Kazuhiko Takano.
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10
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The Fire Still Burns (1993)
This drama tells the story of the Oushu Fujiwara clan spanning generations, 140 years in the late Heian era. They established their domain in Touhoku area (North-east area of Japan), independent from the rule of Minamoto clan.
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7.1
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60
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Summer for Bureaucrats (2009)
It is 1956, and Japan has officially declared the “post-war” period over. In the decade or so that will follow, the country will grow to be the second largest economy in the world. But what was the driving force behind this economic miracle? This drama depicts the intense drama and battles played out among Japan’s leading bureaucrats in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, focusing on Shingo Kazakoshi, the man dubbed “Mr. MITI” who selflessly and utterly devoted himself to his country’s industrial development.
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10
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Living Alone (1999)
Kyoko, an elite career woman working at a major bank, lives a high stress life surrounded by male colleagues and clients that discriminate against her, and a mother who constantly obsesses over Kyoko's lifestyle. As Kyoko is starting to buckle under the pressures of her high profile life, she is approached by a man who inquires if she is interested in working at an escort service. Kyoko refuses the offer at first, but he senses a hidden side to her and persuades her to give it a try. She soon finds herself living a double life: one as a businesswoman and one as a call girl. Her life begins to spin out of control, but a newfound friend may be able to help her escape from her situation.
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Throwing Stones : Cops Against the Government (2017)
One billion yen vanishes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two police inspectors work to discover the culprit, but politics may obstruct justice.
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TEAM -警視庁特別犯罪捜査本部 (2014)
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The Animal Trail (2006)
Animal Trail, a natural path made by traffic of wild animals, can sometimes be helpful for people who are totally lost in the wilderness. One day, a woman who is exhausted with her hopeless life unexpectedly meets a gentleman by chance. Out of genuine hope to escape from her misery, she allows her destiny to blindly follow the mysterious instruction given by this stranger. Would this "Animal Trail" ultimately lead her to happiness, or would it lead her to disaster? The life of Tamiko (Yonekura) was miserable, as she had to give up her dream to become a jewelry designer and work for a Japanese style hotel "Hosenkaku" simply to support her physically handicapped husband. One day, Tamiko was approached by a mysterious gentleman Kotaki (Sato) who offers her a unique proposal, "would you be interested in riding a vehicle without a destination?" His words shook Tamiko's desperate soul wanting for a drastic change in her life. In order to free herself from the depressing reality, she cleverly kills her husband by setting her house on fire. Then, through Kotaki's introduction, she becomes acquainted with Kito, a political fixer, and decides to become Kito's mistress. Although she notices that her decision may not be right, she decides to follow her instincts and go for the "animal trail"….
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Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
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7.7
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Leaders (2014)
Before World War II, the automobile industry in developed countries in Europe and the United States possessed formidable technological capabilities. A youth who saw this industrial might with his own eyes, returns to Japan fired up with the dream to develop the national automobile industry with his own hands. This young man’s name is Aichi Saichiro and this is the story of Aichi (Toyota) Motor Corporation.
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Koibito Yo (1995)
Just hours before two different couples (Manae & Ryotaro : Shoko & Kohei) take their vows, Manae and Kohei discover an untold secret of their spouses-to-be. While they are pondering over their decisions, they meet each other and become friends. Their friendship then extends after their marriages with Manae taking the initiative of choosing her home beside Kohei's. This move is certainly not to Ryotaro's advantage, as he is Shoko's ex-boyfriend and the child she is carrying is actually his!
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10
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The End of the Wind (2007)
A story about samurai from a clan in the Tohoku Region in the Edo Period. Matazaemon was born as a second son to humble parents and rises to a head retainer of the clan. At the age of 53, he suddenly feels the sign of aging and starts to consider his retirement. He looks back on his life in which he lost his four friends, including one who was killed by Matazaemon. Despite his success, he feels that his fame is vanity and finally finds the importance of human trust.
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Shinsengumi! (2004)
Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.
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8.8
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As If In Flight (1990)
Historical drama about the life of Saigō Takamori and his involvement with the Meiji Restoration.
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The Sun Will Rise Again (2011)
Detective Tono Kazuyuki (Sato Koichi) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's First Investigative Division resigns to take responsibility. However, he gets an appointment letter which he is unprepared for...to become an instructor at the police academy!
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Suppli (2006)
Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of self-doubt.


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