Sanpuu Minami is a popular shojo manga artist who is believed by many to be a woman. In actuality, though, his real identity is Eichizen Gotaro, a single father with two children. One day, he receives a notification from the court that he has been appointed as a prosecutor's office examiner. With the deadline for his manga approaching, he requests a withdrawal but this is declined due to a lack of special circumstances. He joins 11 other people randomly selected from ordinary Japanese citizens, who each have unique personalities and give off the impression that they would like to get this over and done with. At first, Gotaro has a negative attitude towards the Prosecution Review Board, but as he gets closer to the thoughts of those behind the case, he starts to appreciate how important this job is.
A vertical drama about a trio of police officers who are investigating a series of murders… The first production under the Jogekankei (World) content label begins with a bizarre serial murder case in which a strange body is found synthesized with mannequins. Through their investigation of a family involved in the case, the three detectives uncover the mystery of the inexplicable incident and the startling truth.
Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation
Having launched a social media prank about a haunted building, three girls suddenly vanish. Rumours circulate that they were victims of The Ox-Head Village curse, triggering an investigation by two of their friends, desperate to find the truth about what has happened…
Edo Moiselle is an exhilarating, heart-warming comedy that takes place in Tokyo. It is about a big-hearted Edo era courtesan looking for solace for her weary soul while getting wrapped up into trouble wherever she goes. An entertaining love story that transcends the ages.
An omnibus drama about four wives, one addicted to internet auctions, the others anxious about their husbands who keep changing occupations and starting businesses.
Set towards the end of World War II, Kaede Itakura, who leads kindergartners, and Mitsue Nonomiya, who enjoys music, persuades the parents at the school to take their children out of Tokyo. They seek shelter at an abandoned temple in Saitama while Tokyo is bombed.
Emergency SOS! Great strategy to pull out all the water in the pond, this TV Tokyo series in 2017 is a document variety program. The program concept is to dig a pond that has been left untouched to clean it, and to verify what kind of creatures live there.
When people with supernatural powers pass the Japan ESP Association’s certification test, they are called grade one and grade two ESPers, while those who fail are called incompetent. The members (Asaka Kodai, Nakamura Yuri, Emoto Tokio, Hirata Atsuko) of Masuyama Supernatural Powers Office in Nippori possess supernatural powers. Led by their chief, Masuyama Keitaro (Tanaka Naoki), they help clients to solve troubles such as extramarital affairs and searching for people. But they are certainly not perfect supermen and women.
Takano Aki is a happy, ordinary housewife whose family (sweet husband and two kids) has moved to their dream apartment. Just as they are starting their new life, they encounter an ominous, terrifying neighbour, Sasaki Yumiko, who manipulates the dark emotions of pride, vanity and jealousy of the housewives living in the apartment building. She drives Aki into isolation within the building with unexpected methods and eventually causes the break up of her family. Meanwhile, a series of abduction cases take place. There seems to be a connection to the kidnapper and the frightening neighbor.
Best known for his appearances in the yearly batsu games shown on New Year's Eve in which he stars with other comedians in an endurance game. Tanaka is also part of Cocorico the comedian pair with 'Shôzô Endô' who star on the ongoing series Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende.