Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Drama: Fugitive Boys (English title) / We Did It (literal title) Romaji: Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita Japanese: 僕たちがやりました Director: Takehiko Shinjo, Toichiro Ruto Writer: Muneyuki Kaneshiro (manga), Akeji Fujimura (manga), Yuichi Tokunaga Network: Fuji TV, KTV Episodes: Release Date: July 18, 2017 (KTV) -- / July, 2017 (Fuji TV) -- Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00 Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Tobio Masubuchi (Masataka Kubota) and his friends are ordinary high school students. Due to an incident, their peaceful days are about to change. Tobio’s friends are beaten by students from another high school in their neighborhood. Tobio and his friends schem

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Kimi wa Petto 2017

Drama: You're My Pet Romaji: Kimi wa Petto Japanese: きみはペット Director: Izuru Kumasaka, Osamu Minorikawa Writer: Yayoi Ogawa (manga), Fumie Koga, Yuuka Arai Network: Fuji TV Episodes: 16 Release Date: February 6, 2017 -- Runtime: Mondays Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Sumire Iwaya (Noriko Iriyama) works as an editor for a well known newspaper. She is attractive and graduated from a prestigious university. She goes through a difficult period after being dumped by her boyfriend and getting demoted at work. One day, she picks up a beautiful young man, Takeshi Goda (Jun Shison), out of a box. Takeshi looks like her former pet Momo and Sumire o

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BORDER2 Shokuzai SP

TV Movie: Border 2 Romaji: BORDER2 Shokuzai Japanese: BORDER2 贖罪 Writer: Kazuki Kaneshiro Network: TV Asahi Release Date: Fall, 2017 Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Story of Detective Ango Ishikawa who can see and talk with the dead continues. Cast Shun Oguri - Ango Ishikawa Munetaka Aoki - Yuma Tachibana Haru - Mika Higa Arata Furuta - Akai Kenichi Takito - Suzuki Toru Nomaguchi - Hacker Garfunkel Kenta Hamano - Hacker Simon Kenichi Endo - Takuji Ichikura Nao Omori - Chikao Ando

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Chinmoku Hotei

Drama: Silent Court (literal title) Romaji: Chinmoku Hotei Japanese: 沈黙法廷 Director: Makito Murakami, Yosuke Higashida Writer: Joh Sasaki (novel), Masaya Ozaki, Hayato Miura Network: WOWOW Episodes: 5 Release Date: September 24 - October 22, 2017 Runtime: Sundays 22:00 Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot In Akabane, Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. The elderly person was strangled to death. Detectives from the Akabane Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto (Hiromi Nagasaku). She does housework for her custo

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Mamagoto

Drama: Mamagoto Romaji: Mamagoto Japanese: ママゴト Director: Hideo Nakata Writer: Hiroko Matsuda, Noriaki Sugihara Network: NHK Episodes: Release Date: August 30, 2016 - Runtime: Tuesday 23:15-23:44 Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Snack bar mama Mieko (Sakura Ando) drinks alcohol with her regular male customers. One day, when she is about to close the snack bar, her old friend Shigeko (Asami Usuda) appears with her 5-year-old son Taiji (Harutomo Koyama). Shigeki leaves Taiji with Mieko and disappears. She leaves a letter behind. While looking at Taiji, Mieko remembers her own past when she gave birth. Mieko and Taiji begin to live together.

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Million Yen Women

Drama: Million Yen Women Romaji: 100 man en no Onna tachi Japanese: 100万円の女たち Director: Michihito Fujii Writer: Shunju Aono (manga), Yoshitatsu Yamada, Yoshimiko Murooka, Yuuya Nakazono Network: Netflix, TV Tokyo Episodes: 12 Release Date: April 7, 2017 (Netflix) / April 13 - June 29, 2017 (TV Tokyo) Runtime: Thursdays 25:00-25:30 (TV Tokyo) Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Shin Michima (Yojiro Noda) is an unpopular novelist. He has lived with 5 mysterious women in the same house for half a year. Minami Shirakawa (Rila Fukushima) loves coffee. Hitomi Tsukamoto (Rena Matsui) loves black tea, yoga and reading good books. Yuki Kobayashi (Miwak

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Code Blue Season 3

Drama: Code Blue Season 3 Romaji: Kodo Buru ~ Dokuta Heri Kinkyu Kyumei Japanese: コード・ブルー～ドクターヘリ緊急救命～ Director: Masaki Nishiura, Hiroki Hayama, Ryo Tanaka Writer: Naoko Adachi Network: Fuji TV Episodes: 10 Release Date: July 17 - September 18, 2017 Runtime: Mondays 21:00 TV Ratings: 14.6% Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Kousaku Aizawa (Tomohisa Yamashita), Megumi Shiraishi (Yui Aragaki), Mihoko Hiyama (Erika Toda), Kazuo Fuikawa (Yosuke Asari) and Haruka Saejima (Manami Higa) have worked and pursued careers down different paths. Kousaku Aizawa left the hospital emergency room. He now works as a brain surgeon. Megumi Shiraishi works hard a

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