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 customers. The detectives from Akabane Police Station visit Miki Yamamoto’s house. At that time, other detectives from Saitama Prefecture also arrive at Miki Yamamoto’s house. Multiple suspicious death cases have taken place at her prior clients' homes. The media begin covering the story as a serial killer case. Who is Miki Yamamoto? What is the truth behind the cases?

Cast
Hiromi Nagasaku
Hayato Ichihara
Koji Ookura
Asami Usuda
Izumi Fujimoto
Satoshi Judai
Masahiro Komoto
Akio Kaneda
Hiroyuki Onoue
Nahana
Daikichi Sugawara
Soichiro Kitamura
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetsushi Tanaka

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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 (Miwako Wagatsuma) is a polite woman and loves roasted green tea. Midori Suzumura (Rena Takeda) is a high school student and loves acerola juice. Nanaka Seki (Yuko Araki) loves drinking milk.

These 5 women pay Shin a million yen every month for rent and living expenses. They have roles in the house and questions about the women are banned.

Cast
Yojiro Noda
Rila Fukushima
Rena Matsui
Miwako Wagatsuma
Rena Takeda
Yuko Araki
Lily Franky
Takashi Yamanaka
Tomoya Nakamura
Tetsuhiro Ikeda

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Ikari (Rage)

Movie: Anger (literal title)
Romaji: Ikari
Japanese: 怒り
Director: Sang-il Lee
Writer: Shuichi Yoshida (novel), Sang-il Lee
Producer: Shinnosuke Usui
Cinematographer: Norimichi Kasamatsu
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Runtime: 142 min.
Genre: Suspense / Mystery / Drama
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves behind the words "Ikari" ("Anger") written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees.

At 3 different locations in Japan, a male stranger appear. People there suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.

At a fishing harbor in Chiba, Yohei Maki (Ken Watanabe) works at the harbor and he has a daughter, Aiko (Aoi Miyazaki). Aiko begins to date Tetsuya Tashiro (Kenichi Matsuyama). Yohei begins to suspect that his daughter's boyfriend might be the killer, because he is using a fake name.

In downtown Tokyo, gay male Yuma Fujita (Satoshi Tsumabuki) works at an advertising agency. He meets Naoto Onishi (Gou Ayano) and they begin to live together. While getting Naoto to open his mind, Yuma begins to suspect Naoto as the killer.

In Okinawa, Izumi Komiya (Suzu Hirose) and her mother move to an isolated island there. One day, she takes a walk and meets Shingo Tanaka (Mirai Moriyama). The young is backpacking alone. Izumi gets close to Shingo, but Shingo asks Izumi to not to tell others about him.

Cast
Gou Ayano
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Mitsuki Takahata
Hideko Hara
Ken Watanabe
Kenichi Matsuyama
Aoi Miyazaki
Chizuru Ikewaki
Mirai Moriyama
Suzu Hirose
Takara Sakumoto
Pierre Taki
Takahiro Miura

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Gukoroku: Traces of Sin

Movie: Gukoroku: Traces of Sin (English title) / Record of Folly (literal title)
Romaji: Gukoroku
Japanese: 愚行録
Director: Kei Ishikawa
Writer: Tokuro Nukui (novel), Kosuke Mukai
Producer: Makoto Kakurai
Cinematographer: Piotr Niemyjski
World Premiere: September 6, 2016 (Venice Film Festival)
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Distributor: Warner Bros., Office Kitano
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
An elite salary man, his wife and and their child are murdered by an unknown assailant. The case initially made the headlines, but it is now an unsolved case.

One year later, Tanaka (Satoshi Tsumabuki) begins to cover the unsolved murder case. He is a reporter for a weekly magazine. Through an interview with someone who knew the murdered couple, Tanaka learns the murdered couple was far from the ideal couple that they appeared. The truth of the case begins to appear.

Cast
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Hikari Mitsushima
Keisuke Koide
Asami Usuda
Yui Ichikawa
Wakana Matsumoto
Tomoya Nakamura
Hidekazu Mashima
Mari Hamada
Mitsuru Hirata

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Haunted Campus

Movie: Haunted Campus

Romaji: Hontido Kyanpasu

Japanese: ホーンテッド・キャンパス

Director: Satoshi Takemoto

Writer: Riu Kushiki (novel), Koji Tokuo

Producer: Akiko Kamiyama, Yoshiyuki Nakahata, Takako Miyauchi

Cinematographer: Kazuhiro Aoki

Release Date: July 2, 2016

Runtime: 93 min.

Genre: Horror / Mystery

Distributor: Shochiku

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot

Shinji Yagami (Yuma Nakayama) is a university student. He is easily frightened, due to seeing ghosts. He has feelings for Koyomi Nada (Haruka Shimazaki). To protect Koyomi Nada, Shinji and Koyomi joins the occult research group at their university. They try to solve a mystery of the haunted campus with members of their occult group.

Cast

Yuma Nakayama

Haruka Shimazaki

Takuro Ohno

Maryjun Takahashi

Kentaro Yasui

Shinya Owada

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Keishicho Ikimono Gakari

Title: 警視庁いきもの係
Title (romaji): Keishicho Ikimono Gakari
Also known as: MPD: Animal Unit
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, detective, mystery
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 6.47%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-09 to 2017-Sep-10
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: My Buddy by Choutokkyu

Synopsis
A detective Sudo Tomozo gets taken off the investigation section team after injuring himself in an incident. He gets sent to the window seat for the general affairs division of the police department. Also known as ‘MPD: Animal Unit,’ a police department which looks after animals and plants. There, he meets Usuki Keiko, a female animal geek who has veterinary qualifications. She loves animals more than people, and Tomozo is not happy about the way in which Keiko is going about her own way. However, Keiko uses the assistance of pets left at different crime scenes, to solve criminal mysteries one after another, through her vast knowledge and sharp observation skills. Keiko, who never fails to show affection for any kinds of creatures, somehow helps her lead on to solving criminal mysteries. While being in directly controlled by Keiko, Tomozo gradually gains respect for her and their combination eventually becomes effective. -- Fuji TV

Cast
Watabe Atsuro as Sudo Tomozo
Hashimoto Kanna as Usuki Keiko
Miura Shohei as Ishimatsu Kazuo
Hasegawa Tomoharu as Nitto Hajime
Ishikawa Ren (石川恋) as Mikasa Yayoi
Kiyohara Sho (清原翔) as Sakurai Kaoru
Yokoyama Daisuke (横山だいすけ) as Shijima Takuro
Denden as Nidegawa Shokichi
Terajima Susumu as Kito Tsutomu
Asano Atsuko as Tamaru Hiroko

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Zankokuna Kankyakutachi

Drama: Cruel Audiences (literal title)
Romaji: Zankokuna Kankyakutachi
Japanese: 残酷な観客達
Director: Koichi Yajima, Ken Higurashi
Writer: Koichi Yajima
Network: NTV
Episodes:
Release Date: May 18, 2017 --
Runtime: Thursdays 00:59-01:29
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Set in the near future, a high school gives priority to privacy protection. The names of teachers and students are not revealed. 21 female high school students are locked in a classroom and their vision is shown all over the world in real time. The only way to escape is to receive many "good" marks from the audience.

Cast
Nijika Ishimori
Yui Imaizumi
Rina Uemura
Rika Ozeki
Nana Oda
Minami Koike
Yui Kobayashi
Fuyuka Saito
Shiori Sato
Manaka Shida
Yuuka Sugai
Miyu Suzumoto
Nanako Nagasawa
Mizuho Habu
Aoi Harada
Yurina Hirate
Akane Moriya
Nanami Yonetani
Rika Watanabe
Risa Watanabe
Neru Nagahama

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Thrill!

Title: スリル!
Title (English): Thrill!
Subtitle: 赤の章・黒の章 / Aka no Sho・Kuro no Sho
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Law, mystery

Aka no Sho
Also known as: Thrill!--The Red Chapter
Tagline: 警視庁庶務係ヒトミの事件簿 / Keishicho Shomugakari Hitomi no Jikenbo
Episodes: 4
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2017-Feb-22 to 2017-Mar-15
Air time: Wednesday 22:25

Synopsis
The story revolves around Nakano Hitomi, a general clerk of the Metropolitan Police Department. Being raised by a con man father, she has a keen nose for cases. She uses a detective and malicious attorney Shirai Shinnosuke to close in on the truth. -- NHK

Kuro no Sho
Also known as: Thrill!--The Black Chapter
Tagline: 弁護士・白井真之介の大災難 / Bengoshi Shirai Shinnosuke no Daisainan
Episodes: 4
Broadcast network: NHK BS Premium
Broadcast period: 2017-Feb-26 to 2017-Mar-19
Air time: Sunday 22:00

Synopsis
The story revolves around Shirai Shinnosuke, a malicious attorney who is always searching for a profitable deal. He receives a request of taking back a stolen masterpiece. After a negotiation with a criminal, he manages to retake the painting, but it turns out to be a trap to frame him. Owing to a detective and general clerk Hitomi of the MPD, he barely gets over the crisis. -- NHK

Cast
Komatsu Nana (小松菜奈) as Nakano Hitomi
Yamamoto Koji as Shirai Shinnosuke
Koide Keisuke as Detective Togawa
Kinoshita Houka
Kitaro
Horibe Keisuke
Owada Shinya
Sano Hinako

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Kizoku Tantei

Title: 貴族探偵
Title (romaji): Kizoku Tantei
Also known as: Noble Detective
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Detective, mystery, comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 8.60%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2017-Apr-17 to 2017-Jun-26
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: I'll be there by Arashi

Synopsis
Elegantly dressed, the protagonist of this drama is an aristocrat who dose detective works as a part of his hobby. Nobody knows him really. His age, academic records, family, where he lives and even what his real name is are all wrapped in a mystery. He does not seem to have a job properly. With gentlemanly behavior, he always bears in mind ladies first. He is a man of dignity who has a strong will as a nobleman and he’ll never be obsessed with power. He works on top police officials when coming across incidents, and this makes a Police detective Hanagata Raiu get involved to resolve cases together.

"A chore like reasoning is for servants" he says, and enjoys talking to women he meets along cases. Meanwhile, his extremely loyal servants Yamamoto the butler, Tanaka the maid, and Sato the driver start investigation on crime-scenes instead. -- Fuji TV

Cast
Aiba Masaki as noble detective
Takei Emi as Takatoku Aika
Namase Katsuhisa as Hanagata Raiu
Kinami Haruka as Tamamura Yoriko
Okayama Amane as Tsunemi Shingo
Tanaka Michiko as Fuyuki Izumi
Igawa Haruka as Kitami Kiriko
Takito Kenichi as Sato (driver)
Nakayama Miho as Tanaka (maid)
Matsushige Yutaka as Yamamoto (butler)

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Massage Tantei Joe

(2D)

Drama: Massage Detective Jyo
Romaji: Massage Tantei Joe
Japanese: マッサージ探偵ジョー
Director: Kazumasa Nemoto, Taki Yusuke, Tanaka Mine Wataru
Writer: Inoue Yoshiaki, Inoue Tate
Network: TV Tokyo
Episodes: 12
Release Date: Apr 8, 2017
Runtime: Saturday
Duration: 25 min

Plot
Yabukihara Joe starts working as a masseur with the encouragement of Eko-baba, the owner of a massage shop whom he happened to become acquainted with about one year ago. Recognising that he is gifted in massage, Eko-baba makes Joe go to the homes of all kinds of customers although it agonises him because he dislikes people and has anxiety around strangers. One day, the wealthy husband of Joe’s customer, is murdered and Joe finds himself suspected by police detectives. At the suggestion of fellow masseur Aguri, Joe uses his massage techniques and powers of observation to solve the mystery and clear his name. This becomes the turning point in his life. After that, he keeps getting involved in strange murder cases at customers’ homes and demonstrates his unexpected talent each time.

Cast
Nakamaru Yuichi
Koshiba Fuka
Wada Masato
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Baisho Mitsuko

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Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatte Iru

Title: 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている
Title (romaji): Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatte Iru
Also known as: Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2017-Apr-23 to 2017-Jun-25
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Opening song: PICK IT UP by Kis-My-Ft2
Ending theme: LEAN ON ME by BuZZ

Synopsis
Born in an affluent family, Sakurako is grown beautiful but rather spirited and speaks roughly. As an osteologist, she reconstructs skeletal remains of animals in her atelier at home when receiving job offers from museums.

Deeply inspired by the beauty and majesty of bodies, her eccentricity is remarkable. "Dead bodies speak eloquently." says Sakurako, at the events of examining incidents. She observes bodies and the crime scenes very carefully, and reveals the truth one by one. Kujo Sakurako, the beautiful osteologist, resolves the cases with her expertise hearing the “voice” of bones. How does this extraordinary heroine resolve cases? -- Fuji TV

Cast
Mizuki Alisa as Kujo Sakurako
Osaka Miyu (大坂美優) as young Sakurako
Fujigaya Taisuke as Tatewaki Shotaro
Takashima Masahiro as Yamaji Teruhiko
Shinkawa Yua as Shikura Airi
Kamikawa Takaya as Isozaki Itsuki
Hosoda Yoshihiko as Kondo Takuya
Kondo Koen as Tanigami Kazuhiro
Watanabe Kenkichi as Sugimori Shigeo
Tanaka Sougen as Arai Ryuta
Washio Machiko as Sawa Ume

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Reverse

Title: リバース
Title (English): Reverse
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.75%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Apr-14 to 2017-Jun-16
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Destiny by Che'Nelle

Synopsis
Unremarkable office worker, Fukase Kazuhisa, leads a boring life. The only place he can relax is the Clover Coffee Shop. Here he meets Ochi Mihoko and they begin to date. Just as he begins to grow accustomed to a more enjoyable life, something occurs that drives a wedge between the lovers. Mihoko receives a letter that accuses Fukase of being a murderer. Fukase realizes that he must now disclose the only darkness that happened in his life. He begins to tell Mihoko of a "secret" that he has not spoken of for ten years... Everyone sins. But how can you forgive and be forgiven? -- TBS

Cast
Fujiwara Tatsuya as Fukase Kazuhisa
Toda Erika as Ochi Mihoko
Tamamori Yuta as Asami Kosuke
Koike Teppei as Hirosawa Yoshiki
Miura Takahiro as Murai Takaaki
Kadowaki Mugi as Tanihara (Murai) Asuka
Ichihara Hayato as Tanihara Yasuo
YOU as Inui Kyoko
Shiga Kotaro as Hirosawa Tadashi
Katahira Nagisa as Hirosawa Masako
Takeda Tetsuya as Ogasawara Toshio
Shinohara Yukiko as Numabuchi Kotoha
Shuri as Murai Kaori
Murai Kunio as Murai Akimasa
Yamazaki Ginnojou as Kouno Nobuyuki
Furuta Yuna (古田結凪) as Tanihara Nanami
Yamaguchi Mayu as Fujisaki Riko
Suzuki Jin (鈴木仁) as Sagara Ryohei
Fujimoto Izumi (藤本泉) as Morishita Izumi
Ishino Yoko as Ochi Hiroko (ep7-8)
Natsuna as Kawamoto Yuri (ep7)
Kubota Masataka as Naruse Shinji (N no Tame ni cameo) (ep10)
Sugisaki Hana as Endo Ayaka (Yakou Kanransha cameo) (ep10)

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Rakuen

Title (romaji): Rakuen
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 6
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-08 to 2017-Feb-12
Air time: Sunday 22:00

Synopsis
One day, as the case of the Doisaki couple who murdered their 15-year-old daughter Akane and hid her body under the floor of their home for 16 years is creating a stir in the news, a housewife named Hagiya Toshiko comes to visit Maehata Shigeko, a writer working for a small editorial production company. This lady says her 10-year-old son Hitoshi may possess the special ability to see the memories of other people and presents a drawing that he had illustrated. It shows a young lady with an ashen face lying down inside a home with a distinctive weather vane in the shape of a bat which closely resembles the case of the Doisakis. Shigeko accepts Toshiko’s request to investigate the drawing even though she only half believes it. However, Hitoshi dies in a traffic accident. Meanwhile, Takahashi Harumi, the lawyer for Doisakis, starts to take action to protect the couple. Seiko, their second daughter, is told by Harumi that her parents are about to severe ties with her and is bewildered. At that time, a female high school student is held captive in some neighbourhood.

Cast
Nakama Yukie as Maehata Shigeko
Kuroki Hitomi as Takahashi Harumi
Kaho as Doizaki Seiko
Kobayashi Kaoru as Doizaki Gen
Kaneko Nobuaki as Miwa Akio
Matsuda Miyuki as Doizaki Kouko
Nishida Naomi as Hagiya Toshiko
Komoto Masahiro as Maehata Shoji
Ikeda Narushi as Akitsu Shingo
Riju Go as Nozaki Eiji
Hosoda Yoshihiko as Inoue Tatsuya
Oshinari Shugo as Amikawa Koichi
Kurosawa Hiroki (????) as Hagiya Hitoshi
Ito Sairi as Doizaki Akane
Ishizaka Koji as Kanagawa Kazuo
Shiho

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Konkatsu Deka

Title: 婚活刑事
Title (romaji): Konkatsu Deka
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, mystery
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 3.95%
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-02 to 2015-Sep-17
Air time: Thursday 23:59
Theme song: Kizuguchi by Saito Kazuyoshi
Insert song: kotae by No.6

Synopsis
35-year-old Hanada Yoneko is a detective of Ryogoku Police Precinct who is looking for a marriage partner. She swings between love and justice as she pursues cases with her partner, Fujioka Tsutsuji. Yoneko will not turn a blind eye to crime. In addition, she wants to be happy. But for some reason, all the handsome men she likes turn out to be criminals. -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Ito Ayumi as Hanada Yoneko
Koike Teppei as Fujioka Tsutsuji
Masu Takeshi as Miyatani Hiroyuki
Mori Kanna as Konishi Yayoi
Kuriyama Wataru (栗山航) as Takita Ryusei
Kawamura Emiko (川村エミコ) as Yamashita Mika
Kataoka Asuka (片岡明日香)
Akaboshi Shoichiro (赤星昇一郎) as Otousan
Yoshimitsu Hiroto (吉満寛人)
Kato Ryo (加藤涼)
Suzuki Sawa as Tsukamoto Itsuki
Osugi Ren as Sae Shinjiro

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IQ246

Title: IQ246
Tagline: 華麗なる事件簿 / Karei naru Jikenbo
Also known as: IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Detective, mystery
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 10.52%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-16 to 2016-Dec-18
Air time: Sunday 21:00

Synopsis
For generations, the blue-blooded Homonji family has been devoted to a pure and rigorous pursuit of knowledge in all forms, regardless of the powers that be or the fortunes of the aristocracy with whom they sympathize. But now, inheriting the pedagogic mantel of the family as its 89th master is Homonji Sharaku, a super genius with an IQ of 246, and a man with time on his hands. "Ah, I'm so bored. Isn’t there a puzzle I can solve?" Sharaku goes in search of "worthwhile" mysteries to crack, putting his super genetic brain to the test. -- TBS

Cast
Main Characters
Oda Yuji as Homonji Sharaku
Tsuchiya Tao as Wato Soko
Dean Fujioka as Kensei
Nakatani Miki as Morimoto Tomomi
Metropolitan Police Department
Miyao Shuntaro as Yamada Jiro
Matobu Sei as Imaichi Taneko
Saeki Arata as Toyotomi
Sasai Eisuke as Tanada Bunroku
Homonji House
Terajima Susumu as Kenjo
Shinkawa Yua as Homonji Hitomi
Sato Mayumi (佐藤真弓) as Yodo
Nobue Yuu (信江勇) as Nene
Others
Yano Masato as Ashikaga Takash

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Medical Team: Lady da Vinci no Shindan

Title: メディカルチーム レディ・ダ・ヴィンチの診断
Title (romaji): Medical Team: Lady da Vinci no Shindan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Medical mystery
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.11%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV / KTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-11 to 2016-Dec-13
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Miracle by AI

Synopsis
Tachibana Shiho is a genius neurosurgeon. However, after being in an accident, she started having visual hallucination while performing surgeries. Due to this symptom, Shiho decides to quit her profession. Then, Kitabatake Masayuki, her former professor who is currently the Director of Toko University Hospital, persuades her to join the Department of Analysis and Diagnosis, also known as "Lady da Vinci," at his university hospital. Lady da Vinci is a team of seven female diagnosticians who are all extremely talented in their expertise yet each seems to have a very distinct personality all their own. -- Fuji TV

Cast
Yoshida Yo as Tachibana Shiho
Aibu Saki as Nitta Yukino
Yoshioka Riho as Tamaru Ayaka
Shiratori Kumiko (白鳥久美子) as Satomi Aoi
Takizawa Saori as Uematsu Yui
Fueki Yuko as Murakami Natsumi
Ito Ran as Iwakura Yoko
Takahashi Katsunori as Kitabatake Masayuki
Totsugi Shigeyuki as Sasaki Shinya
Kobayashi Katsuya as Takasugi Yuki
Ikeoka Ryosuke (池岡亮介) as Fujimoto Shuji
Igarashi Kento (五十嵐健人) as Watanabe Hiroshi
Fujisawa Haruka as Tachibana Mao
Shounozaki Ken as Miyabe Kohei

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Suishou no Kodou

Title: 水晶の鼓動
Title (romaji): Suishou no Kodou
Tagline: 殺人分析班 / Satsujin Bunsekihan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, mystery, crime
Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2016-Nov-13 to 2016-Dec-11
Air time: Sunday 22:00
Related TV show: Ishi no Mayu (WOWOW, 2015)

Synopsis
Detective Kisaragi Toko of the Eleventh Section of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division was instrumental in solving the case of Tremi, the serial murderer who shocked Japan. Although one year has passed, the trauma she suffered at that time still strickens her. One day, a bizarre murder occurs in a room that has turned a deep red. Toko and Assistant Inspector Takano Hideaki proceed with the investigation based on clues left behind at the crime scene, but realise that they are being followed by a male stranger. The instant they attempt to arrest him, an explosion occurs at a nearby building. The police have to face an unprecedented crisis. Is this a coincide? And will Toko be able to overcome her greatest crisis as a detective? -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Kimura Fumino as Kisaragi Toko
Aoki Munetaka as Takano Hideaki
Watanabe Ikkei as Hayase Yasuyuki
Kitami Toshiyuki as Tokushige Eiji
Fujimoto Takahiro
Koyanagi Yu as Birukawa Keisuke
Furukawa Yuki as Yokoi
Kanno Misuzu as Kisaragi Atsuko
Katsumura Masanobu
Nakamura Toru as Kisaragi Isao

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Kaseifu no Mitazono

Title: 家政夫のミタゾノ
Title (romaji): Kaseifu no Mitazono
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, family, mystery
Episodes: 8
Viewership ratings: 7.66%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-21 to 2016-Dec-09
Air time: Friday 23:15
Theme song: Ai! wanna be with you... by TOKIO

Synopsis
One day, two new housekeepers from a housekeeping agency arrive at a luxurious house in a residential neighbourhood. They are Hanada Emiri and an obviously sturdy, big woman Mitazono Kaoru. Mitazono actually has a secret. “She” is a male. Mitazono handles housework such as cleaning, laundry, cooking and babysitting perfectly in an industry dominated by females. However, it is not just the dirt in the house that Mitazono cleans. He completely cleans off “deep-rooted dirt” in the households that he is assigned to each time. These are the households that society calls the “successful” where the people are proud, condescending and insufferable. Mitazono learns the family secrets and slowly lays traps to expose all of the secrets and reveal the family for who they really are. Then he gives the last push that breaks up relationships. However, this becomes the catalyst for the family to start again and solve the problems they have. The governor of Tokyo, Ozuzame Yoichiro, lives with his wife Kiyomi, son Naotaro and daughter Miho in this house. They are all very proud and look down on Mitazono and Emiri. However, just when Mitazono and Emiri are about to start doing the housework, Ozuzame’s chauffeur accidentally spills coffee on Ozuzame shirt. Ozuzame is beside himself with rage because he must wear this shirt today. Mitazono removes the coffee stain with a first-aid kit and dishwashing liquid in a matter of seconds. As a result, this raises the governor’s opinion on him. In fact, a threatening letter containing the words “Call off the Tokyo governor election” was delivered to Ozuzame right before this. Moreover, this does not appear to the first time it has happened. Knowing this, Mitazono rummages through the garbage bags placed at the garbage collection area and starts to probe into the family’s true state of affairs. Then one day, Mitazono is asked by Kiyomi to deliver something to Ozuzame and secretly peeps at its contents which appears to be secret accounts of over 3 billion yen in illegal donations. He also learns Kiyomi’s shocking secret and eventually the darkness of the family, and sets a trap … …

Cast
Matsuoka Masahiro as Mitazono Kaoru
Shimizu Fumika as Hanada Emiri
Shibamoto Yuki as Fujikawa Ran
Hotta Akane as Arisawa Haruki
Hirata Atsuko (平田敦子) as Abe Maria
Yo Kimiko as Musubi Yoriko
Hamura Jinsei as Kisugi Yuta

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Hippocrates no Chikai

Title: ヒポクラテスの誓い
Title (romaji): Hippocrates no Chikai
Also known as: The Hippocratic Oath
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Forensic mystery
Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-02 to 2016-Oct-30
Air time: Sunday 22:00

Synopsis
Makoto Tsugano (Keiko Kitagawa) is a medical intern. Recommended by physician Kojin Tsukuba (Ikko Furuya), whom she respects, Makoto Tsugano receives training at a forensics medicine classroom. There, she feels the classroom has a weird atmosphere. Professor Tojiro Kosaki (Kyohei Shibata) leaves the classroom and Makoto is alone in the classroom. She answers a phone call and hears a girl's voice asking "is that the place where autopsies are conducted?" The girl wants an autopsy performed on the body of a woman who died in a car accident. Her father was involved in the car accident. Even though the police conclude that an autopsy is unnecessary, Tojiro Kosaki presses ahead with the autopsy. Makoto doesn't understand Tojiro's excessive ways, but the autopsy reveals a hidden truth.

Cast
Kitagawa Keiko as Tsugano Makoto
Shibata Kyohei as Mitsuzaki Tojiro
Onoe Matsuya (尾上松也) as Kotegawa Kazuya
Furuya Ikko as Tsukuba Kimito
Hamada Mari
Sato Megumi
Aijima Kazuyuki
Kaneda Akio
Otsuka Yoshie
Hashizume Ryo

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Keiji no Shimei

Title: 検事の死命
Title (romaji): Kenji no Shimei
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Mystery, law suspense
Viewership ratings: 11.9%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast date: 2016-Jan-17
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Related TV show: Saigo no Shounin (TV Asahi, 2015)

Synopsis
Hirotoshi Honda, a teacher of a prestigious private girl’s high school, is arrested on suspicion of violating the nuisance prevention ordinance for molestation on a train and sent to prosecutor Sakata. High school student Reina claims he touched her buttocks in the packed train but Honda denies the crime and calls it a fabrication and claims he was blackmailed by Reina on the train platform. Reina denies his allegation. Even for a misdemeanor, Sakata believes not pursuing the truth is like death as a prosecutor.

Cast
Kamikawa Takaya as Sakata Sadato
Matsushita Yuki as Shoji Mao
Shida Mirai as Masuda Yoko
Masuoka Toru as Ihara Tomoyuki
Taketomi Seika as Nido Reina
Tsuda Kanji as Honda Hirotoshi
Tayama Ryosei as Matsuoka Wataru
Arai Moe as Otomo Sachiko
Arimori Narimi as Nido Fusae
Iida Kisuke as Handa Satoshi
Yamanaka Takashi (山中崇史) as Mikami Koichi
Terada Minori as Okochi Sadakazu
Enami Kyoko as Honda Atsuko
Ibu Masato as Tsutsui Yoshio

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