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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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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Museum

Movie: Museum
Romaji: Myujiamu
Japanese: ミュージアム
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Writer: Ryosuke Tomoe (manga), Izumi Takahashi
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: November 12, 2016
Runtime: 132 min.
Genre: Suspense-Thriller / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A series of grotesque murder cases takes place on rainy days. Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) works to catch the murderer like he has done with past cases, but he soon realizes the murderer's next target is his wife and son. A man in a frog mask is a suspect.

Cast
Shun Oguri
Machiko Ono
Shuhei Nomura
Tomomi Maruyama
Tomoko Tabata
Mikako Ichikawa
Masato Ibu
Nao Omori
Yutaka Matsushige
Satoshi Tsumabuki

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Aishitetatte, Himitsu wa Aru

Title: 愛してたって、秘密はある。
Title (romaji): Aishitetatte, Himitsu wa Aru.
Also known as: My Lover's Secret
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.60%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2017-July-16 to 2017-Sep-17
Air time: Sunday 22:30
Theme song: Zutto, Futari de by Ieiri Leo

Synopsis
When Okumori Rei was in middle school, in order to protect his mother, Shoko, from DV, he killed his father. His father's death was treated as a missing person case and became a secret between him and his mother. Although, Okumori Rei spent most of his life thinking, 'I don't need friends or a lover', he meets and falls in love with Tachibana Sawa. He then decides to marry her. However, soon after his proposal, someone that knows about his "secret" starts sending him eerie messages...!? -- NTV

Cast
Fukushi Sota as Okumori Rei
Kawaguchi Haruna as Tachibana Sawa
Suzuki Honami as Okumori Shoko (Rei's mother)
Horibe Keisuke as Okumori Kousuke (Rei's father)
Endo Kenichi as Tachibana Hiroaki (Sawa's father)
Okae Kumiko as Tachibana Akane (Sawa's mother)
Kaku Kento as Tachibana Akito (Sawa's older brother)
Suzuki Kosuke as Kazami Tadayuki
Shirasu Jin as Adachi Kotaro
Yoshikawa Ai as Uranishi Karin
Yamamoto Mirai as Kosaka Izumi
Emoto Tokio as Yamada Takaya
Yashiba Toshihiro as Ichinose Yoshio
Saeki Daichi as Inoue Daigo

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Uso no Sensou

Title: 嘘の戦争
Title (romaji): Uso no Sensou
Also known as: War of Lie
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, revenge, suspense
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 11.25%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV / KTV
Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-10 to 2017-Mar-14
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Related TV show: Zeni no Sensou (KTV, 2015)

Synopsis
Koichi's father killed his mother and his brother, then he took his own life—or so it appeared. In fact it was all a set-up. Koichi, 9 years old at that time, was the only witness present at the scene and saw the face of the true murderer. Despite his repeated testimony, no one took him seriously. He was called a liar and even his relatives looked at him with suspicion and distrust. Growing up, Koichi learned to master the art of lying and turned into an extremely skilled liar.

Eventually, he moves to Thailand, changes his name, gets a fake identity and becomes an extremely successful conman. There he meets the murderer who killed his family 30 years ago. He swears himself to take revenge and returns to Japan... -- Fuji TV

Cast
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Ichinose Koichi (Chiba Yoichi)
Fujiki Naohito as Nishina Takashi
Mizuhara Kiko as Tokura Haruka
Kikuchi Fuma as Yahiro Kazuki
Magy as Momota Yuji
Kyo Nobuo as Nanao Shinji
Nomura Masumi as Yotsuya Kaho
Osugi Ren as Sanpei Mamoru
Yamamoto Mizuki as Nishina Kaede
Yasuda Ken as Nishina Akira
Ichimura Masachika as Nishina Kozo

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Tomodachi Game

Drama: Friends Games
Romaji: Tomodachi Gemu
Japanese: トモダチゲーム
Writer: Mikoto Yamaguchi (manga), Yuki Sato (manga)
Network: TVK
Episodes: 4
Release Date: April 6 - April 27, 2017
Runtime: Thursdays 23:00-23:30
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
When Yuichi Katakiri (Ryo Yoshizawa) was a child, his mother taught him that friends are more important than money. Now, as a high school student, Yuichi prioritizes friends over money. One day, Yuichi and his friends become involved in the "Friends Games" which carries large amounts of money.

Cast
Ryo Yoshizawa
Rio Uchida
Yuki Yamada
Shimon Okura
Nagi Nemoto
Silk Road
Seishuu Uragami
Amatsuki
Yuuka Ueno
Yuki Kubota

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Quartet

Title: カルテット
Title (English): Quartet
Also known as: Lovers & Liars
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, suspense
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.87%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-17 to 2017-Mar-21
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Otona no Okite by Doughnuts Hole (Matsu Takako, Mitsushima Hikari, Takahashi Issei, and Matsuda Ryuhei)

Synopsis
Four people's paths cross one winter by chance: two women and two men in their 30s, all whose dreams have gone sadly unfulfilled. Instead of swelling toward the peak of their lives, their lives all seem headed gently downhill. Despite being total strangers, they decide to share a house together in the wooded resort area of a Karuizawa. But “chance” also hides some pretty big secrets in this brand new adult-sized drama that will have you laughing at odd chemistry, biting your nails at unexpected turns, and even alarmed by some stark truths of the human condition. -- TBS

Cast
Quartet Doughnuts
Matsu Takako as Maki Maki
Mitsushima Hikari as Sebuki Suzume
Takahashi Issei as Iemori Yutaka
Matsuda Ryuhei as Beppu Tsukasa
Restaurant & Music Hall Nocturne
Yoshioka Riho as Kisugi Arisu
Tomizawa Takeshi (富澤たけし) as Tanimura Daijiro
Yagi Akiko (八木亜希子) as Tanimura Takami
Others
Mummy-D as Handa Atsushi
Fujiwara Kisetsu (藤原季節) as Sumida Shintaro
Kudo Kankuro as Maki Mikio
Motai Masako as Maki Kyoko

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Suna no Tou

Title: 砂の塔

Title (romaji): Suna no Tou
Also known as: Tower of Sand
Tagline: 知りすぎた隣人 / Shirisugita Rinjin
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, human drama
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 10.19%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-14 to 2016-Dec-16
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Suna no Tou by THE YELLOW MONKEY

Synopsis
Takano Aki is a homemaker who has built an ordinary yet amply content family life. When she and her family move into a luxurious, high-rise condo with all the latest security advancements, Aki anticipates the start of the kind of family life of which dreams are made. Until, that is, she meets her creepy and scary neighbors. Behind the walls of this ivory tower, life is a social ecosystem dictated by strict rules and decorum of vainglorious housewife residents. There are "compulsory Halloween parties", "hellishly exorbitant lunches", "floor discrimination", and even "strictly enforced proper attire for putting out the trash." Though farcical and comical at first glance, the housewives' behavior easily becomes sinister, as Aki begins to discover in unexpected ways. Someone is trying to tear her life and family apart... -- TBS

Cast
Main Characters
Kanno Miho as Takano Aki
Matsushima Nanako as Sasaki Yumiko
Iwata Takanori as Ubukata Kohei
Takano Family
Tanaka Naoki as Takano Kenichi
Sano Hayato as Takano Kazuki
Inagaki Kurumi as Takano Sora
Residents of Sky Grand Tower TOYOSU
Yokoyama Megumi as Aso Hiroko
Tsuda Kanji as Aso Takefumi
Horiuchi Keiko as Hashiguchi Rino
Kawazu Asuka as Hashiguchi Narumi
Otozuki Kei as Yanagi Shori
Sato Nori as Miura Atsuko
Horan Chiaki as Ono Ayaka
Metropolitan Police Department
Mitsuishi Ken as Aramata Hidemi
Uesugi Shuhei as Tsukui Takumi
Others
Kimura Yuichi as Inose Shinji
Karasuma Setsuko (烏丸せつこ) as Mita Kumiko
Sakai Miki (ep7-8)

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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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Kuroi 10-nin no Onna

Title: 黒い十人の女
Title (romaji): Kuroi 10-nin no Onna
Also known as: Ten Dark Women
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 3.53%
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Sep-29 to 2016-Dec-01
Air time: Thursday 23:59
Theme song: Ai / Zou by CIVILIAN

Synopsis
Kaze Matsukichi is a TV producer with a beautiful wife. However, he also has nine mistresses. His wife and mistresses have an inkling about each other's existence, but they just cannot leave him even though they are fully aware that he is a philanderer. One day, they plot to murder him. -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Funakoshi Eiichiro as Kaze Matsukichi
Narumi Riko as Kanda Kumi
Triendl Reina as Aiba Shino
Sato Hitomi as Yagami Miwa
Mizuno Miki as Yukino Kayo
Wakamura Mayumi as Kaze Mutsumi (ep3-)
Sano Hinako as Fumisaka Ayano
MEGUMI as Koyama Natsuki
Hirayama Aya as Mizukawa Yume (ep3-)
Shirahane Yuri as Uno Mai (ep4-)
Chisun as Hasegawa Sea
Terada Miko (寺田御子) as Harue
Morita Suzuka as Natsumi
Matsumoto Honoka as Akiko
Nakayama Yuichiro (中山祐一朗) as Fuyuki
Nitta Yuriko (新田祐里子) as Ikegami Honoka
Mikami Kensei as Urakami Noriaki
Yamada Jundai as Hiyama Umeto
Ohori Koichi (大堀こういち) as Hayashi
Nishizaki Aya (西崎あや) as Gashuuin Reiko

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Mohouhan (2016)

Cast: 
Nakatani Miki, Sakaguchi Kentaro, Mitsushima Shinnosuke, Yamamoto Yusuke, Shimizu Fumika, Hamada Tatsuomi, Kubota Sayu, Sugimoto Tetta, Kunihiro Tomiyuki, Mashima Hidekazu, Osoda Seiya, Kasahara Hideyuki, Matobu Sei, Oka Mitsuko, Yamanaka Takashi, Morimoto Leo, Ishida Nicole, Nukumizu Yoichi, Fujiyoshi Kumiko, Fujita Tomoko, Arimori Narimi, Watanabe Ikkei, Masuoka Toru, Yoshida Kotaro, Muroi Shigeru, Takahata Atsuko, Kishibe Ittoku, Hashizume Isao

Synopsis:
The right arm of a female and a bag are found in a park in Tokyo’s Taito ward. The bag is identified as belonging to Furukawa Mariko (Matsumoto Honoka), a company employee who has been missing since three months ago. While her grandfather Arima Yoshio (Hashizume Isao) and her mother Furukawa Machiko (Muroi Shigeru) are being interviewed by police officers, a TV station receives a phone call from a person who seems to be the murderer. “The arm is not Mariko’s. She’s buried elsewhere,” the person says. Freelance reporter Maehata Shigeko (Nakatani Miki) hears Mariko’s name in the news and is surprised. Mariko had been featured in a report on missing females which has suspended. Shigeko visits Itagaki Masako (Takahata Atsuko), the chief editor of the magazine ‘Sabrina’, and asks Masako to let her write a story on missing persons. Moved by Shigeko’s enthusiasm, Masako discloses important information. A 17-year-old youth Tsukada Shinichi (Hamada Tatsuomi), who was the first person to find the right arm, is the only member of his family that survived a robbery cum murder a year ago. Shigeko is assigned to serialise the story on condition that she writes from the angle of Tsukada being the discoverer of a new tragedy. Shinichi offers to become Shigeko’s assistant in order to face up to his family’s case. The murderer’s method seems to be to toy with the families of the victims and violate the dead. Shigeko’s anger starts to grow as a series of senseless murderers are discovered.

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Tokuyama Daigoro wo Dare ga Koroshitaka?

Drama: Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? (literal title)
Romaji: Tokuyama Daigoro wo Dare ga Koroshitaka?
Japanese: 徳山大五郎を誰が殺したか？
Director: Keisuke Toyoshima, Tomoyuki Furumaya, Kota Yoshida
Writer: Koji Tokuo, Kohei Kiyasu, Ryoichi Tsuchiya
Network: TV Tokyo
Episodes:
Release Date: July 16, 2016 --
Runtime: Saturdays 00:20
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Synopsis
Keyaki Academy private school, the homeroom of Year-3 class-C. As the students arrive the find the remains of their homeroom teacher, Tokuyama Daigorou, and the group descends into chaos. "He might still be alive", "Can anyone do CPR?" The students find a knife on his back and confirm his death. This will look bad, we have to hide it. Shit, there's no time. "He might fit in there," one girl says, pointing to an area inside the classroom. "He might not be found there!" "Will he fit" "Maybe if you cut off his hands and legs..?" The bitter, callous female students of this class. A strange school life begins as the students work hard to hide the presence of their teacher's corpse in their classroom. Other teachers from the Academy, their homeroom teacher's wife, his mistress, police, and reporters... One-by-one they visit the classroom and the students face the risk of being discovered. Is it possible to continue to hide it?! And who was it who killed him?!

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
Kyusaku Shimada - Daigoro Tokuyama
Noriko Eguchi - Kanzaki
Hiroki Konno - Hashibe
Kazuyuki Aijima - Tetsuya Takemura

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Pink and Gray

Movie: Pink and Gray
Romaji: Pinku to Gure
Japanese: ピンクとグレー
Director: Isao Yukisada
Writer: Shigeaki Kato (novel), Ryuta Horai, Isao Yukisada
Producer:
Cinematographer: Takahiro Imai
World Premiere: October 2, 2015 (Busan IFF)
Release Date: January 9, 2016
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Youth / Suspense-Thriller
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Popular actor Rengo Shiraki (Yuto Nakajima) dies suddenly. Due to his sudden death, unpopular actor Daiki Kawata (Masaki Suda) attracts the spotlight due to his close friendship with Rengo. Did Rengo Shiraki commit suicide or was he murdered?

Cast
Yuto Nakajima
Masaki Suda
Kaho
Yuya Yagira
Yukino Kishii

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Naomi to Kanako

Name: ナオミとカナコ
Title (romaji): Naomi to Kanako
Title (English): Naomi & Kanako
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 7.54%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-14 to 2016-Mar-17
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: No more by EXILE ATSUSHI + AI

Synopsis
Oda Naomi dreamed of becoming an art curator, but she currently works in a department store serving VIP clients. Although she has been successful in her career, she feels fed up with her current position. One day, Naomi visits her friend from college Hattori Kanako and discovers that Kanako has been a victim of domestic violence from her husband Tatsuro. Naomi advises Kanako to divorce Tatsuro, but Kanako is afraid of his reaction and unable to free herself from the situation. Just then, Naomi happens to see a clandestine Chinese who looks exactly like Tatsuro. Naomi soon begins to contrive a perfect scheme to kill Tatsuro... -- Fuji TV

Cast
Hirosue Ryoko as Oda Naomi
Uchida Yuki as Hattori Kanako
Yoshida Yo as Hattori Yoko
Miyakawa Ichirota as Naito Shingo
Yamaji Kazuhiro as Asai Nobuyuki
Inukai Atsuhiro as Tezuka Kaisei
Fuji Junko as Saito Junko
Takahata Atsuko as Li Zhu Mei
Sato Ryuta as Hattori Tatsuro / Lin Long Hui

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Death Cash

Drama: Death Cash
Romaji: Shi Hei
Japanese: 死幣
Director: Akihiko Watase, Ryutaro Kawashima
Writer: Kaiki Yoshida
Network: TBS
Episodes:
Release Date: July 13, 2016 --
Runtime: Wednesdays 24:10-24:40
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Yuka Minami (Jurina Matsui) is a university student. She has the ability to see other people’s deaths. One day, her friend suddenly dies. There are 10,000 yen bills littered around her friend’s dead body. There's also black stains on the 10,000 yen bills. Since then, more people around Yuka die mysteriously. Yuka and Detective Takeshi Wakamoto (Shigeyuki Totsugi) chase the mysterious deaths together.

Cast
Jurina Matsui   
Shigeyuki Totsugi   
Kaya Kiyohara   
Rina Kawaei   
Shono Hayama
Yurika Nakamura   
Mai Nishida   
Jin Shirasu   
Yuki Yamada   
Riho Yoshioka

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Soshite, Dare mo Inaku Natta

Title: そして、誰もいなくなった
Title (romaji): Soshite, Dare mo Inaku Natta
Also known as: Lost ID
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime, suspense
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Jul-17 to 2016-Sep-11
Air time: Sunday 22:30
Theme song: Oni by CreepHyp

Synopsis
He is a brilliant system engineer who is an up-and-comer at his company. In his private life, he has a fiancée. Just when he was at the pinnacle of joy, he suddenly disappears from the face of the earth. "No, you're not Todo Shinichi." Even the name on his official family registry and certificate of residence has been changed. His bank accounts have been seized and his employment has been terminated on grounds that he is a missing person. Without an official family registry, he can't even get married. Did someone set him up? The suspect begins to emerge... Although Shinichi was left with nothing but loneliness, he won't allow himself to go down this way. He won't give up, no matter how much he is betrayed. He will keep believing in people. No matter what happens to him, he will not succumb. "I will uncover the truth, regardless of what it takes." No matter how many times he falls, Shinichi will get back up. -- NTV

Cast
Fujiwara Tatsuya as Todo Shinichi
Tamayama Tetsuji as Osanai Tamotsu
Nikaido Fumi as Kuramoto Sanae
Inoo Kei as Kusaka Eiji
Shison Jun as Itsuki Keita
Konno Hiroki as Saito Hiroshi
Endo Kaname as Todo Shinichi (fake)
Ono Nonoka as Nishino Yayoi
Sakurai Hinako (桜井日奈子) as Kimiie Saori
Mimura as Nagasaki Haruka
Koichi Mantaro as Baba
Jinbo Satoshi as Onizuka Takao
Hiromi as Tajima Tatsuo
Tsurumi Shingo as Saijo Shinji
Kuroki Hitomi as Todo Makiko

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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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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi

Movie: Erased (Engish title) / The Town Where Only I Am Missing (English / literal title)
Romaji: Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Japanese: 僕だけがいない街
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa
Writer: Kei Sanbe (manga), Noriko Goto
Producer: Yoshio Yokozawa, Yoshitaka Hori, Nobuto Nagasaka, Yoshikuni Murata, Naoto Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Koiwa, Kei Haruna, Jungo Maruta, Masahiro Uchiyama
Cinematographer: Shigeyu Madarame
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Suspense-Thriller / Based on a Comic / Time Travel
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Satoru Fujinuma (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is an unpopular manga artist. He doesn't like having relationships with other people. He also works part-time delivering pizzas. Satoru Fujinuma also has the special ability of "revival." His special ability allows him to go back in time before terrible incidents occurred and right whatever wrong occurred. He goes back continually until the incidents are prevented.

18 years ago, a serial murder case took place with the victims being children. Satoru Fujinuma goes back to that time to catch the killer and to save his mother who faced the criminal. He does this in the body of an elementary school student.

Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kasumi Arimura
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Yuriko Ishida
Tetta Sugimoto
Rio Suzuki
Tsubasa Nakagawa
Kento Hayashi
Seiji Fukushi
Kanna Mori

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Stranger -Bakemono ga Jiken wo Abaku-

Title: ストレンジャー
Title (English): Stranger
Tagline: バケモノが事件を暴く / Bakemono ga Jiken wo Abaku
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Mystery, suspense, supernatural
Viewership ratings: 7.5%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast date: 2016-Mar-27
Air time: Sunday 21:00

Synopsis
Misugi Akira and his lovely companion Maria arrive in Tokyo on a special mission. It seems Akira is there to pick up Ito Kaori, whom he has known since Kaori was a child, so that she can join his and Maria's clan... of ageless vampires! But before Akira can get to the rendezvous point, the one-time doctor is distracted by a woman making a suicide attempt. Finished with that, he hurries to get Kaori only to find her dead... from a local serial killer who fancies himself to be a vampire. When one of the police detectives on the case, Saeki Shoji, starts digging into Kaori's death, the links he finds all seem to lead straight to Akira and Maria. So now the pair decide their best course of action is to try and track down the serial killer themselves as soon as possible...

Cast
Katori Shingo as Misugi Akira
Nakajo Ayami as Maria
Danta Yasunori as Maejima Yasuo
Otoo Takuma as Kumagai Akio
Sugawara Eiji as Nagai Hideki
Tamai Shiori (玉井詩織) as Nishizaki Shiori
Aihara Mika (愛原実花) as Aizawa Yoko
Ono Takehiko as Uchida Junpei
Masuoka Toru as Inamura Shiro
Hagiwara Masato as Saeki Shoji
Miyashita Kanako (宮下かな子) as Ito Kaori
Shibata Karen

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Hi no Ko

Title: 火の粉
Title (romaji): Hi no Ko
Also known as: The Sparks
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 4.36%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV / Tokai TV
Broadcast period: 2016-Apr-02 to 2016-May-28
Air time: Saturday 23:40
Theme song: Melancholia by Suzuki Masayuki

Synopsis
A quiet residential area in Tokyo. Retired judge Kajima Isao and his family have a peaceful life until Takeuchi Shingo, an acquitted suspect in a murder trial that the judge once presided over, moves next door. Takeuchi smiles amiably, gives thoughtful presents, and even helps care for the elderly. He wins the Kajima family’s hearts with his exuberant good will. However, mysterious things keep happening around the Kajima house... -- Fuji TV

Cast
Yusuke Santamaria as Takeuchi Shingo
Yuka as Kajima Yukimi
Asaka Mayumi as Kajima Hiroe
Ohkura Koji as Kajima Toshiro
Shouno Rin as Kajima Madoka
Sakoda Takaya as Seki Konosuke
Kinami Haruka as Sasaki Kotone
Sato Ryuta as Ikemoto Toru
Ibu Masato as Kajima Isao

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