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- CreatorHisaya NakajôStarsMaki HorikitaShun OguriTôma IkutaMizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same all-boys high school her idol, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete that gave up on the sport, attends. In between the antics of their classmates, she'll try to get him to jump again.
- StarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaTwo musicians united in talent, divided by nature - the upper-class perfectionist Chiaki and the sloppy middle-classer Nodame - fall in love.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaKeiko KitagawaSaki AibuFate brings together Shirakawa Riko and Kamiya Naoki-but fate is fickle.While Riko is an aspiring violinist,and Naoki a hopeful pro-basketball player, both strive to achieve their dreams whilst struggling through a web of betrayal to find true love.
- DirectorYûichi SatôStarsTao TsuchiyaKyôko YoshineTadanobu AsanoAn ugly but talented actress gains the power to copy the bodies of beautiful actresses temporarily. But how long can she maintain the facade?
- StarsErika SawajiriRyô NishikidoHiroko YakushimaruThe story of a 15-year-old high school student, Ikeuchi Aya, who soon discovers she has an incurable disease that affects the cerebellum of the brain. Aya lived her life to the fullest until her death at 25.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaA popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.
- StarsTomoya NagaseYui AragakiYûya TegoshiThe series is mainly about a 27 year old man named Makio Sakaki. His purpose is to become a successor after his father. However, he must pass high school first in order to prove himself worthy in the family for if he fails, his younger brother will take over, instead of him. Through the school years, he faces many obstacles such as righteousness, friendship, and perhaps even love.
- StarsKahoMirai ShidaYûki AmamiMaya Akutsu, a new teacher who strives for perfection and punishes students in unorthodox manners. A 12-year-old Kazumi has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure.
- StarsYû AoiJun'ichi OkadaSadao AbeThe show revolves around Rakugo, a traditional Japanese comedy that can look back on a 400 year long history. It tells about a Yakuza who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, and a talented comedian who tries to change his destiny.
- StarsYûki AmamiYutaka TakenouchiTetsuji TamayamaThis series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband. In fact, her assignment in the U.S. was really a demotion after she ruined her career track over a man. So why was she chosen as the boss of the new division? Even though the detectives are talented, they all have some kind of issue or flaw, and they are considered to be the "problem children" of the police force. In the end, the division's true purpose is just to isolate these problematic detectives.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsYûki AmamiAtsuro WatabeEugene HaradaAkira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino Tsukushi is an ordinary student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged which is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriAfter a year of separation, Makino and Domyoji see whether their love can triumph over the many obstacles placed in their path. F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to their journey.
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaMichiko KichiseTrusting, gullible Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game where the players are issued large sums of money which they then have to cheat each other out of. A few get rich, while the rest find themselves in debt for life. Nao's opponent is her former teacher. Relieved, she goes to him for advice, but is tricked into giving him all her money. With no idea of how to retrieve the money to avoid debt, Nao is desperate. When she gets a tip that a genius swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, is about to be released from prison, she turns to him for help. With some initial reluctance, Akiyama agrees to be her right-hand man in the game. As the two get pulled deeper into increasingly difficult levels of the game, it gradually becomes clear that their participation was far from coincidental.
- StarsMasaharu FukuyamaIkkei WatanabeYuriko YoshitakaYukawa Manabu, also known as Detective Galileo, is a genius physicist and university professor who solves unusual mysteries. His partner, Utsumi Kaoru, is a rookie cop.
- StarsMasato SakaiAya UetoMitsuhiro OikawaAn idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.
- StarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiA never-lose lawyer, Kensuke Komikado, uses his way and understanding of the spirit of the law to win every case on the court of law.
- StarsYui AragakiGen HoshinoRyôhei OhtaniMoriyama Mikuri had graduated from university and got no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. Now, she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaMasataka KubotaArata IuraStories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaMasaki SudaTsubasa HondaKouno Etsuko joins a publishing company with her sights set on becoming a fashion editor. But she is assigned to the proofreading department which examines and fixes errors in manuscripts.
- StarsYui AragakiMasaki OkadaMitsuhiro OikawaKyoko Okitegami is known as the Forgetful Private Detective. When she wakes up in the morning, her memory is reset. Because of her condition, she has to solve every case just in a day.
- StarsAya UetoMichiko KichiseTakumi SaitôThe story is about two women who each have a affair.
- StarsTakuya KimuraKyôka SuzukiKyoko HasegawaSet in the late 1960s decade of Japan and follows the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakuya KimuraHana SugisakiSôta FukushiCursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakako MatsuYôko MoriguchiLove Generation revolves around the relationship of the two leading protagonists, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin their relationship as squabbling colleagues before falling in love.
- StarsShôta MatsudaEmi TakeiNorika FujiwaraPopular Japanese actor, Matsuda Shota (Boys Over Flowers), stars in this picturesque and unique medical drama about a traveling doctor who can't seem to separate business from pleasure. A genius in his field, Sezaki Kota's strengths are undermined by his character flaws, namely his tendency to fall in love instantly with beautiful women. Keeping him in line is Nurse Togami Mako (Takei Emi), a former delinquent now dedicated to helping the less fortunate. Will Kota find his bride-to-be waiting on an upcoming island, or could his true love be the woman he hasn't fallen for?
- StarsNao MatsushitaSatomi IshiharaTakanori IwataSisters Hazuki and Misaki are like night and day, but they share a strong bond and try to make each other happy.
- StarsMirei KiritaniMao DaichiMayuko KawakitaTokita Mayuko who was majored in textile technology moved to Tokyo and finally found a job in Ginza. Mayuko's dream is to develop new kinds of fabric, but she ends up working in a handmade luxury lingerie atelier called Emotion.
- StarsYôsuke EguchiMasaharu FukuyamaNoriko SakaiA car accident killed a couple, orphaning their six children. At that time, the eldest child, Tatsuya, was only 18 and had to attend marathon training. Lacking the confidence to take good care of his siblings, he separately relocated them to the homes of their relatives and adopters. However, after seven years and a career-ending injury, Tatsuya decides to reunite his brothers and sisters to live together under one roof. To his disappointment, he is met with resentment and discord.
- CreatorKôki MitaniStarsMasakazu TamuraMasahiko NishimuraTakashi KobayashiThe cases of Furuhata Ninzaburô, a Japanese detective inspired by Columbo who solves inverted mysteries with the help of his bumbling sidekick Shintaro Imaizumi.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakako TokiwaAtsuro WatabeA talented hairstylist meets the love of his life, a terminally ill woman.
- StarsMasato HagiwaraTakuya KimuraShinji TakedaThis series depicts a group of young people searching for their own directions in life. 22 year-old Tetsuo repairs cars and looks after his little sister after the death of their parents. Around him is a circle of close childhood friends, all with different dreams and different realities. Takeshi used to be Tetsuo's closest friend but they fell out after an accident. One day Tetsuo and the others come across Takeshi again.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTomoko YamaguchiYutaka TakenouchiA group of friends do their best to handle life's daily struggles. Two of them, an ambitious musician and a struggling model, are drawn to each other.
- StarsSanma AkashiyaTakuya KimuraKô ShibasakiA cat and mouse game begins between a chef and a detective investigating a presumed suicide that turns out to be a murder.
- StarsTakuya KimuraShin'ichi TsutsumiKô ShibasakiHajime is a pilot on an international jetliner. He can't seem to please Captain Koda since an incident years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with a mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash.
- StarsKoyukiTakuya KimuraKahoKanzaki Jiro (Takuya Kimura) (who used to be a star driver back in Japan) is a backup F3000 driver in Europe. During a practice run, he accidentally crashes into his first driver and loses his job. No other club in Europe would hire him as he is deemed too old for the sport. He has no choice but to return to Japan to his previous racing team. Unfortunately, the team now has a better and younger driver, and feels Jiro has nothing more to contribute to the team, and does not want him back. He returns home to stay with his father and sister, and found out his father has converted their home into an orphanage for unfortunate children whose parents are unable to take care of them. Tonomi Sensei (Koyuki), is a newly hired caregiver at the orphanage. She is not popular with the children as she does not seem to understand their feelings and makes misguided attempts to help them. Despite the fact that Jiro hates children and is more interested in getting back into racing then helping out at the orphanage, he nonetheless agrees to be the orphanage's driver in exchange for being allowed to live there. This is a family film that addresses lost bonds, adolescence, family and a number of other points. The audience would be similar to that of Rosanne and Tool Time.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsTakuya KimuraRei DanMitsugorô BandôA look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsTakuya KimuraTakako MatsuHiroshi AbeKohei Kuryu returns to Tokyo and reunites with his former colleagues. He will be up against one of the famous lawyers in Tokyo to solve a new case and team up with his best partner, Maiko Amemiya.
- StarsTakuya KimuraEri FukatsuAkira TeraoKeita Asakura, 35, a primary school teacher from rural Nagano Prefecture whose recently deceased father had been a dietman from Kyushu.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTeruyuki KagawaHaruka AyaseA Japanese crime scene investigation team recruits a neuroscientist to aid them as they try to solve cases. With his intelligence, he uses logic to deduce who commits the crime and how.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsTakuya KimuraMeisa KurokiToshirô YanagibaIn 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.
- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsAoi MiyazakiHiroshi TamakiMunetaka AokiA photographer named Makoto travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru. The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ceremony. Due to his inferiority complex, Makoto tends to shy away other people but Shizuru managed to make him open up to her. Because of their friendship, Shizuru also ended up taking an interest in photography and the two often went to the forest to take pictures. Shizuru wants nothing else but to be by Makoto's side, so when he started liking another girl called Miyuki , Shizuru decided that she too will like Miyuki and becomes her friend. One day , Makoto asked Shizuru what present she'd like to receive for her Birthday. Shizuru , who wants to enter a photography competition, had an idea to take a picture of the two of them kissing in a forest. Makoto agreed to do this and the two kissed for the very first time. After that day, however, Shizuru disappears from Makoto's life.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa KurokiA transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa KurokiTension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non-aggression pact between two rival high schools.
- DirectorChi-Ngai LeeStarsMeisa KurokiGo AraYûta HiraokaA ballerina overcomes the odds to follow her dreams.
- StarsHiroshi AbeMieko HaradaMeisa KurokiIn the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case. With virtually the entire residents of Ningyo-cho's shopping street emerging as suspects, Detective Kaga must use his keen sense of deductive reasoning to uncover the truth.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsHiroshi AbeMeisa KurokiJunpei MizobataA 7 years girl is found dead in the local park's toilet. Kaga Kyouichiro, who was asked to find the girl, and his cousin Matsumiya Shuhei who's assigned to investigate the murder case, have to work together to crack the case. Their evidence lead them to Maehara's, a family with parents, a son and a senile grandmother.
- DirectorHiroshi NishitaniStarsYûji OdaMeisa KurokiHideaki Itô
- StarsRyôko YonekuraIttoku KishibeYuki UchidaDaimon Michiko is a freelance surgeon who wanders from hospital to hospital because the harsh environment led many doctors to retire. However, Michiko doesn't look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsShun OguriJerry YanTetsuji TamayamaThe grandson of a legendary gentleman burglar assembles a team of thieves to steal a Cleopatran necklace from two parties - an ally-turned-rival, and an underworld tycoon.
- DirectorHiroshi NishitaniStarsTsuyoshi KusanagiTsuruko HishinumaWataru IchinoseHikoichi Tsubasa is a mid-level yakuza boss who runs a loan shark business out of Tokyo's Roppongi District. Being a loan shark, Hikoichi has no issues using any means necessary to make the business strive. When Hikoichi's boss dies, his replacement Gensuke Yozan expects Hikoichi to get himself ready to an executive position and puts him in charge of an elderly care facility run by the yakuza.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsHiroshi AbeYui AragakiJunpei MizobataA man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the famous Nihonbashi bridge. The suspect, on the other hand, is now in coma, having fled the scene and been hit by a truck. On hearing this news, his girlfriend, Kaori Nakahara, insist that he is innocent. The case falls to Kyoichiro Kaga, a brilliant detective. Kaga realizes that behind this apparently open-and-shut case is a tangled web of mystery involving both victim and suspect, and their families. What was the victim thinking as he died? Will Kaga unravel the mystery at the heart of the case?
- StarsTakuya KimuraKiichi NakaiKarinaOriginally a mid-level manager with a promising future in a big corporation, the life of this elite employee changes dramatically one day. Having attracted the attention of his superiors for some reason, he is framed for a crime which he knows nothing of and forced out of the workplace. Even after that, he is assailed by a series of surprises and in one day, he loses his house, wealth and handphone until he is without a cent to his name. At his wits end, he comes to a park where he encounters two children. Learning from them how to survive even if he does not have money, he somehow weathers this crisis and discovers the truly important and priceless things in life.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakashi UkajiShingo IppongiKohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor who possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsTakuya KimuraKazunari NinomiyaYuriko YoshitakaMogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is killed for his dealings with the deceased one Matsukura Shigeo is considered a suspect. He has a past involving a schoolgirl and the prosecutors strive to make the case.
- StarsMisaki ItôAtsushi ItôMiho ShiraishiWith the help of an online community, a nerdy and socially awkward man gathers the courage to start dating an attractive lady he met on a train.
- StarsSatoshi TsumabukiKô ShibasakiHiroki NarimiyaYuuki Kai is a senior at a university studying social welfare psychology and trying to find a job. One day, he encounters a girl, Hagio Sae, playing the violin, and becomes intrigued.
- StarsTakuya KimuraKôichi SatôYûko TakeuchiHalu (Kimura Takuya) is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game. Aki (Takeuchi Yuko) is a typical OL (office lady), and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Aki's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Halu for the first time. After the game, Aki and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Aki, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Halu, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part. The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Aki and Halu, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party. Hyodo (Sato Koichi) has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Halu has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately, he can't stand Hyodo's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Hyodo criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Halu and Hyodo see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Halu's behavior during games. Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Aki visits Halu to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him. Aki is hurt, Halu is irritated, and his teammate Hotta (Sakaguchi Kenji) can't stand seeing Halu like this
- CreatorIra IshidaStarsTomoya NagaseAi KatôYôsuke KubozukaMakoto who lives in Ikebukuro West Gate Park, an area known for juvenile delinquency and gangs, tries to solve the mystery of the death of a friend, he finds himself very indisposed in many mysteries and problems.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsShôta SometaniAtsuko MaedaRoy 5tionOver one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight - the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.
- StarsYûji OdaHonami SuzukiNarimi ArimoriNagao Kanji who comes from Ehime Prefecture joins Heartsports company located in Tokyo, where he met lovely and sunny Akana Rika. The love story begins.
- CreatorKozueko MorimotoStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseKen UtsuiGokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaMasami NagasawaNana EikuraThis is a romantic comedy in which a young man who missed a chance to confess his love, is given a second chance and struggles to undo the past and win the heart of the woman on the day she is getting married to someone else.
- StarsHiroshi AbeTakashi TsukamotoMitsuko KusabueA 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn't communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?
- StarsNonKyôko KoizumiTetta SugimotoA young girl from Tokyo moves to the Tohoku region to become a female diver. A so-called 'Ama' diver.
- StarsShigenori YamazakiMasami NagasawaEita NagayamaLast Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty pearlier assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life.
- StarsToshi ShioyaNobuko OtowaYûko TanakaTells the story of Oshin, a poor little girl who would someday become the owner of a big supermarket chain in Japan.
- DirectorShin TogashiStarsKokone HamadaAya UetoKayoko KishimotoA young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family because of her family's financial situation.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaYui AragakiErika TodaThe 'helicopter doctor' is a medical team who dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. Four young physicians are assigned to the team and deal with situations they never had.
- StarsKento HayashiKazuki NamiokaMasao YoshiiA young Manzai comedian in Tokyo has an electrifying encounter with a senior comedian who is a genius with unique comedy philosophy who drives his determination and inspires his creativity.
- StarsShun OguriSatomi IshiharaSaki AibuHyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
- StarsTakuya KimuraAya UetoMiki MizunoA hero, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, loses memory and tries to reclaim his identity by reconnecting with loved ones. From the manga "I'm home" by Ishizaka Kei.
- StarsAya UetoRyô NishikidoSaki AibuA young woman struggles against the odds in achieving her dream of becoming a Japan Airlines Cabin Attendant.
- DirectorHiroshi NishitaniStarsAya UetoTakumi SaitôAyumi ItoDivorcee Sasamoto Sawa lives quietly in a small town when her former love Kitano Yuichiro visits to give a lecture. Reuniting, their romance is rekindled.
- StarsRyôko ShinoharaHaruma MiuraNaohito Fujiki39-yo Sakura Toyama is a hairdresser and salon assistant manager, who is concerned by her stagnant life. She decides to at least do something about her love life. She accepts a party invitation from Chiyoko Ogami and confusion develops.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaTomohisa YamashitaKei Tanaka"From Five to Nine" is a romantic comedy drama. It is a story of girl who works as an English teacher and dreams of moving to New York, but unexpectedly, she encounters a handsome monk, and the story begins.
- StarsMirei KiritaniKento YamazakiShôhei MiuraSakurai Misaki is suddenly dismissed and has difficulty finding a new job. She meets Shibasaki Chiaki, her first love in high school. He invites her to live and work with him and his two brothers at the restaurant that they run together.
- CreatorHisaya NakajôStarsAtsuko MaedaAoi NakamuraShôhei MiuraMizuki Ashiya is a high school girl who dresses up like a boy so she can attend the all-male boarding school Sakurazaki Academy. All of this is a plan to meet athlete Izumi Sano, a high jumper who quit the sport due to an injury.
- StarsNaoto TakenakaTetsuji TamayamaHonami SuzukiA 60 year old retired salary-man finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. Aided by his fantasy companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life.
- StarsKaoru KobayashiMansaku FuwaToshiki AyataShinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.
- DirectorRiki OkamuraStarsAsae ÔnishiKazuko KatôKaori Torii'1 Litre of Tears' is a Japanese movie mainly based on a published version of Diary.
- StarsYôjirô NodaRila FukushimaRena MatsuiA frustrated writer has 5 mysterious women turn up at his house, all seemingly invited and all must adhere to strict rules, they all pay him a million yen as rent. Who is responsible for the invites?
- StarsYûko TakeuchiShihori KanjiyaKen'ichi TakitôInspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary characters, the series follows Dr. Wato-san Tachibana and Sara Shelly "Sherlock" Futaba, an eccentric police consultant who uses deduction to solve strange cases in modern-day Japan.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiHaruka AyaseErika TodaA poor man falls in love with a rich woman in the 20s. Her outlook on life is like a middle school girl and his outlook on life is like an old man. She shows him that not all rich girls are stuck up, that some are humble and sweet and good to disabled children.
- CreatorHiroyuki NishimoriStarsYui OhtaKento KakuKentarô ItôTwo high school students, Mitsuhashi Takashi and Ito Shinji, set out to become the strongest delinquents in Japan.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraChishû RyûChikage AwashimaA family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- DirectorShô TsukikawaStarsMinami HamabeTakumi KitamuraShun OguriA dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsKoji YakushoJunko AbeYôsuke EguchiHiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent and should be illegal.
- DirectorTakeshi FurusawaStarsElaiza IkedaMasaki NakaoMinori HagiwaraKishimoto An is a high school student who loves Japanese archery, which is also known as Kyudo. She has been practicing since her beginning at junior high school and is quite good. Time has come to graduate however and the school club needs a new president. Enter Mikami Yota who is relatively lacklustre and does not have the same level of enthusiasm for the sport. He is a raw talent however. Also raw is his love for the pretty An.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
- DirectorHisaaki NagaokaStarsKyoko KawaiMaisakura KawanishiChiharuA girl named Hikiko Mori was taunted and bullied relentlessly by her classmates, eventually resulting in her accidental death. Holding a grudge against all bullies, Hikiko's spirit now haunts her former school, slowly gathering the strength to exact vengeance on the living. A group of frightened school girls decide to investigate the rumors further and what they find convinces them that they have to stop the spirit of "Hikiko-san" before it's too late...
- DirectorKatsuya MatsumuraStarsDuncanHitomi HayasakaKêsuke
- DirectorKatsuya MatsumuraStarsYûjin KitagawaSatoru SaitôEisuke SasaiA 17-year-old boy, Jo Kamisaku, and three other boys abduct a high school girl Junko Furuta.