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Teenager Gô Mifune aspires to be the world's best race-car champion with the help of his friends, family and his father's high-tech race-car, the Mach 5.

The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

Goku and friends go to an adventure searching for the legendary Dragon Balls, as they fight against the Red Ribbon army.

While being on the run for saving a mouse, the famous Puss in Boots, Pero, helps a young peasant boy win the heart of a lovely princess, while trying to rescue her from an evil wizard.

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

The series follows 12-year-old Ayuhara Kozue's hardships with a lung disease and her struggle in becoming a pro volleyball player.

Clara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.

A pair of truckers show off their driving skills to each other while evading pursuing law enforcement.

The pixies Candy and Zukko appear in Andersen's fairy tales to try to change the endings for the better.

Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.

A boy named Kan finds a bottle with mysterious powers - each time he sneezes or yawns, a genie will come up and must grant the user's wish. One of them, Hakushon, is well-meaning but clumsy, while his daughter Akubi is a mischief-maker.

A remake of the story of Wu Kong. Although the series' first three episodes stayed faithful to the legend, the rest of the show became known for its adult, surrealistic gags.

The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best-loved stories of Japan's history.

The second of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventure of two truck drivers. Tojiro and his best friend Kinjo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way have them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot a redemption.

Kasuga's husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protege. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi.

Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. On the day of the Autumn Festival, while picking cotton in a mountain field, they accidentally embrace, affirm their love, and liken each other allegorically to flowers. Family objections ensue as Tamiko is older than Masao, and the two cannot marry in peace. Masao escapes from his school dormitory only to trail behind a crying Tamiko as she is forced into a bridal procession. Mistreatment and miscarriage lead to a tragic end. More than half a century later, the elderly Masao visits the tomb of the girl he loved and lost, and prepares to go on a pilgrimage to the home of her soul.

The Japanese adaptations of Georges Simenon's Maigret novels relocating the plots to 1978 Tokyo.

A truck driver in Yamagata prefecture finds himself stuck on the road due to a police speeding checkpoint. The trucker decides to use the road shoulder instead. Wen stopped they explain to the police that they have an emergency and are in a rush. Then a police cruiser with two policewomen again catches them. Apparently, this time it is for the crime of having been in a woman's public bath.

A detective drama depicting the exploits of seven detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

The famous serial and novel-based adaptation continues with this case. There is a murder in the Izu Peninsula area of Western Japan. There is a case of a university girl disappearing in the northern territory of Hokkaido at the same time. The two relevant police set out to solve the respective cases. Despite the disparate geographies and initial assumptions the two seemingly distinct cases are connected. It is the job of the detectives to stitch things together.