Ikki Sawamura

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

Die junge Kumiko Yamaguchi, genannt „Yankumi“, erfüllt sich ihren Traum und wird Lehrerin an der Shirokin-Oberschule. Ausgerechnet die berüchtigte Klasse 3-D, deren Schüler als schwierig und respektlos gelten, wird ihr anvertraut. Was niemand an der Schule weiß: Kumiko ist die Enkelin des Oberhaupts eines mächtigen Yakuza-Clans und damit dessen zukünftige Erbin. Durch ihre ungewöhnliche Herkunft verfügt sie über beeindruckende Kampfkünste und einen ausgeprägten Gerechtigkeitssinn. Trotz ständiger Konflikte setzt sie sich entschlossen für ihre Schüler ein und hilft ihnen, persönliche Probleme, Vorurteile und schwierige Situationen zu bewältigen. Nach und nach erkennen die Jugendlichen, dass hinter ihrer ungewöhnlichen Lehrerin ein Mensch steckt, der ihnen wirklich vertraut. So entwickelt sich zwischen Kumiko und der Klasse eine enge Beziehung, die von gegenseitigem Respekt, Zusammenhalt und Freundschaft geprägt ist.

The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?

Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.

Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.

Um die Ehre des Shogun zu retten und das Land vor großem Schaden zu bewahren, gehen 13 mutige Samurai auf eine schier unmögliche Mission. Unter Führung des ehrenwerten Shinzaemon wollen sie Lord Naritsugu, den Halbbruder des Shogun, ermorden, bevor er seinen Platz im Rat einnehmen kann. Denn Naritsugu ist ein kranker Sadist, der aus purem Vergnügen foltert, verstümmelt und tötet und davon träumt, die lange Friedenszeit des japanischen Reiches endlich durch einen amüsanten Krieg zu beenden. Aber der brutale Lord umgibt sich stets mit einer zahlreichen Leibgarde. Shinzaemon arbeitet einen raffinierten Hinterhalt aus, um die Überlegenheit des Gegners zumindest zu reduzieren. Trotzdem wissen die 13 Krieger, dass sie die Mission vielleicht erfüllen, aber kaum überleben werden...