Misako Watanabe

A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi Yasuda.

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set in Nagano prefecture, "Ohisama" covers the life of Yoko Sudo (Mao Inoue) through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through the hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko is a high school student and "Ohisama" follows her as she eventually becomes a teacher and then gets married and has a child. Yoko then opens a soba restaurant with her student. --asianwiki

Quattro storie di fantasmi ispirate a leggende popolari nipponiche. Episodio 'The black hair': un samurai torna a casa dopo molti anni e scopre che la moglie è un fantasma. Episodio 'The woman of the snow': un viandante viene salvato da un tempesta di neve da una misteriosa donna. Episodio 'Hoichi, the earless': un musicista cieco si esibisce davanti ad una corte di spettri protetto da un mantra sacro tatuato sul corpo. Episodio 'In a cup of tea': uno scrittore ha difficoltà nel concludere una storia di un uomo che vede un misterioso volto riflesso nel tè.

Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.

23 animated shorts based on Nekojiru, aired as part of "Bokusho Mondai Boss Chara Ou"

Joe Shishido interpreta un ragazzo dal temperamento difficile reclutato da un boss della yakuza. Quest’ultimo tenta un accordo con una gang rivale, ma le sue vere motivazioni verranno presto svelate.

As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all contact, each must make her own way in an unforgiving world. Hardships abound in the struggle to survive in war-torn Japan and in the face of anti-Japanese sentiment in Brazil, financial ruin, familial pressure, abandonment and lost love. However they also experience the precious joy of survival and success. Now, after 70 years, Haru comes back to Japan to find her estranged sister.