Hideji Ōtaki

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.

Durante le lotte per la conquista del potere a Kyoto, nel Giappone del XVI secolo, il principe Shinge Takeda, ambizioso e valoroso, muore. Prevedendo la riscossa dei rivali, trattenuti dalla sua fama, il morente chiede al fratello Nobukado e al figlio Katsuyori, e a tutti i generali del clan, di rimanere nei propri territori e di nascondere la sua morte. Nobukado, trovato un ladro in procinto di venire crocifisso e avendolo salvato per la sua somiglianza con Shinge, convince tutti a farlo passare per il principe morto. "Kagemusha" - che significa: "ombra di Shinge" - accetta per interesse e tenta di approfittare della situazione.

Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.

Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature - willingly and sometimes forcibly - in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, learning the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.

"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.

Goro e Gun, due camionisti buongustai, si fermano in una città con l'intento di mangiare il ramen, una specialità culinaria giapponese. Il loro arrivo nella locanda di Tampopo, una vedova con figlio a carico, viene però accolto in malo modo da alcuni facinorosi; scatta quasi inevitabilmente la rissa. Il giorno dopo Goro si risveglia in casa di Tampopo; la donna, cuoca mediocre, gli chiede di darle una mano a risollevare le sorti della sua attività, ormai in declino da quando suo marito è morto. Mosso a compassione, Goro decide di aiutarla, avvalendosi dell'aiuto di un vecchio vagabondo esperto di ramen, di un cuoco e di Pisuken, un arredatore. In poco tempo e con un formidabile gioco di squadra, l'attività comincia a rifiorire; Tampopo, grazie ai consigli dei suoi salvatori, riesce a carpire i segreti per cucinare un ottimo ramen e diventa una cuoca provetta. I clienti cominciano ad arrivare numerosissimi. Terminata con successo la missione, Goro si rimette in viaggio.