Toru Minegishi

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.

Koga Saejima è un ragazzo che combatte gli Orrori, dei mostri malvagi che uccidono le persone, e che si può trasformare nel guerriero dorato Garo. Un giorno incontra Kaoru Mitsuki, una giovane pittrice, e la salva da un Orrore. Kaoru viene però contaminata dal sangue di un Orrore, ed è pertanto destinata a morire dopo cento giorni. Koga ha pietà di lei e prova a trovare un modo per purificarla, prima che scadano i suoi ultimi giorni, rendendola nel frattempo, lasciandola in vita, un'esca per attirare gli altri Orrori.

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

Daigo Kobayashi è un giovane violoncellista costretto a tornare nella sua città natale dopo lo scioglimento dell'orchestra di cui faceva parte. Per mantenere se stesso e sua moglie, Daigo accetta un impiego come cerimoniere funebre, ovvero colui che compie il rito di lavaggio, vestizione e posizionamento nella bara dei morti per accompagnarli nel trapasso. La sua nuova occupazione non è ben accetta da parenti e amici, soprattutto da sua moglie, ma il costante contatto con la morte e con coloro che hanno subito la perdita di uno dei propri cari, aiuterà Daigo a comprendere quali siano i valori importanti nella vita.

Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

Hamura entered a high school as a biology teacher. Unexpectedly, one of his students, Mayu, fell in love with him. The forbidden love between the teacher and the student began to sprout. Hamura was worried that his relationship with Mayu would be misunderstood, so he tried to escape. However, he later understood Mayu’s tragic life and that the two could not be separated…

In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).

Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ("Birthday"), an unexpected reunion disrupts a sex worker's routine ("Night Lovers"), and a sex blogger discovers connection in the depths of loneliness ("Girl's Life").