Ken Ogata

SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games.  These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking.  Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...

In un villaggio giapponese sperduto tra i monti, giunti a 70 anni i vecchi vengono condotti a morire sulla cima del monte Narayama per permettere ad un giovane di sfamarsi. Una vecchia, per lasciare il posto alla giovane nuora, si rompe i denti contro un pozzo per sembrare più vecchia e affrettare quindi la sua fine.

L'esercito Usa ha messo a punto un virus di terrificante potenza letale, l'MM 88, da usare in un'arma betteriologica. A seguito di un incidente aereo, una dose trafugata nella Germania Est si spande nell'atmosfera e il genere umano corre il rischio dell'annientamento totale. Un terremoto colpisce Washington, ne conseguono esplosioni nucleari a catena. I pochi sopravvissuti fuggono in Antartide.

Dopo il brutale assassinio, a scopo di rapina, di due esattori del Monopolio, la polizia apre un'inchiesta: il sospettato numero uno è Enokizu, che lavora come fattorino presso il medesimo ente. Le indagini aprono squarci inquietanti su di lui: è sposato e ha due figlie, ma la famiglia non lo vede praticamente mai e vive senza poter contare sul suo apporto economico. Più volte incarcerato, Enokizu ha un'amante che sottopone a reiterate violenze: e quando quest'ultima scopre la verità, l'uomo non esita a uccidere ancora, dandosi poi a una disperata fuga...

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Un racconto fittizio della vita dello scrittore giapponese Yukio Mishima raccontato in quattro parti. Le prime tre parti raccontano eventi in tre dei suoi romanzi: Il Tempio del Padiglione d'Oro, la Casa di Kyoko e i cavalli in fuga. L'ultima parte rappresenta gli eventi del 25 novembre 1970.