Takami Mizuhashi

Akira had to transfer schools upon graduation because of her father's job. She was reluctant to move because of her secret love for Nao...

Japanese film icon Ken Takakura, who has starred in over 100 films, stars in this elegiac look at war and remembrance. Hideji Yamaoka (Takakura) was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.

Ooka Echizen is the commissioner of the two-acre Minami-machi Magistrate’s Office, located in Edo Castle. He keeps order within the town.

On her 18th birthday, Nami witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a man with a burn on his hand. She is then falsely accused of the crime and sent to jail. Sworn to vengeance, Nami battles corrupt officials and cruel inmates to escape prison, only to search through the underbelly of Japanese society to find the man with a burn on his hand, ‘stinging’ anyone in her way.

Kagura Akane est la seule fille d'une famille qui gère un teppanyaki dans le centre de Tokyo. Akane a toujours été fière de son père Tetsuma, qui était appelé le "premier chef teppanyaki du Japon". En grandissant dans un tel environnement, elle a naturellement acquis des compétences. Cependant, lorsque sa mère décède de maladie, son père s'effondre et disparait. Depuis lors, Akane gère et protège le restaurant toute seule. Un jour, elle reçoit la visite d'Erena, la fille riche d'une grande entreprise alimentaire, saisie le restaurant en remboursement des dettes contractées. Akane est mise à la rue et le restaurant fermé. Mais alors l'ami de son père, Kurogane, lui montre "Ittetsu", une plaque à griller teppanyaki que le père d'Akane chérissait.