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Is It Too Late for Sushi? 時すでにおスシ!?   때는 이미 스시!?   為時已晚握壽司!?

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Minato Machiyama, who has lived for her son since losing her husband, finally gets her "own time" at the age of 50 when her son becomes independent. For her new challenge, she chooses a "Sushi Academy" where one can become a professional in three months. Umiya Oedo, a regular customer at the supermarket where Minato works and secretly nicknamed "Fish Boss" by the staff, turns out to be a strict instructor who avoids getting deeply involved with others. As the traditional world of sushi intersects with modern values, classmates of different generations and values connect with each other and take a step toward a second life "for themselves," making it a life-affirming drama full of laughter and romance!
남편을 잃고 아들을 위해 살아온 마치야마 미나토는 아들의 독립을 계기로 50세에 오랜만에 '나만의 시간'을 맞이한다. 그녀는 새로운 도전의 장으로 3개월 만에 장인이 될 수 있는 '스시 아카데미'를 선택한다. 미나토가 일하는 슈퍼마켓의 단골손님이자 점원들 사이에서 은밀히 '생선 두목'이라 불리는 오오에도 우미야, 그가 바로 타인과 깊이 관계 맺는 것을 피해 온 고지식한 강사였다. 전통적인 스시의 세계와 현대의 가치관이 교차하는 가운데, 세대도 가치관도 제각각인 반 친구들이 마음을 나누며 '나를 위한' 제2의 인생으로 한 걸음 내딛는, 웃음과 로맨스가 넘치는 인생 응원 드라마!
失去丈夫後一直為兒子而活的待山湊,隨著兒子自立門戶,50歲的她迎來了久違的「屬於自己的時間」。她選擇挑戰全新的領域,進入了標榜「三個月即可成為師傅」的“壽司學院”。 而湊所工作的超市常客, 被店員們私下稱為「魚老大」的大江戶海彌,竟然就是那位刻意遠離人際關係的古板講師。在傳統壽司界與現代價值觀的交織中,世代與價值觀各異的同學們,從陌生到交心,邁向「為了自己」的第二人生,這是一部充滿歡笑與浪漫, 勵志人生的戲劇!

99.9 Criminal Lawyer SEASON Ⅱ

99.9-刑事専門弁護士-SEASON II   99.9 형사 전문 변호사SEASON Ⅱ   99.9 刑事專門律師 SEASON Ⅱ

114 min × 1 ep / 85 min × 2 eps / 80min × 2 eps / 60min × 4 eps|9 episodes

Miyama is an unorthodox lawyer who loves to take on criminal cases with a 99.9% chance of verdict certainty, and search for that minuscule nugget of truth that can overturn it. The “99.9 Criminal Lawyer” returns for a second season after taking the television world by storm starting April 2016. Providing more of the high courtroom drama unique to the series, this second season delves into Miyama’s battle with a judge as he seeks to uncover that 0.1% shred of evidence that can win a case. A young woman visits his law office claiming her father has been wrongly accused of murder. She is accompanied by a friend and former judge who insists Miyama litigate for a reduced sentence since a guilty conviction seems a foregone conclusion. But a surprised Miyama and partner, Sada, take on the case instead to pursue the whole truth against the wishes of their client.

DAGASHIKASHI 2

だがしかし2   다가시카시2   粗點心戰爭 第二季

15 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

The queen of succulent snacks is back with Dagashi Kashi season two! As Kokonotsu continues on his path to become a manga artist, Hotaru refuses to give up on bringing him to the side of Japanese snack foods. With new faces and new tasty treats to try, will Kokonotsu finally be swayed to take over his father’s sweet shop or is it time to move on from this small town and follow his manga dreams?

Doll House

ドールハウス~特命女性捜査班~   豹犬一族

60 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

This group of sexy, fresh and lively women pursues dance and action with fervor and irresistible force. On the outside they are a dance group at the Dollhouse club but secretly they are a special investigations unit. Under the direction of their leader, Reiko Kanzaki, they entertain the customers of the club, while punishing evil. Their first mission is to take on a band of armed criminals who are robbing a bank. The head of the criminals is Mika Ayanokoji. Thanks to the Dolls superb teamwork, the gang is arrested but due to a police mistake, Mika is able to escape. But Reiko confronts Mika and makes her an offer. Dollhouse is a simple, straight-shooting but action-packed drama that wins with passion. It’s show time!

For Love

恋   사랑   戀

135 min x 1 ep|1 episode

The year is 1972. Fumiko is a very ordinary college student working a part-time job translating English literature where she meets university professor, Shintaro Katase and his wife, Hinako. She finds herself “enamored” with them. But the appearance of a young man named Katsuya Okubo leads to the destruction of those feelings. On one fateful day, Fumiko shoots Okubo to death in a violent incident that renders Professor Katase paralyzed from the waist down. His wife had witnessed the scene, but never speaks of it, allowing Fumiko to shoulder the blame. Fumiko does so willingly to keep a certain secret. 40 years later, in 2013, a reporter named Mit-suhiko Torikai is reexamining the case, trying to find out what really happened. Finishing a long sentence, Fumiko, who now suffers from terminal cancer, decides to bare her soul at last and reveal the secrets she’s kept locked away for so long.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ダイヤモンドは砕けない 第一章   죠죠의 기묘한 모험:다이아몬드는 부서지지 않는다   JoJo的奇妙冒険 不滅鑽石

119 min.

There’s something bizarre about this town...
Morioh, a picturesque seaside town.
In this deceptively peaceful-looking locale, strange deaths and other peculiar incidents begin occurring one after another...
Morioh is home to high school student Josuke Higashikata. Although he has the outward appearance of a delinquent, he is actually kind at heart. He possesses a special power called “Stand,” and his unique ability can heal the wounds of others and fix broken objects just by touching them. When he learns that the unsettling events happening around him are the handiwork of other stand users, Josuke rises up to protect his beloved town!

KOCHIKAME - THE MOVIE: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! -

こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE MOVIE 勝どき橋を封鎖せよ!   여기는 잘나가는 파출소 THE MOVIE가쓰도키 대교를 봉쇄하라!   烏龍派出所THE MOVIE封鎖勝鬨橋!

113 min.

Police Corporal Kankichi Ryotsu of the Kameari Park Police Box, Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, is the best-intentioned guy you’d ever want to meet, but nothing he does ever goes right and he causes nothing but trouble. One day Ryotsu runs into Momoko, a girl he used to like way back in primary school. His heart leaps. Suddenly the Police Commissioner’s daughter is kidnapped, and Ryotsu learns that Momoko has been caught up in the case. For her sake, he sets to work solving it. But things he never expected start to happen, and he finds himself driven into a corner. Can he solve the case and save Momoko? And what will become of this bittersweet love story if he does? Ryotsu, an inveterate trouble-maker with the best intentions in the world, brings laughter and tears to the screen in a comic but moving entertainment.

MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge)

MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge)

30 min. x 78 eps|Eps 78

Highly rated and critically acclaimed, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge is the break through comedy that premiered in the United States on Viacom’s Spike TV. Known as MXC, and made from footage from the popular game show, Takeshi's Castle, it has been re-edited, re-written and re-voiced into a hilarious, intentionally over-produced, modern "action/X-treme" sports show. MXC pits such teams as "America's Meat Handlers" against their hated rivals, "The Cartoon Voice-Over Actors."

No Side Manager

ノーサイド・ゲーム   노사이드 게임   No Side Manager -逆轉大叔

85 min × 1 ep / 75 min × 1 ep / 80 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 7 eps|10 episodes

Adapted from a novel by Jun Ikeido, the story follows the travails of a company man once touted as an elite executive candidate who falters when he voices opposition to his superiors over an acquisition, and is exiled to general affairs manager at a branch factory. Adding insult to injury, he is also ordered to serve as general manager of the plant’s failing rugby team, the Tokiwa Motors “Astros”, which once basked in glory but has since sunk to perennial cellar dweller. Hoping to resuscitate his own future along with that of a weak rugby team on the verge of disbandment, the embattled company man stakes pride and fortune on fulfilling two missions, putting all he’s got into work and sports in this inspirational human drama.

PANIC IN

PANIC IN

30 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

Who can resist a good crisis or the scent of a woman?
The panic-thriller/comedy series “Panic In” celebrates all of the classical panic and disaster movie themes and tropes with a high-octane television drama full of suspense, laughter, tears, joy and soul-satisfying human emotion! Computer graphics add a level of scale and impact never before seen in made-for-television entertainment.
Torao Kurumada (43) is a hapless, middle-aged bachelor who is always changing jobs, but every time he starts at new place of employment, he is interrupted by some major incident or disaster such as a runaway bus, an unidentified mysterious animal, or terrorists. Each challenge is accompanied by a fateful encounter with a woman whether a college student, an office lady or a widow with whom he falls helplessly in love and for whom he is willing to sacrifice life and limb to save. It is the classic tale of a guy trying to win the girl amid extreme circumstances. But will it ever work for Torao?

Each episode is filmed by a guest director; Taichi Suzuki, the first ever 4-award winner at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (“The Brat” ’12), action specialist, Yoshikatsu Kimura (“Karate Girl”, ’11), globally-acclaimed director SABU ( “Bunny Drop”, ’11 & “Kanikosen”, ’09), Munenori Nagano, who while active also as an actor in the popular theatrical troupe “European Project” is an award-winning independent filmmaker, for a total of 4 directors all bringing their own flair and taste to this all new “panic” action-comedy genre.

The New King

新しい王様   新的国王

Season 1: 30 min × 8 episodes Season 2: 30 min × 9 episodes

Nao Kitazawa, 34, leads a busy but fulfilling life as a doctor at a women’s clinic and as fiancee to an elite psychiatric physician, Yuchi Ihara. With their wedding day a month off, Nao is preparing to move into a new home when she meets Shinji Mamiya, a struggling writer who works part-time as a mover and falls inexorably in love with him. The fateful encounter compels Nao to follow her heart and experience true love. Overwhelmed by Nao’s passion, Shinji soon falls for her as well, but their budding romance is threatened by the tragic discovery that Nao has early onset Alzheimer’s. What unfolds is a story of pure love. As Nao’s symptoms worsen, Shinji spends the next ten years giving Nao mental and health support even as she begins to lose the precious memories they both shared.