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JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope 日本沈没ー希望のひとー   일본침몰 ー희망의 사람ー   日本沉沒ー希望之人ー

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Tokyo 2023. Japan’s prime minister announces a plan to store contaminated material in deep-sea strata while entrusting a team of young technocrats to protect Japan’s future. Meanwhile, the public is alarmed by sensational magazine articles predicting the sinking of the Kanto plain owing to the disappearance of an island off the Izu coast. With demonstrators in the streets, a young government official Amami tries to restore order just as a corruption scandal linking the government to a profitable eco-business firm erupts. When Amami and a government colleague escape for a scuba diving trip, they encounter an earth-shattering event.
2023년 도쿄. 히가시야마 총리는 세계 환경 회의에서 오염 물질을 액화해 해저 지층 틈에 저장하는 컴스의 추가 추진을 발표한다.
그 무렵 어느 주간지에 관동 침몰의 경종을 울리는 다도코로의 기사가 실린다.
이 기사로 일부 단체가 시위를 일으키고 아마미는 사태 수습을 위해 다도코로를 만난다. 하지만 그는 아마미의 말을 외면한 채「조만간 이즈 바다의 섬이 침몰된다.
이것은 내가 두려워하던 관동 침몰의 전조」라는 이상한 예언을 한다.
마침 기자 시이나는 환경 기업과 환경성의 놀라운 유착 의혹을 아마미에게 제시한다.
일말의 불안을 안고 스쿠버다이빙을 간 아마미는 그곳에서 충격적인 사건을 마주하게 되는데….
2023年,東京。東山總理在世界環境會議上高唱將加速推進「COMS」,即為把汙染物質液化後儲存在海底地層空隙間之聲明。東山更以放眼“未來的日本”為宗旨,發起了召集各省廳優秀年輕官僚之集會。環境省的天海和經產省的常盤因而被挑選成為該集會的成員。在這當下,某週刊刊登了田所報導警示關東即將沉沒的文章。因為這則報導,引起一部分的團體上街示威,天海為了擺平此事決定和田所當面談判。然而田所對天海完全不予理會,更放話表示「伊豆海面的島嶼在不久的將來就會沉沒。當那些島開始沉沒時,也就是關東即將沉沒的前兆」,此令人毛骨悚然的預言,讓天海不知所措。天海抱著不安的心情,和常盤前往兩人共同興趣的浮潛時,更在當地遇上了令人衝擊的事件…。

A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love

初めて恋をした日に読む話   처음 사랑을 한 날에 읽는 이야기   第一次的戀愛童話

67 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

After being a star student in high school, Junko Harumi finds herself in her early thirties having failed at love, college entrance exams and good employment. Working at a cram school as a tutor bereft of hope and motivation, she spends her days believing she’ll be fired at any moment. Then one day, a knuckle-headed, delinquent teen named Kyohei Yuri appears before her. “I want you to get me into the University of Tokyo,” he says. Having herself failed to get into the country’s most prestigious university, Junko refuses thinking it beyond her abilities, but then is overpowered by Kyohei’s strong will and desire, and finally relents. In the process, she is surprised when her handsome cousin, Masashi Yakumo, an elite trade company man, returns from working overseas and suddenly proposes marriage to her. With her life suddenly taking a turn for the better, can Junko get Kyohei into the University of Tokyo from a bottom-feeder high school? And is she destined to find the love to set her life on a new path?

A Twist of Fate

めぐり逢い   재회   遇見

75 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 11 eps.|12 episodes

Eri and Shuji meet as next door neighbors and over the course of a year become lovers. However, just as Shuji is planning on asking Eri to marry him, they are each offered job opportunities at opposite ends of the globe. Pulled apart by their careers, they happen to meet years later and are surprised to find they still have feelings for one another. However, the fact that they are both in serious relationships with other people promises to complicate matters.

Blackboard: Teachers Against the Tide of Time

ブラックボード〜時代と戦った教師たち〜   블랙 보드~시대와 싸운 교사들~   黑板~與時代奮戰的教師們~

139 min. x 1 ep. / 135 min. x 1 ep. / 144 min. x 1 ep. |3 episodes

Do you have a teacher you will never forget?
An ordinary looking school and a typical classroom. So many students have passed through it over the years; as have many battle-scarred teachers. A message on the blackboard embodies three dramatic periods in Japan’s postmodern history. There was the time just after World War II, the economic miracle that followed, and the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami. Viewed from three fascinating and iconoclastic teachers living through these three revolutionary milestones moments, here is a story that drives at the heart of education. What did these children learn? What were the adults able to impart to them? What does it mean to be Japanese? And what are the hopes and dreams of people of all ages?

Call me The Shadow : Adventures of a Housewife Detective

専業主婦探偵 〜私はシャドウ   전업주부 탐정~나는 그림자   家庭主婦偵探~我是影子

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 8 eps|9 episodes

Full-time homemaker, Serina, is madly in love with her elite securities manager husband, Takefumi. But ever since they got married two years ago as two incurably infatuated lovers, her husband has changed. He has begun to find her unmitigated affection towards him to be “over the top” and “irksome.” As a result, he has begun to avoid her. Then one evening returning from a dinner party, Serina finds herself caught up in a little incident where she encounters a private detective named Haruki. She ends up taking a job working at his office. Though somewhat clumsy and wielding no particular talent to speak of, Serina gradually realizes that she was made for detective work. And in the process of striving for the affection of the husband she loves, she too finds herself changing and growing into a beautifully strong and independent woman.

Detective Lovesick

うぬぼれ刑事   나르시스트 형사   花痴刑警

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 10 eps|11 episodes

He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.

GOOD LUCK!!

GOOD LUCK!!   굿 럭 !   GOOD LUCK!!

75 min x 2 eps / 65 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 7 eps|10 episodes

Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. But he can’t seem to please Captain Kouda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Kouda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams and passion.

H2: The Days with You

H2 ~君といた日々~   H2 ~너와 있던 날들   H2 ~有你的日子

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 10 eps|11 episodes

Hiro was an ace pitcher in junior high school, until he was diagnosed with a “glass elbow.” After giving up on the sport for a time, his passion for the game draws him back to it in high school and he joins a baseball team only to find himself in a match against his old rival Hideo who plays for the highest ranked high school. The meeting of the two is observed by Hideo’s girlfriend, Hikari, and she finds herself increasingly drawn towards Hiro, despite his only being interested in baseball. These two young men battle for the dream of winning the famous Koushien Baseball Tournament and for the heart of the young woman who doesn’t know for whom she should cheer.

SAKABA: Bar Hopping Women

おんな酒場放浪記   여성 술집방랑기   女人們的酒場放浪記

15 min series|100+ eps

A female edition of the popular “SAKABA: Bar Hopping Report by Rui Yoshida” for women. Since first airing in 2003, the “SAKABA: Bar Hopping Report by Rui Yoshida” team has introduced viewers to some 500 drinking holes across the country and reported on over 1,500. But this time, drink loving women foray into the “middle aged male world” by hitting the program’s hand-picked establishments.

The Good Listener

SAKURA 〜事件を聞く女〜   사쿠라 ~사건을 듣는 여자~   SAKURA~傾聽事件的女人~

115 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 9 eps|10 episodes

Undercover cop Sakura Mizusawa assumes many faces as she teams up with a hot-blooded detective, Masato Takeuchi, to form a crime-solving tag team with an ear for the truth.
With an uncanny ability to connect all the disparate voices she hears undercover, Sakura goes in complete pursuit of criminals, giving her undivided attention to incidents that could happen to anyone and alleviating the suffering of the weak and disadvantaged.
Join her in this fun and raucous old school police story that promises a tearfully moving finish and plenty of lessons about right and wrong. Great for the whole family, young and old!

TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room

TOKYO MER~走る緊急救命室~   TOKYO MER~ 달리는 긴급 구명실~   TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room

85 min × 1 ep / 75 min × 2 eps / 60 min × 8 eps|Eps 11

Kota Kitami, a brilliant young ER doctor, has been handpicked by Mayor Azusa Akatsuka to head a new emergency response team dubbed TOKYO Mobile Emergency Room, or MER, outfitted with leading-edge medical technology and a large mobile operating theatre to respond to major accidents, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Their mission is simple: Save every life. Team member Nao Otowa, sent by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on a secret mission, ends up forming a close professional bond with Kota, and together the two men put their lives on the line every day to rescue others. But perhaps there’s more to Kota’s superhuman bravery and self-sacrifice than meets the eye...