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In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi ...

Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller ‘The Tale of Genji,’ transcending a thousand ...

A passionate botanist dedicates his life to his love of plants, overcoming hardship across changing eras with the support of his devoted wife.

He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thought he’d live out his days quietly as a ...

Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō ...

The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone ...

As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma’s home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then ...

A Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl’s Christian school in Tokyo. She found her passion ...

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then ...

Umechan Sensei is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 2, 2012. It is about a girl named Umeko Shimomura who, despite being ...

Den-noh Coil, Coil — A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive ...

The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari, which means something along the lines of “pure-hearted Kirari.” The story is set in ...

Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He ...

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 ...

The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki’s dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa ...