Beach Boys

Starring: Sorimachi Takashi, Takenouchi Yutaka, Hirosue Ryoko, Inamori Izumi, Akimoto Yuki, Mike Maki

Synopsis: Having nothing to do, ex-Olympic candidate swimmer, Hiromi, decides to go to the beach after being thrown out of his girlfriend's house. While there, he meets Kaito, an elite salaryman of a big company, who comes with the purpose of cooling himself down. Both then arrives a lodging house where they stay on for their summer vacation ... and unknowingly, they grow to like the place very much. (From Snowflakes)

Beautiful Life

Starring: Kimura Takuya, Tokiwa Takako, Mizuno Miki, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Matoba Koji, Watabe Atsuro, Hara Chiaki, Nishikawa Takanori, Koyuki

Synopsis: Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko's protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together. (From TBS)

Brothers

Starring: Nakai Masahiro as Fujiwara Shinjin (Jin), Kimura Yoshino as Hatori Nana, Ishitani Goro as Fujiwara Shinbu (or "Bu"), Harada Yoshio as the father, Fujiwara Manabu, Imai Tsubasa as Fujiwara Shin and Akahashi Ryutarou as Fujiwara Shinai

Synopsis: The tale of four brothers and their widower father, who heads a large Buddhist temple in Tokyo. Goro Kishitani, the oldest brother, does not want to take over the temple. He prefers only to pass through now and then to exercise his eldest brother prerogative and hit No. 2 brother Masahiro Nakai (SMAP's MAPPY) over the head. Nakai, who really wants to be a sportswriter, appears to be in line for the temple takeover and zips around in a motorcycle helmet and Buddhist robes to chant sutras for the dead. Papa-san frequents Ginza clubs and had a cigarette or a toothpick dangling from his mouth for most of the first episode. He hires an "Otonashi Karen look-alike" (Kimura Yoshino) with a crush on Nakai as housekeeper and she bops around the temple grounds as if it was Shibuya on a Sunday. The opening sequence where they all grab guitars, line up in black robes in front of the temple incense burner, and rock back and forth as if disciples of the Elvis Presley sect of Buddhism is classic in is own way though. (From www.nt2099.com)