Tabloid

Starring: Tokiwa Takako, Tomosaka Rie, Sato Koichi, Kyono Kotomi, Kashiwabara Takashi, Sanada Hiroyuki,

Synopsis: Tokiwa plays a reporter for a major daily newspaper. She's a sharp dresser with a sharp tongue and she commits the ultimate press club transgression. She asks an embarrassing but pertinent question in a Finance Ministry press conference. Back at the home office, she is reminded of the "rules": don't ask or write about anything sensitive, just farm the press releases handed out. Actual reporting, especially investigative reporting, is not part of the game. As punishment for breaking the rules, she is demoted to a post on Yukan Top, her paper's affiliated sex and sleaze tabloid. It is 120 yen and sold only at newsstands. So, her new editor explains, it must come up with headlines juicy and jolting enough to tempt commuters to opt for a Yukan Top rather than a can of coffee on the way home. The top story the day she arrives on the job revolves around whether a certain young starlet's new nude photo collection will or will not feature hair. Tokiwa is decidedly disgusted, but as the day wears on she also realizes one of the strange truths of the local media world. Despite all their sex and sleaze and silly fabrications, the popular press is one of the few places where one just might read about what is really happening and where an industrious reporter can actually track down a story. Tokiwa soon finds she has the freedom to write about an accused murderer who she just may be able to prove innocent. (From www.nt2099.com)

Taiyou wa Shizumanai

(The Sun became quiet / Sun never sets)

Starring: Takizawa Hideaki, Matsuyuki Yasuko, Yuka, Takeshita Keiko, Ito Ran, Bito Isao, Ohsugi Ren, Sato Hitomi

Synopsis: Takizawa Hideaki plays the character of Nao, a kid who always gets in brawls but always fights for his mother. One day his mother Teruko collapses and later dies. Nao suspects there is some sort of malpractice involved by the hospital and vows to search for the truth along with his lawyer. Very much to his own shagrin, he starts falling in love with the hospital owner's daughter. (From www.nt2099.com)

Team

Starring: Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Nishimura Masahiko, Mizuno Miki

Synopsis: Kazumi (Kusanagi) was sent to train under policeman Tanba (Nishimura) who was inclined to use violence. Together, they investigated juvenile crimes in each episode, while trying to accomodate to their different opinions. Slowly, Tanba began to recognise that Kazumi indeed had a talent in dealing with youths, while Kazumi learnt how to deal with criminals from Tanba. (From Le Chateau de Jo

Tokyo daigaku monogatari

(Tokyo University Story)

Starring: Inagaki Goro, Seto Asaka, Hakamada Yoshihiko, Ide Kaoru, Hagio Midori, Takenouchi Yutaka

Synopsis: N/A