Akira Shirai

Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad.

7.7/10

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.

6.4/10

When two people are in love, who needs to make it formal? Yuri and Daisuke are a happy couple unrestricted by legal marriage. But when each encounters outside temptation, they face the ultimate test of their bond to each other in this heartrending tale of love and commitment.

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.

6.5/10

Yohko Endo is a popular news program, "Incident Verification," and has been earning high ratings by demonstrating her skill in skillfully editing a variety of video materials from her unique perspective. When a whistle-blowing video related to a bribery case at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is brought to her attention, she edits the footage based on it.