Ruka Ishikawa

At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make matters worse, the set is visited by a censor from the Film Certification Committee, and the key scenes end up being cut out to avoid an R rating. Can Hanako realise her dream?

Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives.

Kazuho Anamori, ​​who had difficulty fitting in with her class, meets Miko Karakida, who suffers from heart disease, and becomes close friends with her, however, six months later, Miko dies while hospitalized. Kazuho receives a letter saying that there is something to discuss about Miko. When she goes to the address she has been called to, she finds a mysterious transfer student, Rio Ukima, waiting for her.

On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposed to Ichiko. Ichiko is moved by Hasegawa's proposal and sheds tears, but the next day, she suddenly leaves home, seemingly shocked after seeing the TV news. Where did Ichiko go? Hasegawa reports the disappearance to the police, and the detective in charge of the investigation tells an unexpected story.

Shota came to Tokyo to become an actor but has a side hustle in petty crime. On a trip back to his hometown in Wakayama he meets Takara, who is being assaulted by her father just sprung from prison. Soon they pair up and hit the road to escape.

University students Yuri and Masato accept a peculiar invitation to a campground party, but things turn deadly when a cursed doll starts to attack.

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

In their first year of high school, a girl named Mizumura and a boy named Sakahira fell into a swimming pool and mysteriously switched bodies. They live out each other's lives for 15 years, all through high school, college and beyond, and frequently exchange information about what's going on in their lives. Then, all of a sudden, Mizumura tells Sakahira that she might have found a way for them to switch back. But do they even want to do that at that point?

Sumiko is a university student who is blessed (or suffers) from a special ability to instantly grasp the BPM (beats per minute) of almost anything. One day she meets a boy who inexplicably sends her own BPM off the charts!

When Yuki's classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and the relationships between Yuki and her classmates are disrupted amidst grief and forced normalcy.

Within the school swimming club, teenagers question their sexuality and gender identity.

Atsushi limps and escapes from a closed facility for drug addicts. He has only one goal: to kill his wife. Straying around, he is hit on a country road at night. When the driver gets out to check on him, Atsushi takes the opportunity and steals his car. Completely surprised, he notices the middle school student Nanako in the passenger seat. Actually on the way to a hotel room with her customer, the young girl desperately clings to her key ring: the only thing she has left of her mother. Deeply wounded by life, the unequal couple embarks on a journey into the unknown.

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another.

A bittersweet love story depicting the end of the romance between an amateur model named Yuka and Koyamada, a photographer who wants to capture her real face.

Nico, a girl who has closed her mind from noise and whose only emotional support is her favorite coffee shop, one day meets Ryota, a boy who is being abused by his parents. Nico, who had been abused herself, could not forgive Ryota's parents.

Yuko Tanaka, who "married into" the Tanaka family, a family running a poultry farm, led a modest life despite being mistreated by her sister-in-law, Satomi Tanaka. One day, Saki Watanabe, the mistress of Yuko's husband, Ryosuke Tanaka, applies for a live-in employee position at the poultry farm. Unaware that Saki is her husband's mistress, Yuko, who conducts the interview, decides to hire her. Thus begins a strange cohabitation, including the husband's mistress.

Koharu (26) is looking for a new job and she has older brother, Taichi (29 years old) who has taken care of Koharu in place of her mother who died in an accident when she was young. One day, Taichi disappeared from the sight of her family. Koharu and Taichi's fiancée Aki (age 25) head out to find Taichi.

Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he disturbs a monument located at a construction site. Cursed with the inability to tell a lie, he is forced to run his mouth off with things that are better left unsaid. With so many angry clients, he's got no hope of surviving as an honest realtor.

From thugs to yakuza, Taiza Kujo wields the law to defend society's worst. Fellow lawyer, Karasuma doubts his ethics but joins him in facing the abyss.

Sakuraba Haruma's childhood friend Inukai Shuji was a cut above him in every way imaginable, living out the glamorous life bestowed upon him. Haruma, an unassuming salaryman, has lived his every day clutching onto his inferiority complex, existing only in Shuji's shadow. One day, Haruma coincidentally meets Shuji's wife, Inukai Reika, who Haruma has always secretly admired since his high school days. With feelings of envy, jealousy, and more, a "secret" is born from Haruma's repetitive days.

Two brothers become police officers to hunt down their parents' killer, who escaped justice by just two days before the statute of limitations was abolished.

Kaburagi Miyako is a 30-year-old "career-oriented" woman working for a major cosmetics company with an annual salary of over 10 million yen. Miyako is suddenly inspired by a painting and aims to study at the Tokyo University of the Arts to fulfill her dream of becoming a painter. Miyako enrolls into an art prep school while balancing her work. There, she meets Taira Shintaro, a talented young man who keeps failing to get into an art college.

Horie Mana leads a fulfilling life as a sales clerk at Tomiya Corporation. Mana is interested in her coworker Hashii Tsubasa, but her reserved personality makes her content just by looking at him from afar. One day, Mana's high school classmate, Honda Ai, shares that she saw their other classmate, Takato Hino. Hino was Mana's only close friend and they had lost contact since graduation. Then Mana fatefully runs into Hino and welcomes Hino to her house after learning that she has no place to stay after getting a divorce.

For 13 years, Yuria Aikawa's whereabouts have been unknown. All of a sudden, she reemerges and returns to her family. What awaits Yuria is a world that have completely changed.

Yanagisawa Hiroto, a former professional baseball player was once a star home run hitter for the Dragons, but after losing his wife to a sudden illness received a notice that he was let go from the team. The story unfolds as he decides he can’t let his “home run life” come to an end and tries out for a team. However, instead of joining a professional baseball team, he’s directed to become a “sacrifice bunt man” in an ordinary company, where his role is to create opportunities for others.

An unassuming office lady decides to finally get the relationship experience she lacks. But dating means dealing with men and her inner struggles. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Uri wo Waru" (瓜を破る) by Itakura Azusa (板倉梓).

Fukuda Yu is a young man who fell in love with a girl that gave him half of her eraser in the second year of junior high school. The unrequited love continued for the next 13 years which was filled with laughter and tears.

Chitose, a former bullied girl who became a talent manager, is put in charge of is a domineering actor who was a bully as a child.

Nagase Yuma and Asakura Sakura, lifelong friends, navigate unspoken feelings until their final high school summer, when Sakura finally confesses with a kiss.

A devoted university student's idol obsession takes a dark turn when he shelters his wounded celebrity crush after her scandalous romance makes headlines, only to uncover her hidden split personality and suspected involvement in a musician's murder—forcing him to choose between love and truth in a dangerous descent into twisted loyalty.

23 years old may be the age in life where there are the most diverse people. Some are new to society, some are already used to being a member of society, and some already have children. Although everyone is the same age, there are so many different kinds of people with diverse stories. This is a story that wants to convey the life of 23 year old's with their raw emotions and individuality.

Saru ni Au is a 2020 Japanese drama about three college students who want to visit a shrine while a killer is on the loose. Mako, Kiyo, and Satsuki are three college students visiting Nikko Toshogu Shrine for winter vacation, a place said to have many power spots and benefits for romance. Kiyo has had a relationship before, but Mako and Satsuki have never had boyfriends. They meet Akira the fortuneteller on their trip. There is news on the TV of an escaped killer. Will the three make it safely to Nikko?

Natsumi met Haruto at a drinking party and somehow ended up lending her shoulder for him to sleep on. Ever since that night, Haruto comes over to her house at 10:00 PM on Wednesday with the aim of sleeping on Natsumi's shoulders. Natsumi is timid when it comes to romance. Although she is attracted to Haruto, she vows to her heart that she will never like men who don't know what she is thinking. Thus, a mysterious relationship between the clumsy two begins.