Mineaki Hata

This is a story about the youth of a university student who, by chance, aims to compete in the Montreal Olympics in a single scull (a single-seater boat). Every night he stays up all night playing mahjong and drinking. Masao lives his life aimlessly, and even the university he got into after failing the entrance exam twice is on the verge of repeating the year. One day, a high school classmate and friend who graduated from Tokyo University and got a job at a top bank is invited to his wedding reception, and Masao is invited as well. However, Masao feels uncomfortable with the glamor of the surroundings, and when Rie, who is also attending, comforts him, he blurts out, half-jokingly, that he might compete in the Olympics.

The "New Kids War" series tells about Otsuki Kaori, an elementary school teacher who was assigned to the new school over the principal and the child who committed the bullying. Instead of the teacher who was hospitalized due to the stress of the class, the principal of the new school was a good understanding person who was sent to a new elementary school even if he knew that Kaori had a problem. Soon after she came, a girl student named Kawai Hana. Kaori stayed at the boarding house until she found an apartment, but the boarding house was Kawai Hana's house.

A maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as family problems and adult romance, and can be enjoyed by the whole family.

A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys.

Trio of junior high students explore sexuality, causing chaos among concerned parents in their housing complex after witnessing inappropriate situations involving adults.