Toshiyuki Mizutani

The stabbed corpse of IT company president Kinji Shiroyama (Yuichi Haba) is found in the Gulf warehouse at Hinode Pier. Unemployed Satoru Oki (Yoshiyoshi Arakawa) who ran away from the scene of the incident is arrested as the murderer. Fujiko Kajiwara (Yuki Matsushita), who was asked to be a duty lawyer meets him, but Ooki denies the charges makes repeats vague statements and refuses to tell the truth.

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The story begins in April 1986 and is set during the days of the bubble economy. Kaidou Akira comes from a wealthy background and is the heir of a large company Tokai Yuusen. On the other hand, his genius classmate from the University of Tokyo, Yamazaki Akira had a tough life due to the bankruptcy of his father's company and having to run away from creditors but overcomes the odds to graduatefrom the top-notch school. The two are employed at the same bank and get caught in a battle lasting over 10 years which causes upheavals in their lives.

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40 years old Tachibana Yuzuki has just taken on a job as a mountain climbing guide. While on her first solo guide job to climb Mount Myoko and Mount Hiuchi, she meets the female members in her group: Yumi and Ritsuko who work in a departmental store and Mitsuko who works in a welfare facility. With various reasons and issues, these first-time climbers try to scale the mountains while led around by the nose by Kijima who is Yuzuki's senior but younger than her. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Yamaonna Nikki" by Minato Kanae.

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WOWOW brings acclaimed author Toyoko Yamasaki's 1999 literary tour de force to life on the small screen for the very first time. Audiences have already received television adaptations of Yamasaki's other works – The Ivory Tower (白い巨塔), The Grand Family (華麗なる一族), The Waste Land (不毛地帯), A Son of the Good Earth (大地の子), and My Destiny (運命の人) – and can now add The Unbroken (沈まぬ太陽) to that list with this long-awaited production. Features a star-studded cast and additional filming on location in Africa and the Middle East.

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For the past 15 years, Fuyukawa Misaki has lived a quiet, reclusive life while keeping her secret well-hidden. With just two months left before the statute of limitations on the murder of her colleague expires, a mysterious man appears in Misaki’s life, who says, “I know your secret.” Is he a friend or foe? The nameless man who claims to know about Misaki’s past does not reveal any personal information about himself, but only says he wants to live with her in exchange for keeping her secret. Hence, a bizarre living arrangement begins. Who is this man and what is his purpose? Meanwhile, conventional detective Kiba is convinced that Misaki is the elusive criminal behind the 15-year old murder case and is determined to uncover evidence to prove his theory. As this peculiar love-suspense drama unfolds, you will need to piece together information to solve the mysterious puzzle of murder while the clock counts down to the expiration deadline.

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Yoshizaki Kaoruko, who had been a clinician at a university hospital, takes up a post at a medical examiner’s office after she is told by her professor to try to get experience. However, everyone from the supervising doctor Akita Shinya, director Yanagida Shuhei and assistant Yamashita Mieko are all individualistic characters. This does not bode well for the future. Meanwhile, Akita and Kaoruko are put in charge of the dead body of a popular model who fell to her death. The police consider it to be a suicide, but Akita is drawn to a subtle point .

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Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…

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This is based on a collection of short stories by Keigo Higashino. A membership-based investigation agency dedicated to VIP will usually lead the case to a quick and calm resolution. Members are only VIPs in the political and business world. Tow people are in charge of it, a man in his mid-30s who has a deeply carved face away from the Japanese and a beautiful woman who seems to be in his late 20s. She works as an assistant to the man, and has extraordinary memory. Their group is nicknamed the Detective Club by the owners who are VIP members.

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20 years ago a half-frozen boy was rescuded in the mountains after his parents apparent sucide. He gets released from a mental institution and his girlfriend notices him talking about a dark mountain shadow. Meanwhile a murder happens in a residential area in Tokyo. Assistant Inspector Goda Yuichiro takes on the investigation. Soon an official of the Ministery of Justice gets murdered in a similar fashion pointing towards a serial killer. Yet, Goda receives a strange order from above: he's not to further investigate in this direction. He senses a huge mystery behind the case and starts chasing after the psychopath killer called Marks. Somehow a journalist's research about a corrupt construction magnate and another unsolved murder that happend in the mountains 13 years ago are also linked to the case.

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The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...

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Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.

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"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.

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A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to bring her home and lock her up in a secret basement. Although Lily is afraid of him, in fact, Takeru didn't do anything to hurt her. After Lily begins to uncover a shocking episode

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Rieko Natsume, a new lawyer who is eager to save people by law, is recommended by her senior lawyer Noriko to work under Bunsuke Inokari. Inokari, nicknamed court vandalism, is far from the image of a brilliant lawyer, and Rieko is stunned by the painful appearance of the stubble. Rieko was also surprised by Bunsuke Inokari's unconventional behavior in the defense of Nagai, a suspect who was arrested three months before the statute of limitations.

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The birth of outlaw violence, depicts the passionate and fierce way of life of men that chose the path of Shura.

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Japanese horror film with four segments.

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When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped

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The villa where Uehara repeatedly met his mistress, Naomi, and where Naomi and his wife met tragic deaths. Saeko, a female editor, visits Uehara, who has taken up residence there, to handle his next novel, "Evil Spirit," following the publication of "The Mistress's Ghost." Saeko, who has always admired the author, stays at his villa and begins to take care of his needs. The distraught Uehara is bewildered by Saeko, who wears the same perfume as his deceased wife, but gradually begins to open up to her... But when the two, drawn to each other, desire each other physically, Naomi's vengeful spirit awakens! Naomi will never allow love. Strange phenomena occur one after another, and their minds and bodies are consumed.

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Japanese horror movie from 1999.

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Novelist Uehara has a wife and children. Uehara and Naomi were having an affair. That summer, the two were meeting secretly at Uehara's villa. He promised to leave his wife. Naomi wished to have a child. For Naomi, it was a fleeting moment of happiness... Then his wife unexpectedly arrived. His wife, who had seen through everything, had come with the intention of breaking them apart. And then the unfortunate accident happened. The struggle between his wife and Naomi escalated. A knife pierced Naomi as she fell. Uehara was distraught by the flowing blood. But his wife restrained him and buried Naomi to cover up everything.

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A full-scale drama that visualizes a feature-length novel by Koichi Iiboshi from "Battle Without Honor and Justice." It depicts a shocking rivalry set in Shinjuku, the largest entertainment district in Asia, such as robbery, kidnapping, theft, and the murder of a blue dragon sword. Show Aikawa enthusiastically plays a lone wolf gangster. Co-starring Hitoshi Ozawa and others.

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When a married woman (Yuki) living in a large housing complex is tracked down by a dangerous lover from her past (Saito), her peaceful life unravels into a web of taboo encounters, voyeuristic neighbors, and hidden infidelities.

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Voyeurism, eavesdropping, stalking, and sexual assault. Yuki, a newlywed living in a housing complex, finds her daily life gradually corrupted by abnormal sexuality... What kind of sex hell does this married woman fall into?! Yuki's past. A chance encounter with a man she met at the scene of a suicide attempt. After getting married, Yuki sealed that day away in her body and moved to a huge housing complex. However, the man from that time, Saito, appears and Yuki is embraced once again. Saito strangles Yuki. Yuki feels an abnormal excitement in the ecstasy of heading towards "death". But there was a man watching them. In exchange for a recording tape, Yuki is forced to undress and descends into a life of sex and degeneracy...

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Forbidden! Hentai! Historical! Sensual erotic V-cinema work that you can't miss! Once you taste it, you can't stop it! A lewd, abnormal, sinful act "molest". A veteran of 30 years on the road reveals the secret technique! A super popular series that caused a big sensation.

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After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.

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Sharaba makes money moves making sure girlfriends break up with their boyfriends by getting them to cheat so that the Ladies got an excuse

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The fourth head of the Masashimizu group suddenly died. It was good until his adopted son Haruhiko Ayanokoji, a lawyer, succeeded him, but the gang consisted of only three odd people. Depicts the struggle of Haruhiko, who wears two pairs of straw sandals, a boss and a lawyer. A unique court yakuza story starring Masao Kusakari.

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A yakuza's woman got in a car with Ida, a salesman who has no choice!

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Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally hits a young woman with his car and flees in panic. He confesses to his wife, Yoko, who persuades him to keep quiet as his arrest would mean the end for their already troubled family. Their daughter is having an affair with a married man, their son is being bullied and refusing to go to school and their grandfather is becoming more difficult. Yoko urges the family to move the car into the living room in order to destroy the evidence by taking it apart. Hiroshi finally decides to do the honest thing but a series of bizarre incidents then ensues...

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Junji Inagawa recreated horror experiences from his own life in this horror omnibus. The three-episode structure includes "Come to the Land of Meditation", "Trap of Memory", and "The Unwelcoming".

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A female barber is hired by one-handed man for a little shave. But she soon finds out that he has a kinky obsession that awakens her own.

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A female college student takes off her clothes in front of me! Attending university while working part-time in a peep room... The barren pleasure of writhing in agony alone while being watched gradually escalates...

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Kohei’s company holds the patent of an engine valve system required to develop a space rocket. Will he finally be part of a successful rocket launch?

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The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...

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The birth of outlaw violence, depicts the passionate and fierce way of life of men that chose the path of Shura.

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When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped

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The villa where Uehara repeatedly met his mistress, Naomi, and where Naomi and his wife met tragic deaths. Saeko, a female editor, visits Uehara, who has taken up residence there, to handle his next novel, "Evil Spirit," following the publication of "The Mistress's Ghost." Saeko, who has always admired the author, stays at his villa and begins to take care of his needs. The distraught Uehara is bewildered by Saeko, who wears the same perfume as his deceased wife, but gradually begins to open up to her... But when the two, drawn to each other, desire each other physically, Naomi's vengeful spirit awakens! Naomi will never allow love. Strange phenomena occur one after another, and their minds and bodies are consumed.

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