TOKYO DRAMA AWARD

2022

A morning drama series that has been airing in Japan for 15 minutes each morning for six months and has continued for more than 60 years. "Come Come Everybody" is the 105th in the series.

For the first time in the series, three heroines, Yasuko (Mone Kamishiraishi), Rui (Eri Fukatsu), and Hinata (Rina Kawaei), live the story of three generations of mother and child in a 100-year family story with a baton relay.

- The first heroine is Yasuko, the daughter of a Japanese sweets shop owner. She was born on the day Japanese radio broadcasting began in 1925.
- The second heroine is Rui, Yasuko's daughter, who leaves her hometown of Okayama to work at a dry cleaner in Osaka.
- The third heroine is Rui's daughter, Hinata, who grows up in a downtown shopping district in Kyoto and loves samurai dramas.

Deeply involved in their lives and shaping their destiny is the Radio English Conversation program. Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa (in the eras of the three emperors), the three heroines find their way of life in love, work, and marriage, while facing trials.
Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.
It is a story of hope that illuminates difficult times, reminding us of the value of "seize the day" as it cherishingly depicts 100 years and the hard work of ordinary people with no names.

She's a strong-minded girl who goes to a school for the blind, but when it comes to love, timidity gets the better of her. He's quick to pick a fight, but deep down he's just a pure-hearted punk. One fateful day, their destinies cross! "Love's In Sight!" is a romantic comedy for the new generation that will bring you laughter, tears, and every so often, surprises!

With low vision that only allows her to see light and colors vaguely, Yukiko goes to a school for the blind. Morio is a bellicose juvenile delinquent who is actually just a pure kid inside. Their chance encounter leads to mutual understanding and attraction!

Yukiko Makabe (Yuki Amami), is a tough interrogator who engages herself in psychological battles with vicious criminals along with the members of the "Emergency Interrogation Team (Kintori)", a specialized team that conducts interrogations in a special room equipped with visualization facilities. Based on an original script by screenwriter Yumiko Inoue, the series depicts a "battle to the death without guns or weapons" in a "locked-room battlefield". After seven years since its first season aired in January 2014, the fourth season was broadcast in the summer of 2021. In this season, the Kintori team, now on a time limit of "100 days left until the team is dissolved" works with their unshakable sense of justice to reveal the hidden side of the suspects.

In the first episode of the new season, celebrated actress Kaori Momoi is the guest star. Momoi plays the role of Toko Oguni, a radical activist dubbed the "Black Goddess", who became a legend 50 years ago for her "7-minute speech" appealing to people's solidarity. Kintori investigates the mystery of her reappearance as a hijacker after 50 years in hiding.

The climax of the interrogation was shot without rehearsal at the request of Amami and Momoi.

A "gourmet and mystery" drama starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, who is still fresh in our minds from his excellent performance in "Drive My Car". The story is placed in a small French bistro in Tokyo. The protagonist chef, who cooks exquisite cuisine, is calm and collected, but is rumored to brilliantly solve the mysteries of incidents and unexplainable events involving his customers.

One evening, a couple comes to the restaurant. The man is a picky eater and makes meals thrown away without eating. The staffs are annoyed by the man's requests, but he gets to like Chef Mifune's (Hidetoshi Nishijima) witty cuisine. But actually, he has a big problem...

On another day, a man and a woman start arguing. The man even goes on a tirade against the dessert, saying, "If I'm served this bad chocolat at the end of the day, I won't feel well for the rest of the day." He is actually a famous chocolatier, and his store sells a halfway decent number of chocolates: 3, 5, 7, and 11... There is a tearful truth to these undivided numbers.

Various other events are solved by Chef Mifune with a vin chaud (hot wine).

Totonou Kunou is a college student who has a complex about his natural perm, has no friends or a girlfriend, and simply loves curry. He is someone who always questions about what is taken for granted in society and tries to think things through thoroughly. He has a vast amount of knowledge and develops his own theories based on his unique values. As a young guy, he has lived his life being called "annoying and troublesome" because he can't help talking no matter what is happening around him.

One day, he is accused of a murder he isn't aware of. As he is interrogated by the detectives, he realizes that there are hidden clues behind the case and the problems that the detectives are facing. Then, without any desire to "solve the case, " he just talks about whatever comes to mind at his own pace, and before you know it, he has unraveled not only the mystery of the case, but also people's hearts…

This is a drama about family, food, and turbulent love, which portrays the everyday lives of an ordinary Japanese family, while touching on some of the finer points in life.

The family's three daughters, who can't even agree on how to eat sunny side up egg, have one thing in common. They have bad taste in men! For the sake of their futures, their unpredictable stubborn father decides to take action!

Gentaro Ito lives with his wife in Tokyo and their three daughters have all moved out to live their splendid lives. However, Yuka, the eldest, is single and is doing well at work, but seems to always be "the other woman." Rika, the second daughter, married a successful husband and lives in Osaka, but they are on the verge of divorce. Mika, the youngest, is unmarried, and has finally decided to move out, but her boyfriend, an aspiring but talentless manga artist, is frequently staying at her new home.

Gentaro is worried sick about their poor choice of men, and so, in the middle of the night, he suddenly brings home a man he approve of!

What will tomorrow bring for the family!?

This drama depicts the unknown lives of two Okinawan writers of the superhero "Ultraman" series TV shows, which became major hits 50 years ago. The show's young writers -- Tetsuo Kinjo and Shozo Uehara -- survived WW2 in Okinawa, came to Tokyo with passports as Okinawa was under American rule until 1972, yet became coveted main writers for Tsuburaya Productions. They were passionate about peace and equality so Ultraman fought for justice but showed compassion for enemy monsters. Eventually, society began seeking serious stories, and Kinjo's happy monster stories were no longer a hit. Feeling lost, Kinjo returned to Okinawa to be a bridge between turbulent Okinawa and mainland Japan. But he struggled, caught between both sides. At age 37, Kinjo died in an accident, leaving behind many dreams. Meanwhile, Uehara stayed in Tokyo and wrote 1, 000-plus scripts for children's shows until he died at 82. Interviewing people who knew the men and the production, our program brings to life behind-the-scenes stories of the men's journeys, while depicting the light and shadow of Okinawa before and after its return to Japan, and the creators' dreams and setbacks.

For Sarya (17), a Kurdish refugee girl in Japan, life seems to be looking up; her grades at school are enough to pursue college, she's surrounded with good friends and her relationship with Sota is becoming special. Sarya's life becomes upside down, however, when she learns that her family's refugee status is turned down, restricting her family of work and traveling across the city. Her father, who had continued to work to sustain a living, is taken into custody for illegal employment. Sarya is now suddenly forced into a situation where she is responsible not only for her younger siblings but for her very existence.

In the 4th year of Meiji (1871), six-year-old Umeko (Ume) Tsuda was the first female student in Japan to travel to the U.S. on the recommendation of her father, Sen (Hideaki Ito). At the time, there was no place in Japan for women to receive a quality education, so the Hokkaido Development Commissioner had decided to dispatch a female exchange student. Ume endured the loneliness of being away from her mother, Hatsu (Yuki Uchida), and other family members, and went to the U.S. with a mission in mind. In the U.S., she was supported by Arinori Mori (Dean Fujioka), who later became the first Minister of Education.

In 1882, at the age of 17, Ume (Suzu Hirose) returned to Japan after 11 years of study. She discusses her dream with Sutematsu Yamakawa (Elaiza Ikeda) and Shige Nagai (Yui Sakuma), who had completed their studies together, to create an English school where anyone can learn English. However, the status of women is still low and Ume cannot even find a place to work. Then Shige decides to marry a man she met while studying abroad... Sutematsu also marries Iwao Oyama, an army lord as old as her father. Ume feels depressed because her dream seems to be slipping away. In the meantime, Ume takes a live-in job as a tutor for Hirobumi Ito's (Kei Tanaka) wife and child. Although she was busy, she decided to study abroad at an American university again. Upon returning to Japan, she opens the Women's English School.

On December 29th. Goro Inokashira (Yutaka Matsushige), an import goods dealer, is having his last business meeting of the year with Yasuo Minoda (Kazutoyo Koyabu), the owner of a traditional fisherman's house in Ine, Kyoto. When Goro is about to finish the business meeting, he is asked to deliver something to Tokyo, which he agrees to do. To his surprise, it was a car. He reluctantly agrees, but it is a delicate classic car, and in addition, it is small and difficult to drive.

"I should never have accepted it." Goro regrets it as soon as he leaves. He sets off for Tokyo, but... He gets lost and ends up in Tanba Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture. Hungry, Goro enters a restaurant tucked away in the mountains, where the proprietress (Masayo Umezawa) comes out to greet him... The film depicts the three days from December 29 to 31, 2021, New Year's Eve.

Sakurajima is a symbol of Kagoshima Prefecture. Its outstanding landscape brings life to a city. The government promotes Kagoshima city as "MAGMA CITY" since it is located near Sakurajima: an active volcano. On the other hand, it also means that Sakurajima still smokes constantly today. Looking back on a long history, the volcano eruptions often lead to disasters in Kagoshima city. Chika Sakamoto (Fuka Koshiba) works for a real estate agency in the city. She struggles at work, and so as her relationship with a partner Yohei (Atsuhiro Inukai), from being indecisive towards his proposal.

One day, Kojiro Tsumura (Hidetaka Yoshioka) visits the agency to look for a place to live. He tells Chika that he never had any connection to Kagoshima. Chika introduces her highly recommended apartment, where magnificent view of Sakurajima can be seen from. However, while he looks around the room, he suddenly says the words she has never expected to hear. "I want a room without a view of Sakurajima." After a while, Chika encountered Ayako, who runs a restaurant in Sakurajima and finally notices Kojiro's "hidden thoughts" behind his words...

The drama takes place in the city along with natural disasters, where a man and a woman in two different generations are looking for "Happiness" while they cannot be honest to rely on one another.

Based on the themes of "hometown" and "family ties", this is a comical and heartfelt story about a "granddaughter" and a "grandfather" who overcome adversity with a smile.

Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture is home to the headquarters of Toyota Motor Corporation. Whilst leading the world as a center of manufacturing, the city is mostly peaceful countryside, with 70% of its area taken up by forests, and the clear Yahagi River running throughout.

Akari, a university student living in Tokyo, returns to her family home in Toyota City for the summer holidays to tell them about the job offer she has received. However, upon returning home she is shocked to receive news that the offer has been cancelled. On top of this she learns that her beloved grandma is suffering from dementia and Akari begins to bitterly regret not returning home more often.

At the same time, her childhood friend Yutaka, who has taken over his families peach orchard, proposes to her out of the blue. Despite trying to find a job in Tokyo, Akari has yet to discover what she really wants to do with her life and is feeling unsure about her future. Then one day, her dementia-stricken grandma goes missing...

A soaring kite with her and Aris as the handler is how Kinan has always thought of her marriage as. She had everything most of the people could only dreamed of; a loving husband, a roof to live under, and a child, with another one on the way. Kinan even gave up the job she hardly established as a doctor, to devote to being a housewife.

Now excited with her second pregnancy, an infidelity is the last thing that crosses Kinan's mind when it comes to her marriage. All the years that they have shared together and the love that they both nurture apparently is not enough to keep Aris's love exclusively kept for Kinan.

In the middle of what it seems like a steady gust of wind, Kinan's marriage is facing such threat; that started from Kinan's mere intuition, which grew into stronger guts after several findings. To Kinan's nightmare, Aris does share his love behind her back.

And as worse comes to worst, Aris even shared Kinan's dream of going to Cappadocia with his mistress, Lydia, a young psychologist who chased after him despite his marital status. Kinan's nature of being independent made her choose to face everything on her own. But the endless truth revelations eventually get to her, and unfortunately, her pregnancy. Now with the child she carries threatened, Kinan has to decide, letting her soaring kite flying side by side with another, or letting it loose and blown by the wind.

A series of bizarre deaths happen in Taiping City; the causes of death include old age, illness, suicide, homicide, accident and unknown. In an eerie atmosphere, Wu Yuenu witnesses the deaths of people around her. For her, Taiping City holds all her memories. After a car accident and before she passes away, her conscience floats into the Sailing Castle, where the boundary between the real and the unreal is blurred. There she meets people she knew and revisits the scenes that took place in her life. The encounters not only move her to tears but lead her to reconcile with her younger self.

Tian Sopasitsakun (Sahaphap Wongratch) was raised in a rich family and spends a fun college life. One day, while Tian was enjoying night life with his friends as usual, he suffers a chronic myocarditis attack. Tian hovers between life and death, but miraculously gets a heart transplant from a donor who had just died in a tragic accident.

Tian wonders who the donor is, and eventually discovers that the donor was a young woman named Torfun who died in an accident on the day Tian was hospitalized.

Owing his life to Torfun, Tian goes on searching for more about her and one day finds her diary to learn that Torfun was a volunteer teacher in Papandao Village. Tian decides to help others in the same way as Torfun and goes to the village to work as a volunteer teacher too.

Tian then meets Phupha Viriyanon (Pirapat Watthanasetsiri), a chief forest ranger who takes care of him while tries to get used to the village life. However, the truth is that Phupha happened to be in a close relationship with Torfun when she was alive.

Learning that Torfun's final wish was to count a thousand stars with Phupha, Tian accepts Torfun's destiny as his own.