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Nippon Television Network Corporation
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K-Factory Inc.
April 15(Wednesday)through June 17
(Wednesday)(Total of 10 episodes)
Hisashi Tsugiya
Yukitoshi Chiba
Hiroshi Yoshino
Mitsuru Kubota
Masahiro Kunimoto
Maki Takahashi
Masahiro Yoshimoto
“AISHITERU -KAIYO-“ by Minoru Ito published from Kodansha Company, Limited

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Izumi Inamori
Yuka Itaya
Taro Yamamoto
Umika Kawashima
Issei Kakazu
Shion Sato
Yumiko Fujita
Tomoko Tabata
Shiro Sano
Misako Tanaka

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　A young boy takes the life of another boy. The story unfolds from this tragic incident. However, this is not a suspense drama to fuel sentiments or a mystery drama that unravels the truth behind the incident. It is the ultimate drama about family. The drama carefully depicts, particularly from the mother’s perspective, the suffering and struggles of both the victim’s family as well as the perpetrator’s family. The two families are like any other normal family. The mothers, although lacking confidence, are average mothers who are trying their best to raise their children. The incident suddenly occurs on that ill-fated day. Your child murders another child…your child’s life is abruptly ended by another child…both mothers suffer in every way imaginable, their gamut of emotions eventually reaching one of care for the other mother. Through exchanging letters, the mothers begin to empathize with one another.　With insurmountable regret, they begin to explore what it takes to develop a family bond. The story stars Izumi Inamori as the grief-stricken mother of the perpetrator who must face what her child has done, losing her will to live, but in the end, regaining a sense of purpose to live positively. Her stellar and physically engaging performance is full of passion. This drama speaks to parents who already have a child and to young people who will someday have a family. What kind of family do you want and how will you communicate with your child?

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Tokyo Broadcasting System

2008/19/April〜2008/26/July
(11sirise)
Akihiko Ishimaru
Masaaki Turu
Hirakawa Yuichiro
Zyun Mutou
Takehiro Yamamoto
Yuzi Nakamae
Yoshihiro Izumi

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Ryuta Sato
Hayato Ichihara
Keisuke Koide
Yu Shirota
Akiyoshi Nakao
Sosuke Takaoka
Kenta Kiritani
Takeru Sato
Syunzi Igarashi
Yosuke Kawamura

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　The story begins when Kawatoh, a teacher who devotes himself to education, is transferred to a particular high school. This school’s baseball club is practically inactive and is filled with the school’s trouble makers. The members never go to classes, have lost their passion for baseball, and waste everyday just hanging around. Kawatoh starts to pull the club back together hoping to give the students their dreams. Rebellious students and a teacher who never gives up; the endless battle begins. At first the students pay no attention to the annoying teacher, but gradually open their hearts and follow their dreams with the help of Kawatoh’s enthusiasm and the words “Polish your dreams, so they shine tomorrow”.

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Fuji Television Network, Inc.

October 9th 〜December 18th,
2008(Total 11 episodes)
Toshio Nakamura
Hiroki Wakamatsu
Kiyomi Asano
Rieko Miyamoto
Sou Kuramoto

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Kiichi Nakai
Meisa Kuroki
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Ran Ito
Eiji Okuda
Ken Ogata

Outline :

　“Garden of Breeze” is the culmination of the Furano Series drama which has been written by scriptwriter, Sou Kuramoto. He also wrote “FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY”（〜'02), “Affectionate Time”('05）as the Furano Series dramas. This is a human drama that pursue the meaning of “life and death” through a man on the brink of death, who returns to his separated family. 　Sadami Shiratori (Kiichi Nakai) works as an anesthetist at a university hospital in Tokyo. Sadami is a respected anesthetist, an expert in pain relief treatment for patients who are terminally ill. However, in the meantime, no one knows that he has terminal cancer. As he becomes more conscious of his own death, he decides to go back to his hometown where his father, Sadazou (Ken Ogata) and his two children, Rui (Meisa Kuroki), Gaku (Ryunosuke Kamiki) live. His father renounced Sadami seven years ago because of his unfaithful attitude to his wife, resulting in her committing suicide. He has not been allowed to see his children since then. Sadami’s father, along with his grandchildren, takes care of the British garden which Sadami’s wife loved. Various flowers blossom each season and the wind goes through the beautiful garden. Is Sadami able to go back to his hometown and be welcomed again? 　Kuramoto’s great script and wonderful cast create an excellent human drama against the backdrop of lush green and beautiful nature in Furano. It took a year to shoot this drama. The director is Rieko Miyamoto, whose sensitive direction is rightfully acknowledged. She also directed “Affectionate Time” and “Dear Father”.

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Fuji Television Network, Inc.

March 19th 〜January 8th,
2009(Total 11 episodes)
Toshio Nakamura
Sousuke Osabe
Toru Higuchi
Daisuke Tajima
Masaki Tanimura
Taichi Yamada

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Yukie Nakama
Ryou Kase
Morio Kazama
Keiko Toda
Yutaka Matsushige
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Hisashi Igawa
Ittoku Kishibe
Kaoru Yachigusa

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　A scriptwriter, Taichi Yamada, wrote this drama series, “ORDINARY MIRACLES”, twelve years after he wrote “Apples and Oranges IV”. Our normal lives are surrounded by many small miracles although we might not notice them. This drama’s title contains Taichi Yamada’s message that if you could only notice these miracles, you would find hope. The story revolves around a man, a woman and their families. One evening, a middle-aged man, Makoto (Takanori Jinnai), is standing on a train platform, about to jump in front of a train. Kana (Yukie Nakama) and Shota (Ryou Kase) both happen to be on the same platform, and sensing what is about to happen, they quickly pull him back to safety. However, Makoto criticizes them strongly, claiming that he was not going to commit suicide. There is a reason why Kana and Shota realized Makoto’s intentions. They both have the same kind of emotional scars that cannot be put into words. Despite so much pain, they become attracted to each other. Kana is from a family of four - parents, her grandmother, and herself. Shota’s family has three men, his father, his grandfather, and himself. Both families appear normal, seemingly without problems. However, everyone has different pains and secrets from their own family. In this modern society, lonely people try to communicate awkwardly and slowly open up their hearts to find hope. This process is depicted by Yukie Nakamae as Kana, Ryou Kase as Shota, and their families.

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Tohan Kikaku Co. Ltd
March 29th 〜 April 26th
2009(Total５episodes)
Yasunori Aoki
Satoru Tsuchihashi
Manabu Asou
Kousuke Suzuki
Youichi Maekawa

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Toru Nakamura
Seiichi Tanabe
Masato Hagiwara
Miki Mizuno
Kenichi Endo
Naho Toda
Ren Ohsugi
Jun Kunimura

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　The main story concerns concealment of product recall by a large corporation. It is a dark side of a social issue that anyone could face today. This drama is based on a car manufacturing company, however, concealment of recall, falsification of reports, and cover up of defects are possible with any large organization. The drama was produced to show the discrepancy between company and society. For example, it poses the question why illegality occurs? Although we have often heard the word “compliance”, why do companies still make the same mistakes? At home, you are a caring and considerate family man but why do you become a guilty person when working in a company? The original story was written by Jun Ikeido, who is known for many high-profile works, including the Rampo Edogawa Award winner, “Hatsuru Sokonaki”. He has the experience of working at a bank and has good knowledge, which has helped him in writing economic literature. His thorough research has led to realistic descriptions in his stories in a broad genre. This story was also nominated for the 136th Naoki Awards and is well known. The main character, Akamatsu, the president of a transportation company, is performed by Toru Nakamura, who continues his remarkable activities in TV dramas and films. Akamatsu is confronted by a section chief of the car company, Sawada, performed by Seiichi Tanabe. There are other great actors such as Masato Hagiwara, Miki Mizuno, Jun Kunimura, etc. The drama carefully portrays the responsibilities and justifications of different characters, including the main character who decides to fight according to his beliefs although the truth is concealed and he almost succumbs to pressure from the large corporation.

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(Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
February 14th 2009
Rishi Endo

Yuki Nakajima
Shiro Maeda
BANANA

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Akira Kume
Misako Watanabe
Mikako Ichikawa
Miyako Yamaguchi
So Yamanaka
Kotaro Shiga

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　In a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a notice arrives in the mail about an antique camera sale in Tokyo. This triggers the old man’s memory of the time when he used to love cameras and he decides he wants to go to Tokyo. But it’s not so easy for the old couple. It had been 20 years since they last visited Tokyo. Going on this shopping trip was like embarking on an adventure for them. Once they arrive at the camera sale, the couple fusses about whether to spend a fortune on one camera but eventually they agree to buy it. Having used up most of their money, they give up their original idea of staying at a hotel and spend the night at their granddaughter’s apartment. The trip is full of surprises and unexpected happenings, but through this adventure, the old couple’s lives slowly get revealed. Before heading home, the couple stops by Tokyo Station, a place that holds fond memories for them. They take a photo together with the old man’s camera and quietly reflect back on the long life that they spent together.

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TV Asahi Corporation
June 20, 2009 (Sat)
and June 21, 2009(Sun)
(2 consecutive nights)
Fumio Igarashi
Kazuhiko Fujimoto
Shuichi Nakayama
Hideki Ohno
Kan Ishibashi
Shukei Nagasaka
Masahiro Yoshimoto

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Ken Watanabe
Katsumi Takahashi
Kotaro Koizumi
Saki Aibu
Tae Kimura
Masato Hagiwara
Kimiko Yo
Ren Osugi
Mieko Harada
Kyohei Shibata

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　”Biography of a Detective　The Cases of Hachibei Hiratsuka” is a story of the life of a distinguished detective named Hachibei Hiratsuka, who lived during the Showa Era. The main character of the story, Hachibei, outstandingly solved the incident called the Yoshinobu Case. It was the best-known kidnapping incident after the World War II that became a social phenomenon. While the top management of the police decided to terminate the investigation, Hachibei continued on his own against the orders by his boss, and forced the suspect to confess shortly before the detention period expired. Hachibei spotted contradictory points in one word that the suspect casually mentioned, and eventually drove the suspect into a corner. The process of investigation indeed serves as the prototype of detective stories today. Around the time of incident, Japan was recovering from the dark years following the War and started to become affluent. Hachibei courageously tackled the incident that symbolized such changing times. The drama is a human document that describes how a detective managed to keep his own principles during such times, and depicts another side of the history of criminal incidents after the War.

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The Northeast Broadcast/
September 19th 2008
（Total 1 episode）
Nationwide Broadcast/
October 19th 2008
（Total 1 episode）
Hiroshi Tanami
Toshihide Yabuki
Hideya Takagi
Mika Abe

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Erika Okuda
Kenta Uchino
Yuji Nakamura
Kai Ato
Hiroyuki Nishikawa
Eiko Natsu
Blaise Plant
People in Naruko-Onsen, Oosaki-shi, Miyazaki prefecture
Susumu Kurobe

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　This is a story of rice production in the mountains which nowadays has been abandoned by the agricultural administration. However, one day during summer, a situation occurs that draws the attention of many Japanese people to the rice field in the northeast. Minori Tsukimura has worked at a trading firm in Tokyo for five years. One day in May, her boss, who has predicted a bad autumn crop, orders Minori to purchase rice in advance from the mountains in the northeast. This was because of a top-secret weather forecast from the United Sates that there would be a record-breaking intense heat wave this summer. If the temperature rises over 35 degrees during summer, the ears of rice would not grow well hence they expected the dramatic increase in the rice price. Minori arrives in Miyagi to purchase rice quickly before anyone else. However, the leader of the farmers, Toyozo Yahagi, stands in their way. Despite the high price Minori offers, Toyozo refuses to sell and insists that the rice is for local people. Before too long, Minori’s hidden past is revealed….

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Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.
December 30th 2008(the total collection of whole episodes) (October 10th〜17th 2008: Total 10 episodes during “DOSANKO WAIDO”)
Norikazu Tsushima
Yutaka Kamoda
Yuuki Shimazaki

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Yuji Iwata
Moeka Kajinuma
Shigeko Oikawa
Yasushi Nagatoshi
Kazuko Igarashi
Naotaka Hatakeyama
Kanako Watanabe
Masaru Ono
Hisaji Yamano
Shinpei Miyazaki

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　It is the total collection of 10 episodes of a mini-series drama, “MOMOYAMA ONIGIRI Store” located in Hokkaido. It is a summer-time story of a family who run an Onigiri Store in Sapporo. The eldest son, Tetsuya, is expected to be a successor of the shop, but he is a musician and does not want to do so. However, he unintentionally says in a live TV show that he would take over the running of the shop, and the story is set in motion. His young sister’s disappearance from the house, his infatuation with a customer, his invitation to work with a music producer, his past grandfather’s ONIGIRI philosophy, and his mother’s illness all come together in this drama. The growth of the main character who wavers between his dream and his family is portrayed with the motif of Japanese soul food “ONIGIRI” against the beautiful summer backdrop of Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Best Performance
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Kiichi Nakai

Best Performance
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Yuki Amami

Best Performance
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Kenichi Endo

Best Performance
by an Actress
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Erika Toda

The Newcomer's
Actor & Actress
　

Junpei Mizobata

The Newcomer's
Actor & Actress
　

Umika Kawashima

Best Screenplay

Sou Kuramoto

Best Producer

Hisashi Tsugiya

Best Director

Rieko Miyamoto

Special Award
Actor:Ken Ogata

Special Award

"The Penetrators-Kurobe no Taiyo-"Art Staff
(Fuji Television Network, Inc. )

Special Award

"The Long hours Dramas (New Year's Historical Drama)"Formation Production Staff (TV TOKYO Corporation)