Shall We Fall in Love

Minato's Laundromat

Akira Minato, a middle-aged coin laundry owner, befriends Shintarō Katsuki, a high schooler. Their bond deepens as Shintarō learns about Akira's identity.

7.6

2019

The House on the Slope

Yamazaki Risako lives with her husband Yoichiro and 3-year-old daughter Fumika. One day, she receives a notification from the court that she has been selected as an alternate member of the jury for a shocking criminal case. The defendant in the case is Ando Mizuho, a full-time housewife who is the same age as Risako. She is on trial for causing the death of her 8-month-old daughter by dropping her into the bathtub. As a mother herself, Risako feels repulsed that Mizuho killed her own child. However, after the trial opens, Mizuho’s circumstances remind Risako of her own past and she soon becomes confused with the chaotic feelings that have lain dormant in her. (Source: jdramas.wordpress.com)

2023

Anfamol

An honest and meaty drama about the reality of being a mother.

2.0

2016

MARS

The story revolves around Kira and Rei, two high school students. Kira is an extremely introverted artist, and Rei is an outgoing playboy with a frightening violent side. The two start a friendship and eventually a romance after Rei sees a drawing that Kira drew on the back of a map she gave him. However, both Kira and Rei are hiding troubled pasts, and through their relationship they confront their past demons. Masao, a student at Kira and Rei's school, has a connection to Rei's violent past. He enters Kira and Rei's lives to try to force Rei to return to the person he used to be.

2019

Return the World to You

After losing her boyfriend Qi Lei in a suspicious accident, aspiring designer Yi En builds a thriving fashion brand on her own. But Qi Lei, secretly alive and seeking revenge, returns under a new identity.

5.1

2011

Xanadu

The family Valadine has produced porno movies since years. But the golden age of the erotic film is over. The market, the business and the movies are getting harder. Nevertheless Alex Valadine refuses to go with the latest trends and gets in conflict with his sons, the next generation of porno maker. The family empire bursts under the consequences of intrigues and corruption. In this world of love and hate, sex and violence the family is facing a big challenge.

8.3

2015

Flowers for Algernon

Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and a colleague, Yanagawa Ryuichi, delivers a rose bouquet to the apartment building where Mochizuki Haruka lives. Because Haruka does not know that the deliveryman is mentally challenged, she is shocked by his response and tries to call the police. Haruka works for a brain physiology research centre where Professor Hachisuka Daigo has been studying the improvement of mental performance. He has succeeded in lab experiments on a white mouse called Algernon. Sakuto is transformed into a genius through surgery. But Algernon's new intelligence begins to fade, and he dies. Sakuto realises that his genius, too, is destined to leave him.

6.8

2015

Fight! Bookstore Girl

Pegasus Bookstore is going through hard times due to competition from internet bookstores. Kitamura Aki and Nishioka Riko are employees at Pegasus Bookstore. Aki is 23 years old. She has a strong will and freewheeling personality. She places her job and dreams above marriage. Riko is a 40-year-old single woman. She is the vice-manager at the bookstore. She has pride in her work. The two women have completely different personalities.

6.8

Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard

Gu Chuan is a passion-filled, vibrant young man with his whole life ahead of him – until his life is turned upside down by a sudden traffic accident. He suffers life-threatening injuries to his heart and surgeons are able to save him by giving him an emergency heart transplant.

4.1

Bad Girlfriend

Ji Soo, an advertising planner who is faithful to her desire to date someone she likes, is proud of her working abilities at her company. She is dating Tae Oh who is her superior at work and Ji Ho, a cheerful young man, who is out there trying to make ends meet. But when Ji Ho went to work at Ji Soo's company, Ji Soo's daily life, which seemed perfect, began to collapse... Will Ji Soo be able to handle all this and continue her two-legged relationship?

14 Circumstances of Boys With Reasons Why They Cannot Return to Jimoto

Kansai Johnny's Jr. members, who are rapidly gaining attention, are reunited! 'I want to go back to my hometown, but I can't go home!' is an omnibus drama of boys who have a reason to go to Tokyo to pursue their dreams! Members were selected from "Naniwa Boys", "Ae! Group", and "Lil Kansai" for boys who cannot return to their hometown in Kansai due to various circumstances! A drama about men who went to Tokyo to pursue their dreams, but had their own circumstances and couldn't go home even if they wanted to.

6.9

2023

Greek Salad

Takes place twenty years after the events of “L’Auberge Espanole,” and follows Tom and Mia, the children of the film’s protagonists Xavier and Wendy, as they spend time in Athens.

8.3

In Love With Your Dimples

Tang Shuang Li lost her job, her love life and her money. This is a story about her vigorous fight in the workplace while she meets three different guys. Tang Shuang Li who was a curve wrecker in school returns to her hometown unemployed and brokenhearted. She starts over as a front desk clerk wanting to live a normal life. However, she still shines for being an interesting soul. Her unconcealed talent and straightforward personality catches the attention of three attractive men – Lu Zhi Yi, He Qiao Sheng and He Qi Zhan who have completely different personalities.

6.0

Mom Wow

A single mother believes that she can give her son a happy life just on her own. However, at the critical juncture of getting her son into a primary school, she realises that all the mums in the kindergarten have their own troubles.

7.6

2020

Little Fires Everywhere

The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Explore the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

6.0

Good Every Day

He Da Ye has always focused more on her career rather than her love life, and has, therefore, been seen by her peers as an old leftover-woman. She did once walk down the aisle with Luo Chang, but the marriage didn't last long and the two divorced and remained as close friends. Both of them cared and helped each other out, but never tried to get closer than that. That is, until the angry model Zhang Meng came into Da Ye's life who has his own problems with his career experiencing a stagnation

7.7

The Rational Life

Shen Ruo Xin is a thirty-something professional who decides to take a stand against unfair societal expectations At her workplace she finds herself drawn to two different men - one her trusted, younger assistant, the other her bachelor boss. Knowing she is considered a 'leftover woman' weighs heavily on her. Will she opt to marry the man society deems appropriate, or will she listen to her heart and screw up the courage to pursue a romance with the younger man?

8.0

2010

Angel's Share

Mizuki plays a 35-year-old woman named Kurumi, who suddenly loses everything in her life when her fiance runs off with all of her assets. Left with a mere 15,000 yen and some boxes of ohagi (a type of rice ball), the despairing Kurumi happens upon a construction site, and she begins handing out the ohagi to the men working there. Using the theme of food, "Tenshi no Wakemae" depicts Kurumi's journey as she turns her life around.

7.1

2024

Blood Legacy

After years of estrangement, Khanyi Adesina returns home to fight for her family's business empire as it threatens to collapse under corruption.

6.0

Enchanté

Returning from France, Theo finds a mysterious note signed "Enchanté" in his school library. With Akk's help, he must uncover which of four suitors is the real one.