Ishitsubute Episode 6

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• Drama: Throwing Stone (literal title)
• Romaji: Ishitsubute: Gaimusho Kimitsuhi wo Abaita Sosa Nika no Otokotachi
• Japanese: 石つぶて ～外務省機密費を暴いた捜査二課の男たち～
• Director: Setsuro Wakamatsu
• Writer: Hidetoshi Kiyotake (nove), Masashi Todayama
• Network: WOWOW
• Episodes: 8
• Release Date: November 5, 2017 --
• Runtime: Sundays 22:00
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

One billion yen disappears, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes silent. Detective Atsuhito Kizaki (Koichi Sato) and Detective Teruaki Saimi (Yosuke Eguchi) try to uncover the truth behind the missing money.

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Rikuou Episode 8

Details

• Title: 陸王
• Title (romaji): Rikuou
• Also known as: Rikuoh
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Corporate
• Episodes: TBD
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-15 to 2017-Dec-??
• Air time: Sunday 21:00

Synopsis

Miyazawa Koichi runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a decrease of demand for tabi, the company is struggling to keep afloat. Miyazawa Koichi thinks about launching a new product line. The new product is running shoes. For the company's surival, Miyazawa Koichi begins to develop running shoes using their accumulated knowledge for making tabi. 

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Onna Joushu Naotora Episode 49

Details

• Title: おんな城主 直虎
• Title (romaji): Onna Joushu Naotora
• Also known as: Naotora: The Lady Warlord
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 50
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-08 to 2017-Dec-17
• Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

During the Sengoku Period, Ii Naomori, the head of the Ii family of Totomi (present day western Shizuoka), was killed in war. There were no male successors but only one princess. Taking the manly name, Naotora, she became the female lord of the castle in this turbulent age. However, the vassals could not hide their dismay. They did not think there was anything a female could do. At a time when the three major powers – the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province, Takeda clan of Kai Province and Tokugawa clan of Mikawa Province – were lying in wait for territory, her true worth as the lord was called into question. The only things Naotora could depend on in this place which had scarce resources and military might, were her own intellect and courage. She joined hands with comrades to run the province, resolutely survived and laid the foundation for future development. Her motivating force was her single-minded love for her fiance whom she made a promise to in her childhood. 

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Orphan Black: 7 Genes Episode 2

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• Drama: Orphan Black: 7 Genes (English & literal title)
• Romaji: Ofan Burakku: Nanatsu no Idenshi
• Japanese: オーファン・ブラック～七つの遺伝子～
• Director: Makito Murakami, Mirai Shibuya, Yoshikazu Kaneko
• Writer: Yumiko Aoyagi
• Network: Fuji TV, Tokai TV
• Episodes: 8
• Release Date: December 2, 2017 - January 27, 2018
• Runtime: Saturdays 23:40-24:35
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Sara Aoyama (Kang Ji-Young) was an orphan and is now a single mother. She has suffered through poverty, lack of understanding from society and other problems that led to her being separated from her daughter. She believes that if she has money, her life will change. One day, Sara Aoyama sees a woman killing herself by jumping in front of a train. The woman who jumped looks just like her doppleganger. Sara Aoyama is stunned, but takes the woman's bag. Since then, her life takes an unpredictable turn.

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Meishi Game Episode 2

Details

• Title: 名刺ゲーム
• Title (romaji): Meishi Game
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama, suspense
• Episodes: 4
• Broadcast network: WOWOW
• Broadcast period: 2017-Dec-02 to 2017-Dec-23
• Air time: Saturday 22:00

Plot

Kanda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a producer of a popular quiz program. When he wakes up, he finds himself wearing a mysterious necklace and there a lot of business cards scattered on the floor. His daughter (Karen Otomo) is there and wearing the same necklace. Kanda and his daughter are locked up in a secret room.

Mysterious man X (Masaki Okada) appears in front of Kanda. X suggests to him the “Meishi Game” ("Business Card Game") with a 2 hour time limit. The rule of the game is for Kanda to find the business cards he received and return them to the owner of the business, but, if Kanda makes a mistake, his daughter will blow up. Kanda accepts the challenge to save his daughter and there is also a hidden secret.

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Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku Episode 9

Details

• Title: 先に生まれただけの僕
• Title (romaji): Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku
• Also known as: My High School Business
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama, school
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast network: NTV
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-14 to 2017-Dec-16
• Air time: Saturday 22:00
• Theme song: Doors ~Yuuki no Kiseki~ by Arashi

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Prison Hotel Episode 9

Details

• Title: プリズンホテル
• Title (English): Prison Hotel
• Format: Renzoku
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 1999-Apr-17 to 1999-Jun-19
• Theme song: Stellar by Matsumoto Akiko
  • Insert theme: Elegy by Kaientai

Synopsis

Takanosuke visits a small "prison hotel" whose owner is a "yakuza" gangstar leader (Takeda Tetsuya) to try to find her lost mother.

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