TV Station NHK
Seven Duels | Seven Duels
DR260500
柳生十兵衛七番勝負 [NHK]
|Length : 43min. x6 |Year : 2005 |
Jubei Yagyu, who has been a samurai-errant for the last ten years, is called back to Edo by his father, Tajimanokami Munenori Yagyu, the Inspector General of the shogunate. Shortly before that, a plot to overthrow the shogunate by assailing Shogun Iemitsu on his visit to the Emperor in Kyoto was uncovered. The plot is devised by Kageyu Toda, who was the instructor in the art of the sword to the late Suruga Dainagon Lord Tadanaga, who fought with Iemitsu for the seat of shogun....
Episode 1 : Sword of Darkness
Episode 2 : Sword of Fidelity
Episode 3 : Sword of Shadow
Episode 4 : Sword of Sorrow
Episode 5 : Sword of Evil, Sword of Light
Episode 6 : Sword of Denouement
Granddad's Here! | Granddad’s Here!
DR250500
ジイジ ~孫といた夏~ [NHK]
|Length : 43min. x4 |Year : 2005 |
Sixty two year-old Eikichi Kataoka hadn't seen his only son, the late Kohei, ever since he disowned him twenty years ago. Eikichi had already lost his wife prior to his son's death. Eikichi sold his lumber mill, and one day, without notice, he visits his late-son's family in Tokyo...
Episode 1: I'll be your burden
Episode 2: I don't want to be alone
Episode 3: Give me a place to be with you
Episode 4: I want to be with you all
LAST PRESENT
DR230401
ラストプレゼント [NHK]
|Length : 58min. |Year : 2004 |
In the beginning of December, Kyoko Amamiya, who works for a post office in Tokyo, meets a popular comic writer Kyoko Anzai for the first time. It is a week after the death of her boyfriend Yoshiro. They find out that they both were seeing this same man. Yoshiro left a video tape he took in his hometown in Hokkaido. "Kyoko, I want to bring you here on Christmas Eve. There is something I want to show you", was Yoshiro's message. Which Kyoko did he mean, and what did he want her to see? To find out the truth, the two Kyokos head for Hokkaido....
Love in Kyoto | Love in Kyoto
DR220400
恋する京都 [NHK]
|Length : 43min. x5 |Year : 2004 |
Shino is a geisha living in Kyoto. She once retired ten years ago, but Shino Sawai is a geisha living in Kyoto, the ancient capital. She once retired when she married ten years ago, but took it up again when her husband died in an accident. Shino is so called "Mrs. Meddler" who cares for couples with love troubles, wishing to help people achieve happiness.
One night on the way back from her parlour engagement, the strap of her sandal breaks and Shino is helped by Keigo, a farmer who grows Kyoto-vegetables. This was exactly how she had met her late husband Taro for the first time. However, Keigo is sceptical about love altogether due to a bitter experience in the past....
Episode 1: Love gives you strength
Episode 2: A meal cooked with love
Episode 3: The memory of love lasts long
Episode 4: Love duet at the Yasaka Tower
Episode 5: This Jizo helps lovers
Vanishing Point | Vanishing Point
DR119500
ゼロの焦点 [NHK]
|Length : 45min. x4 |Year : 1995 |
All newly-weds tend to be a little nervous. The very intimacy of marriage can make them wonder how much they really know their partner! Yet, sometimes this predictable and rather natural form of conjugal paranoia, turns out to be quite justified. In the case of Teiko Uhara, for example, the honeymoon is over all too soon! First her new husband Kenichi suddenly and unaccountably disappears. Then, to make things worse, someone murders Kenichi's brother Sotaro along with a mysterious woman named Hisako. It is one thing after another as the cloud of mystery thickens and the suspense amounts. Hisako's equally mysterious lover jumps off a cliff to his death; the police enter the picture; a manhunt begins. Is Teiko in danger ? And how much does she really want to know the truth ?
This is a riveting drama that you won't want to miss.
Episode 1: The Heavenly North
Episode 2: A Distant Farewell
Episode 3: The Forces of Time
Episode 4: The Watery Grave