Kazuyuki Morosawa

Desperately in need of money, Hikari drops out of high school to pay her father's debts and starts working at a television station as a cleaning lady. There she meets Masako, a television producer suffering from her drama's low viewer ratings. Masako soon realizes that Hikari has potential, and decides to hire her as one of her staff members. But things don't go as planned... (asianwiki)

Shinichi Sakurai is married to Kanako and they have a daughter named Kaori. Both, Shinichi and Kanako received only a middle school level education. Even though they don't have much money, they are a happy family. At work though, Shinichi experiences effects of only having a middle school education. One day, Shinichi sees Kaori's poor score for a national test. He freaks out and decides to improve Kaori's education. Thus, 41-year-old Shinichi begins studying with Kaori and instructs. (imdb)

Dear Friends follows a high-school student named Rina who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. (wikipedia.org)

Arisa Mizuki, Yuki Matsushita, Uno Kanda, Naohito Fujiki, Ryûji Harada

The famous novelist Kaoru Mitarai drives drunk and hits an old woman. Her son Ryuhei, who is an obscure novelist,threatens Kaoru to let him publish her manuscript under his name. Kaoru gets mad at first but soon begins to enjoy it. She has been losing the will to write and he energizes her. 'Song of Good Old Future' wins the prize and is on the bestseller list.