Yutaka Takenouchi

A widower's teenage daughter is murdered. A mysterious phone call tells him who the killers are and he plots revenge. (IMDB Review) (imdb)

During the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island. They refuse to surrender and continue to resist after the Emperor surrenders. (imdb)

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis. (asianwiki.com)

Sena is a college graduate who dreams of becoming a world class pianist. He teaches piano at a local piano school. Minami is an out of work model. On her wedding day, she gets dumped by her fiance and loses all of her savings, which she gave to her fiance. Her fiance turns out to be Senna's former roommate. She rushes to Sena's apartment and finds out that her fiance has skipped town. With no money and no where to go, she moves in with Sena. Sena likes Ryoko, a college sophomore. (mydramalist.com)

It's a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one young executive dares to wonder if it may be something different - something alive. His worst nightmare comes to life when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and begins tearing through the city, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. (wikipedia)

After receiving news about the death of his estranged friend, a workaholic IT company executive heads to his hometown to fulfill a promise he made. (imdb)

Happy go lucky Hiromi gets kicked out of a Tokyo flat by his girlfriend, & heads for the seaside. Also near an out of the way beachside B&B and town is Kaito, a high flyer young businessman questioning his elite business way of life after a setback with a major client. The two fall together after the straight Kaito is intrigued by glimpses of Hiromi and his neverending struggle with his quirky tiny Renault. The two start work at a B&B run by aging surfer Masaru and his granddaughter Makoto. (imdb)

Tawako's boyfriend is not her kind, but she puts up with it in exchange for shelter. Her old boyfriend of almost a decade ago is long gone, and was also not nice, but like most girls she still reminisces about him and is attracted to his bad ways. Enter Mizushima who reminds Tawako of her old boyfriend, but soon more transpires to remind the girl of her old relationship. (imdb)

A man is studying abroad in Italy, and while he does well, he yearns for his true love. After promising to meet her in Florence, they reconnect after not seeing one another for 10 years. (imdb)

Edawakare (Takenouchi Yutaka) is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her "life's turning point". His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life's choice. .Written by talented comedian BAKARHYTHM, each episode features different unique passengers in their search for a meaningful new life. (original source unknown)

Sasaki-san is a superlative cook who is on auto-control and can make wondrous meals with nary a thought anymore. In a literal case of the last wish on earth, he receives a special request to cook a specific dish. The catch is he needs to discover the recipe of famed chef Yamagata who was in occupied Manchuria in China in the 1930s.

Yukihiko Nishino is very popular with women, but, in the end, he is always dumped by a woman. Yukihiko seeks out his true love. (imdb)

A small bar in Tokyo's red-light district run by an undercover detective with a tragic past links together a group of eccentrics, a search for aliens, FBI investigators, bizarre love affairs, and assassins.

Are you afraid of heights? Why? Is it just acrophobia? Or, perhaps as a very young child, you witnessed the murder of your father as he was pushed off the veranda of your apartment building and now have a deathly fear of going up to the 20th floor of any building! Psychoanalyst and counselor Kyosuke Kai, a bit quirky with compulsions of his own, ends up finding out more than just the standard medical reasons for his patient's emotional problems.

Akiko Iwaki is a career woman who works very hard at her job. She gets married to Ryoichi Miyamoto who has a daughter. Akiko must now deal with housework and raising her stepdaughter. (imdb)

Since Shigeki's (Yutaka Takenouchi) wife passed away, he has raised his daughter Ema alone. Ema is now a high school student. Like most father and daughter relationships, they have sometimes have arguments, but they still rely on each other. One night, Ema does not return from her part-time job. She is found dead. Shigeki falls into deep despair. A couple days later, Shigeki receives a phone call. The caller gives him the name and address of the man who killed his daughter. (AsianWiki)

This series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband. (imdb)