Dragon Zakura

Judul : ドラゴン桜 / Dragon Zakura

Genre : School, drama and comedy

Episode : 11

Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcyle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan's most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai).

"If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!"

For no other reason than Sakuragi's personal ambition, he has advertised his intention to produce 5 successful Toudai applicants from the students of a nearly bankrupt failure of a school.

"If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!" He will get them from this lowest of all schools into Japan's number one!!

Our protagonist, Sakuragi Kenji, played by Abe Hiroshi in his first role as a high school teacher, is a must see in this summer's new show. This third rate lawyer soon becomes the homeroom teacher for the special advanced class aiming for Toudai University entrance. Hasegawa Kyouko costars as english teacher and Sakuragi's opponent, and Yamashita Tomohisa from NEWS and Nagasawa Masami also appear in the role of students. This awaited original work and fascinating world view is brought to you from the popular serialized comic in Shuukan Morning (Kodansha) and has even been updated!

In addition to revealing essential test taking techniques for everyone who wants to know how to get into Toudai, Dragon Zakura will also teach the essentials of living one's life.

Cast:

Abe Hiroshi as Sakuragi Kenji

Yamashita Tomohisa as Yajima Yusuke

Nagasawa Masami as Mizuno Naomi

Koike Teppei as Ogata Hideki

Aragaki Yui as Kosaka Yoshino

Nakao Akiyoshi as Okuno Ichiro

Saeko as Kobayashi Maki

Hasegawa Kyoko as Ino Mamako

Nogiwa Yoko as Tatsuno Yuriko (School Director)

Terada Minori as Akutayama Ryuzaburo (Literature)

Kaneda Akio as Kawaguchi Hiroshi (English)

Kobayashi Susumu as Ain Shutaro (Physics)

Shinagawa Toru as Yanagi Tetsunosuke (Mathematics)

Dr. Koto Shinryojo

Judul : Dr.コトー診療所 / Dr. Koto Shinryojo / Dr. Koto's Clinic

Genre : Medical, human drama

Episode : 11 2004

After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some children of the island make a flag for his clinic, but get his name wrong. Thereafter he is known by all as Koto.

Cast:

Yoshioka Hidetaka as "Dr. Koto" / Goto Kensuke

Shibasaki Kou as Hoshino Ayaka

Kobayashi Kaoru as Hoshino Seiichi

Tokito Saburo as Hara Taketoshi

Otsuka Nene as Nishiyama Mariko

Izumiya Shigeru as Ando Shigeo

Sengoku Noriko as Uchi Tsuruko

Kakei Toshio as Wada Kasunori

Ishida Yuriko as Harasawa Saki

Densha Otoko

Judul : 電車男 (でんしゃ おとこ) / Densha Otoko

Genre : Romance, comedy

Episode : 11

A true love story turned to bestselling novel, created from the Internet BBS, 2channel to blockbuster hit movie. Ito Misaki plays Aoyama Saori, working as an office lady at a MNC, gets into trouble with a drunkard on a train. She's saved by Yamada Tsuyoshi, played by Ito Atsushi. As a form of appreciation, she sends him Hermes teacups. Having no experience with the opposite sex, Tsuyoshi decides to ask for help on the Aladdin Channel BBS on how to interact with Saori.

Main Cast:

Ito Misaki as Aoyama Saori (25)

Ito Atsushi as Yamada Tsuyoshi (23)

Shiraishi Miho as Jinkama Kisuzu (26)

Sato Eriko as Sawazaki Kaho (25)

Sudo Risa as Mizuki Yuuko (30)

Hayami Mokomichi as Aoyama Keisuke (23)

CHANGE

Judul : CHANGE

Genre : Human drama, politics

Episode : 10

With the deaths of ruling party's Fukuoka Member of Parliament and his eldest son, his heir apparent, in an plane accident, a by-election had to be held right away and, Kanbayashi Masaichi, the House secretary of the ruling party,conceived the idea of fielding the second son, Asakura Keita, and sent his secretary Miyama Rika to complete the task.

Keita was an elementary school teacher in Nagano and his hobby was star gazing.He had no interest in politics. At Rika's persuasion and the pressure of his family, he reluctantly agreed to run for office but with no intention of winning. However, with the help of Nirasawa Katsutoshi, an election strategist, he went on to win by a narrow margin of just 164 votes.

When the Prime Minister was forced to resign over allegation of sexual harrassment, Kanbayashi concocted the idea of nominating the inept Keita to run for the party's leadership and thereby becoming the next Prime Minister as he thought it would be easy to manipulate him and work the situation to his own advantage so he would become the next PM when Keita failed. However, the sincerity and hard work of Keita soon won over every sceptic and as Kanbayashi found out, he was not a puppet on his strings. Kanbayashi had to come up with another scheme to destroy Keita. How far would he go to realize his ambition? Could he succeed?

Cast:

Kimura Takuya as Asakura Keita

Fukatsu Eri as Miyama Rika

Terao Akira as Kanbayashi Shoichi

Abe Hiroshi as Nirasawa Katsutoshi

Kato Rosa as Miyamoto Hikaru

Horiuchi Keiko as Tsukioka Rumiko

Kazama Morio as Kondo Mitsuki

Nakamura Atsuo as Onoda Asao

Kouyama Shigeru as Nihei Sakae

Obayashi Takeshi as Kakiuchi Tatsuhiko

Buzzer Beat

Judul : ブザー・ビート / Buzzer Beat

Genre : Romance, sports

Episode : 11

Kamiya Naoki is a young player from a professional basketball team. But due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he is unable to show his true skills on the court. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist. One day, Riko finds Naoki's lost cell phone on a bus, and their meeting begins a friendship that eventually turns into love. However, Naoki was already considering marriage with his current girlfriend. And it doesn't help matters that Naoki's coach has fallen in love at first sight with Riko!

Main Cast:

Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki (SG)

Kitagawa Keiko as Shirakawa Riko (violin)

Mizobata Junpei as Hatano Shuji (SG/G)

Kaneko Nobuaki (金子ノブアキ) as Yoyogi Ren (F/SG)

Ogi Shigemitsu as Ashikaga Kunimitsu (company director)

Ito Hideaki as Kawasaki Tomoya (head coach)

Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki

Komatsu Ayaka as Kanazawa Shion

Kanjiya Shihori as Ebina Mai (flute)

Bloody Monday

Judul : ブラッディ・マンデイ / Bloody Monday

Genre : Action, suspense

Episode : 11

After a biological terrorist attack kills off the population of a Russian town; Japan's Public Safety Special Third unit, code name THIRD-i, believes that the terrorist organization responsible plans to unleash the same virus known as Bloody X into Tokyo. Subsequently, THIRD-i recruits the help of genius hacker Takagi Fujimaru to find out what happened in the Russia. However, as Fujimaru becomes involved, he soon finds out that he is in over his head and that the terrorist groups influence reaches not only his school but even the police. Fujimaru must now rely on his skill as a hacker to unravel the organizations sinister plot and find out the truth behind "Bloody Monday."

Main Cast:

Miura Haruma as Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)

Kawashima Umika as Takagi Haruka

Sato Takeru as Kujo Otoya

Fujii Mina as Asada Aoi

Tokunaga Eri as Anzai Mako

Hisano Masahiro as Tachikawa Hide

Tanaka Tetsushi as Takagi Ryonosuke

Matsushige Yutaka as Kano Ikuma

Katase Nana as Hosho Sayuri

Narimiya Hiroki as J (Kanzaki Jun)

Kichise Michiko as Orihara Maya

TET as Demon Joichi

Yamaguchi Ryuto as Bluebird (Ando Ken)

Bambino!

Judul : バンビーノ! / Bambino!

Format : Renzoku

Episode : 11

A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. After a year of working at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo (Matsumoto Jun), an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking skills as a chef in Italian cuisine. He discovers he has much to learn and has to continually prove himself to the very competitive, quick and efficient staff at the upscale Italian restaurant.

Main Cast:

Matsumoto Jun as Ban Shogo

Karina as Hibino Asuka

Sato Ryuta as Katori Nozomi

Uchida Yuki as Shishido Miyuki

Sasaki Kuranosuke as Kuwabara Atsushi

Kitamura Kazuki as Yonamine Tsukasa

Ichimura Masachika as Shishido Tekkan