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Plot Summary:
Houkigi Shio seems to be a happy and successful businesswoman, who owns an aromatherapy salon. No one knows that she suffers from insomnia -- all because of her exhusband, who cheated on her. Since Shio isn't the only one having trouble to sleep at night, she comes up with an idea of introducing 'Striped Sheep' service. Women, suffering from insomnia, can hire a young and handsome guy, who will help them sleep.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
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Heaven's Garden (2011)
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When her husband goes to jail for bankruptcy, a woman takes her two daughters to live with her father, who severed ties with her years ago.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 64 min
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Kaze no Haruka (2005)
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At the age of nine, Haruka moves from Osaka to Yufuin with her father Yosuke and her younger sister Asuka because Yosuke hopes to open a restaurant in the town. Her mother Yuko, however, chooses to stay in Osaka and the parents soon get a divorce. Yosuke starts running a restaurant but ends up closing it down soon after. Ten years later, Haruka supports her family by working part time while going to a junior college. Worrying about Haruka, Yuko invites her to come to Osaka and offers her a job. Although she has not forgiven her mother, Haruka decides to earn money in Osaka to help Yosuke reopen the restaurant. Through various experiences in Osaka, Haruka gradually understands her mother and grows as a tour planner with her talent for pleasing people.
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Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: asadora
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Fake News (2018)
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Itsuki Shinonome is sent to the internet media department from a major newspaper. Chief Editor Kanji Usami assigns her a story involving green caterpillars being found in instant food. A man who posted about the caterpillars in his instant food on social media appears in front of her. A fight between companies eventually draws in Itsuki Shinonome.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Hotel Concierge (2015)
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At the five star Forumonto Hotel, Toko Amano works as a rookie concierge. Her senior concierge is Kazuma Honjo and the general manager is Ryusuke Washio. They are friendly and restrained with the customers at the Forumonto Hotel. Whenever problems occur, the various departments at the hotel work together to place a smile on the customer's face.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Winter Sakura (2011)
Plot Summary:
"Fuyu no Sakura" is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama "Winter Sonata" (titled "Fuyu no Sonata" in Japan). Kusanagi plays a gentle glass craftsman in Yamagata who has no experience in love. Imai plays an older housewife with a husband and daughter who goes on a trip alone to Yamagata, hoping to see sakura trees blooming in winter. She gets into an accident, but is saved by Kusanagi. He ends up tending to her, and the two are soon drawn to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student (2022)
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A story that begins when a husband, who lost his beloved wife ten years ago and lost the meaning of life, and his daughter are unexpectedly reunited with their wife/mother. As his wife is reborn as a ten-year-old elementary school student, the family is reborn.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: romantic, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Seventh Avenue (1977)
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A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min
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A Scholar Dream of Woman (2015)
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In 1927, during the Early Republic of China times, a smart young woman wants to continue expanding her knowledge. This beautiful and elegantly-made drama focuses on her struggle and story within the Xuan family and events in China during this turbulent period in history.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Love's Lies (2018)
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She wants to save the drug-dealing, money-laundering boyfriend who abandoned her. But is he really the one who needs saving?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: China
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The Fugitive Lawyer (2010)
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A young lawyer's promising career is crushed when he becomes the sole suspect of a murder; though innocent, excessive evidence says otherwise. While he has faith in the law, he must pursue the truth - even if it means becoming a fugitive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Chaser Game (2022)
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Tatsuya Shindo (Keisuke Watanabe) has worked as a game creator for Dynamic Dream for the past 9 years. He dreamed of holding that job since he was a middle school student. Now, Tatsuya Shindo gets promoted to a middle management position within the company. He is excited to work in his new position as a manager, but what awaits for him are team members who are hard to deal with. A new project is also assigned to him. While working on the project, Tatsuya Shindo encounters various problems. Can he complete the project successfully?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
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Ooku (2003)
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The mini-series revolves around the harem of a shogun in the Edo Period in Japan. The women jostle and compete with one another and with their lord and on occasion even wield more power than their master.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Sweet Revenge (2021)
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Mariko who seems to have no luck with romance but is actually the president of a company named Sweet Revenge which helps their female clients take revenge on men who have dumped them in cruel and harsh ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: manga
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Beautiful Rain (2012)
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A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
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Money Crazy (2009)
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Fuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed with money and will do anything to obtain it.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective (2003)
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Hitoshi Tadano is an assistant manager of an advertisement company who seems to be nothing but a dull and incapable “nobody”. While most of the employees wonder why such a passive and incompetent person like Hitoshi is yet to be laid off, there is just one person who heavily relies on him as a “savior” to the company, the CEO. In fact, the “Mr. Nobody” is simply a disguise from the real Hitoshi, as he is under various special missions of the CEO to quietly carry on his “extraordinary” task to fight against the corruption of the company.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Love's in Sight! (2021)
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Yukiko Akaza attends a high school for blind. She has amblyopia, which causes her to recognize colors only vaguely and she can recognize large letters with a magnifying glass. When she walks outdoors, she always carries a white cane. Nevertheless, she has a bright personality. One day, Yukiko happens to meet delinquent boy Morio Kurokawa. At first, Yukiko doesn't like him, but she somehow gains an understanding of him. They become attracted to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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dele (2018)
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Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with a freelance jack-of-all-trades Mashiba to delete all unfavorable digital records of their clients left in their computers and smartphones after they die. They are not supposed to see inside the files but when they feel something strange in the client’s death, they cannot help getting involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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My Girl (2009)
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Back in his high school years, Kazama Masamune had a girlfriend four years his senior, who one day left to go study abroad. Now, six years later, Kazama hears that his girlfriend has passed away, and that she had secretly given birth to their daughter, who is now five years old. Kazama then decides to raise his daughter on his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
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One Night Morning (2022)
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Relationships take on many forms. Some can be fleeting, delicate things that only last a moment, while others are sure and steady and can last a lifetime. More often than not, relationships fall somewhere in between, but whatever the relationship, each one is as unique as the people in them. Take the eight different couples in this story, for example. While each of them ends up sharing a night, how that night looks and what comes the morning after is entirely different. For the man reunited with his former high school classmate, the feelings he has harbored all these years give their time together a very specific meaning. Meanwhile, an evening shared by two individuals who regularly hook up for sex takes on an entirely different one. No matter what their dynamic may be, each couple in this series has this in common: they each share a meal the morning after. The question is, where do things go between them, once they’ve finished their breakfast?.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop (2001)
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This story is about four men who work in a confectionary. Tachibana Keiichiro (Shiina Kippei) is the owner; Ono Yusuke (Fujiki Naohito) is the superb baker that has a mysterious and mesmerizing aura; Kobayakawa Chikage (Abe Hiroshi) is the waiter and close bodyguard of Tachibana; and last but not least is Kanda Eiji (Takizawa Hideaki), the ex-boxer who loves cake so much that he becomes a waiter at 'Antique'. This is a refreshing, yet heartfelt comedy about the 4 very unique personalities that work until the wee hours of the night at the small confectionary. The series follows the romance, family life, and most importantly friendship that these 4 men from different generations experience. This is a confectionary with a "flavor" not like most. Located in the middle of an ordinary residential area, "Antique" stays open until 2 a.m. Every single thing in the shop is antique, in fact even the sherry glasses that water comes in look like they would cost 50,000 yen. On top of this, all the sweets that are sold are unbelievably delicious. The thing that is most peculiar about "Antique" though is that all 4 of the men that work here are very handsome, and each has an interesting past. Those that frequent the store also have a story to tell. Edited Excerpt from JDorama.com.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama
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Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye (2011)
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The basis for the drama is the novel “Kashikogi” by author Cho Chang-in, which has sold 2 million copies in Korea since its publication in 2000. It has already been adapted as a television drama and a stage play in that country. On February 4, Shogakukan is publishing the book in Japan under the title “Good Life.” Sorimachi plays the part of Daichi Sawamoto, a newspaper reporter who has always prioritized his work over his family. When his wife suddenly leaves him, he finally notices the love he has been receiving from his son. Just as he decides to answer back, it is discovered that his son has leukemia.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Suppli (2006)
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Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of self-doubt.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic comedy
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Silver and Gold (2017)
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Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other influential people bet their lives for greed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
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Summer Romance Shines in Rainbow Color (2010)
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Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Most of the time, Taiga only gets to appear in variety shows. One day when his friend brings him out skydiving, a big wind drags him away from the dropping point and he gets stuck in a tree. A beautiful woman, Shiori, rescues him. Shiori is a cheerful woman who laughs away all of her worries. She's exactly the opposite of Taiga.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful
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Otomen (2009)
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Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga by manga artist Aya Kanno, which began in Bessatsu Hana to Yume in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the best-selling shōjo properties in America, since being licensed by Viz Media. The series is also licensed in France by Delcourt and in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama
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Legal V: Ex-lawyer Shoko Takanashi (2018)
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Takanashi Shoko is a former lawyer. She was disbarred from the law profession due to an incident. Later, she persuades a university professor, who is accredited as a lawyer, to open a law firm. Takanashi Shoko hires a lawyer and assistants to work at the law firm. The team goes after legal victory. They go up against a large firm in a civil suit. While working on the suit, the team experiences difficult situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Older Sister (2005)
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Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future. --NTV.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Chesapeake Shores (2016)
Plot Summary:
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, emotional, semi serious, touching, feel good
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Saki (2013)
Plot Summary:
From the 2011 drama, Utsukushi Rinjin, Nakama Yukie reprises the character Saki. This time round, as Saki Amihama, she will be targeting men. With the facade of an angel, she draws men to her, only to lead them to a destructive end. Like a moth to the flame... but where is the line drawn between the saint and the devil?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing