Sachiko Sakurai

The universal theme of friendship, in all its vulnerability, tenderness, and purity, is explored in this drama. The flow of seasons forms a thematic...

"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of...

A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew....

Three tales raise unsettling questions about the central qualities of being human. In one, a father is torn between love for his son and the desire...

This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a carpenter and...

The 47th NHK Asadora chronicles the conflicts between a woman and her step-daughter in a hot springs town.

Hamura entered a high school as a biology teacher. Unexpectedly, one of his students, Mayu, fell in love with him. The forbidden love between the...

Maria is in need of money. Because her day-time job doesn't pay enough, she works at night at a cabaret. She needs the money so that she can pay for...

A genius doctor named Yuichiro Nozaki comes to a hospital to know the reason of his sister's death. The doctor is wondering if someone of the...

The president of a large food production company combines gourmet eating and gambling into an underground eating contest, or "Food Fight," in the...

Yuki, mother of the Mashiba family, is the grease that keeps this well-oiled machine running and its seven members happy and healthy. But when Yuki...