Highlight
'Code Blue'
Starring Tomohisa Yamashita, Yuki Shinkaki, and Erika Toda
Drama: The struggles of flight trainee doctors who treat patients being transported in a helicopter loaded with medical equipment.
"Tomorrow"
Starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Miho Kanno
Drama: Two powerful actors, Yutaka Takenouchi and Miho Kanno, act together in this drama, which reflects on many real-life medical issues such as the difficulties of hospitals in Japan, the pension system, and the responsibility of medical field.
The Classroom of the Sun and the Sea
Starring Yuji Oda, Keiko Kitagawa, and Shogo Okada
Plot: A dedicated and upright teacher uses warmth and sincerity to help a group of "top students", who are trained by a test-based education to read and write.
"33 Minutes Detective"
Starring Tsuyoshi Donmoto and Katsumi Takahashi
Plot: Tsuyoshi Donmoto makes his debut in a 33-minute drama that airs every Saturday night. He plays a chronic detective who specializes in solving difficult cases.
"The Three Hundred and Twenty Million Dollars That Fell from the Sky"
Starring Takashi Anticho, Chiko Nakajima, Kaoru Manabe, and Makoto Ozawa
Plot: An ordinary clerk wins the lottery by chance, which leads to a series of laugh-out-loud funny chain reactions.
Four Lies
Starring Hiromi Nagasaku, Reiko Takashima, Shinobu Terashima
Drama: Taking over the banner of "Around 40", this drama tells the story of four women who are desperately struggling in the vortex of life. The drama not only deals with sensitive topics such as extramarital affairs and yuri romance, but also stars Hiromi Nagasaku as a sexy woman who treats young men as "toys" and has a passionate scene with actor Ryo Katsura.
Special Recommendation
"Yasuko and Kenji"
Starring Masahiro Matsuoka and Ryoko Hiroshima
Drama: Ryoko Hiroshima, who hasn't appeared in a Japanese drama in 3 years, will be starring in the manga-based TV drama "Yasuko and Kenji" along with the powerful actor Masahiro Matsuoka. Masahiro Matsuoka plays the male protagonist, Ken-chan - a compulsive and ferocious teenage manga artist. In the drama, he is usually mild-mannered, but when he fights against evil forces to protect his younger sister, Yasuko, he changes into a special fighting suit and reveals his original yakuza boss character. And Hiroba Ryoko, who has always had a good image, plays a female yakuza leader who has a crush on Kenji but is too afraid to confess and always acts provocatively.
Junior Detective
Starring Tetsuhei Koike, Naoto Fujiki, and Suguru Omoto
Plot: Koike plays a child police officer who, despite his excellent eyesight and mastery of the art of kendo, is often mistaken for a high school student because of his baby face. But because of this, he is able to infiltrate the juvenile delinquents without any problems, and solves many strange cases.
Renkou
Starring Erika Mizusawa and Yasushi Seto
Plot: Last year's movie "Renkou" was so popular that it made Haruma Miura and Yuki Arakaki famous. This year's remake as a TV series continues the coming-of-age tale of a high school girl who has her first love, gets pregnant, and has a miscarriage. It is the fourth time that TBS has adapted a popular pure love movie into a serial drama after "Shouting for Love in the Center of the World", "Now, I'd Like to See You", and "Song of the Sun", and it turns out that life and death love comes once and for all.