Taishi Nakagawa

WOWOW Actors Short Films Season 3

After missing the last train after their best friend’s wedding, Ko, Reiji, and Yasumasa are dropped off at a small train station in the countryside. A teacher, a salaried worker, and an aspiring painter, three people with vague anxieties walk the dark streets at night and pour out their thoughts.

The story describes how youngsters struggle to cope with the gap between their ideals and reality.

An original story based on the characters of Hayamine Kaoru's mystery novel of the same name. Naito Naito, a second year high school student who has the ability to survive in any situation, teams up with Ryuo Soya, a talented boy whose father is the head of the Ryuo Group conglomerate. The two of them and others challenge "Area Z", a game created by the genius creator only known as "Kurii Eita". Can they complete their mission to save the city within 6 hours?

Hanai Sota tiene 22 años y es estudiante universitaria en el departamento de veterinaria. Desde pequeño siempre ha amado a los animales. Su apartamento está lleno de animales que necesitaban ayuda. Un día, Hanai Sota salva a un perro que estaba siendo utilizado en experimentos. Para salvar a más animales, crea el club "Inubu". Su amigo Shibasaki Ryosuke, entre otras personas, se une al grupo. Shibasaki Ryosuke también ama a los perros y es estudiante en el mismo departamento de veterinaria que Hanai Sota. Trabajan duro para proteger a los animales. 16 años después, sale un informe. El informe es sobre Hanai Sota, quien fue arrestado.

A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.

Kenmochi works as a novelist. He is able to recognize people who are suicidal. Kenmochi and his friend Urushihara meet these people and let them find hope in their lives.

Kiyosumi’s affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secret she’s unwilling to share threatens their bond.

Tsuneo es un estudiante que trabaja medio tiempo en un salón de Mah-Jong. Últimamente, los clientes hablan de una anciana que empuja una misteriosa carreola en las calles. Un día, descubre que es una joven parapléjica llamada Kumiko quien está allí y que se hace llamar Josee en referencia a su libro favorito. Entre ellos se desarrolla una amistad que poco a poco se convierte en amor.

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.

An endearingly inept guy who has killer looks but zero experience with girls falls in love with a hard-to-get beauty.

Nijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends; Keiichi Katakura, a kinky sadist who always carries a whip; and Tsuyoshi Naoe, an otaku who has a cosplaying girlfriend.

La historia gira en torno a Nishimi Kaoru, un estudiante de primer año de Preparatoria que tiene que mudarse a Sasebo, en Nagasaki, para vivir con sus familiares después de que su padre muera. Allí conoce a sus compañeros de clase, Kawabuchi Sentaro, que es temido por todos porque tiene aspecto de delincuente, y Mukae Ritsuko, que es amiga de la infancia de Sentaro. A través de ellos, se enamora del piano y las técnicas de jazz. Por otro lado, Kaoru se ve envuelto en un cuadrado amoroso, pues se enamora de Ritsuko, pero ella está enamorada de Sentaro, quien a su vez está enamorado de Fukahori Yurika, una estudiante de 2º curso.

Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.

Arata Kaizaki is 27-years-old and unemployed. He quit his prior job after working for the company for 3 months. Arata Kaizaki decides to take part in a research program. He takes medication that makes him look younger and he is to attend high school for a year. There, he falls in love with female high school student Chizuru Hishiro.

Ninon Okamura no tiene amigos en la escuela. Mientras tanto, Yuiji Kira es un compañero de clase de Ninon Okamura. Él disfruta de sus días de escuela acosando a otros estudiantes y saliendo con varias chicas. Ninon Okamura y Yuiji Kira son vecinos, pero no han hablado entre ellos en la escuela. Un día, Yuiji Kira le dice a Ninon Okamura que él no quiere morir y que no esté sola. Ninon Okamura le dice que ella va a estar a su lado hasta el día de su muerte.

Un talentoso pianista, ganador de numerosos premios, no es capaz de volver a tocar desde que murió su estricta madre. Una violinista de espíritu libre le ayudará a recobrar la pasión por la música.

Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is Butatchi ***Something Blue ***Asahan no Yuge ***Kataomoi Supairaru ***Usotsuki no Koi ***Ibu no Okurimono ***Radio Personality ***Boku no Sabotin

Students from five different countries arrive in Maruko's town. Maruko and her classmates can barely contain their curiosity, and their new friends are full of surprises. And Maruko's family will house a boy from Italy!

Yuki is introverted and not very good with love. She has a crush on somebody, but he already has a girlfriend. Kou is in the same art club as Yuki and has feelings for her.

Yuna has a crush on Haru. She sees him on the train every morning when she goes to school. She doesn't know anything about him and he goes to a different school from her. One morning, she wakes up and finds Haru sleeping right next to her.

On the way to visit Shun, who didn't attend class, Hiroshi and Anna are drawn by a mysterious butterfly and enter the big house “Jail House”. They get lost and wander around the house. Meanwhile, Takuro, Mika and Takeshi, who bullies Shun, enter the “Jail House” to test their courage.

Ten years have passed since Tsukushi Makino and Domyoji's F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy - a once prestigious school which is now suffering a decline in funding and student enrollment. Oto attends Eitoku Academy but is secretly just a"commoner" who is struggling financially due to the bankruptcy of her father's company. She is afraid her secret will be disclosed if she becomes the target of "commoner hunting" which Kaguragi's C5 is doing to maintain the school's dignity. Meanwhile, Momonozono Academy where Tenma Hase serves as student council president is quickly catching up to Eitoku Academy as a result of Tenma's achievements. Tenma and Oto are in fact engaged to one another and are to be married, but only on the condition that Oto attends Eitoku Academy until she turns 18.