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The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father Shinobu's construction business. Younger sister Momoko is a truckdriver. Passions run high in the Akaza household and the two siblings are constantly bickering. One day, Momoko reveals she had a miscarriage but refuses to say who the father is.
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This drama is about the life of Japan's infamous poet, Kaneko Misuzu. It begins with her as a young girl in the Taisho era, and tells of her life as she becomes a woman, a wife and then a mother. It touches on Misuzu's relationship with her brother, and how she dealt with the death of a dear friend and her husband's unemployment and subsequent illness. Kaneko Misuzu committed suicide at the age of 26, closing the chapter on one of Japan's most prolific poet of all times.
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Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a live-in housekeeper. Then her eldest daughter Setsuko announced that Chiyo has had an offer of marriage. It is from the widower Kurosaki who had been a friend to Chiyo's deceased husband. Kurosaki runs a small company and has no children but has enough life savings. However, second daughter Tomoe, and youngest child, Yoko, are opposed to it. The siblings begin to argue. Meanwhile, Kurosaki tells his sister Namiko that he has decided to remarry. She is furious because he refuses to tell her anything about Chiyo. Thus, she takes it upon herself to find out about Chiyo and soon has a confrontation with her. Around that time, Kurosaki’s company is about to go bankrupt...
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A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment…for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji, played by Yutaka Mizutani, star of the popular AIBOU series. Izakaya Moheji is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.
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長野県松本市にある「松本少年刑務所」の所内には、義務教育を終えていない受刑者のための公立中学校「松本市立旭町中学校桐分校」がある。そこに、石川順平が赴任する。順平は、プロの写真家になりたかったが、夢を捨てて公務員となり少年院で5年間教鞭を取っていたが、今春、桐分校で副担任の職に就くこととなった。 この年、全国の刑務所から来た生徒５人が入学したが、年齢は様々で最年長の佐々木昭男は76歳、ジャック原田は66歳、川田希望は50歳、小山田善太郎は39歳、最年少の龍神姫之丞は22歳。５人とも、色々な事情で満足に教育を受けておらず、ほとんどは読み書き計算も出来ないのであった。
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A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza boss is later found dead and the film missing.
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山梨県警の楠見昌平（松重豊）は20年前に起きた時効目前の事件を追っていた。容疑者の武内利晴（水橋研二）は本間ゆき絵（ともさかりえ）を強姦し、夫の敦志（山崎裕太）と揉み合いになり傷害致死罪に問われていた。3年前に犯人の武内から電話で、事件を詫びると共にある事をゆき絵に告げる。時効まで一週間武内が現れるのを待つが…部下の森（吉沢悠）に楠見は「七日で終わらない」と意味深な言葉を残す…。
