Kenji Sakaguchi

Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless youths and leading them to a championship

The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank robbery case with his senior at work, Jinnai. It is released safely, but Muto falls in love at first sight with Miharu, who was held hostage with him. Jinnai predicts Muto that he will meet her again and fall in love, and teaches Miharu's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the day after the incident, Muto was in charge of a boy named Shiro Kihara, who was guided by shoplifting. However, there was something wrong with Shiro's appearance toward his father. Then, Muto learns about Shiro's amazing secret, and the development itself begins suddenly...

광고회사에서 능력을 인정받으며 열심히 살아가는 ‘사에키’(와타나베 켄). 일에 있어서만은 완벽함을 추구하며 때론 엄격하게 때론 자상한 상사로 회사에서도 인기가 높다. 외동딸을 둔 그는 집에서는 더 없이 좋은 남편이자 아버지이다. 어느 날, 염원하던 큰 광고를 따내지만 기쁨도 잠시 자신이 점점 기억을 잃어가고 있다는 사실을 느끼게 된다. 건망증인줄만 알았던 일들이 증세가 심각해지면서 길을 잃고, 사람들의 이름 마저 잊어가게 된 것. 쏟아지는 기억들을 붙잡고 싶은 ‘사에키’는 결국 회사도 관둔 채 아내와 단둘이 지내며 자신의 변화를 받아들인다. 사랑하는 아내 ‘에미코’(히구치 카나코)는 그의 옆에서 언제나 함께 할 것을 약속한다. 시간이 흐르고, 지나간 시간만큼 기억을 잃어가는 ‘사에키’. 그는 사랑하는 사람들의 얼굴과 이름, 그리고 소중한 추억들을 기억할 수 있을까. 추억이 소중한 만큼 잊혀진다는 사실이 슬프기만 한데, 그를 지켜보는 가족과 동료들의 마음 또한 점점 아파만 간다

Three high school students decide to challenge the legendary surf at Shonan Beach.

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha Sensei" (Teacher Locomotive) after learning he is mute. The parents on the island are mostly hostile to Seigo Yoshioka, believing he is incapable of teaching their children. But with Seigo Yoshioka's determination and kindness, a strong bond develops between the students and the mute teacher, which then changes the parents' opinions of Seigo Yoshioka. Suddenly, tragedy then strikes ...

Hirayama Koichi and his wife Michiko eloped from Osaka to Okinawa, where they lived happily with their five children. When war erupts, their eldest son is drafted into the Imperial army. As fighting spreads, the family takes refuge far from the city, but soon, child after child is drafted to serve in various branches of the military and in organizations supporting the war cause. Koichi himself is faced with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to kill a wounded American soldier.

Kubozuka plays Araki Ryunosuke who starts working at a host club called "club NO.1" to pay his debt.