Movies: Fukuko Ishii

TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining" by people for his dazzling noble beauty. In 1991, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of TBS' founding...

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. Iza...

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. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfor...

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...

Through the relationship between a woman who has lost her husband and her brother-in-law who proposes to her, the complexity of the female psyche and the differences between their hearts are portrayed in detail....

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. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfor...

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 beco...

Original drama special written by Taichi Yamada about the sadness and resilience of human beings through a man and his wife's best friend who become attracted to each other after the death of the wife....

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A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president....

It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo....

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. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfor...

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer....

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The drama special satirizes the daily life of a wife with a businessman husband who is busy with his work....

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