Makiko Esumi

Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi. One such person is Ginko who travels from place to place to research Mushi and aid people suffering from problems caused by them.

An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Makiko Esumi and Hirokazu Kore-eda revisit Wajima, the setting of 'Maborosi'

To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps.

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A man's soul (he is in a coma) must make a lonely woman happy or he will die on Christmas day.

Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him.

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.

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

Hana Kappa, who was always getting scolded by his mom, would join his friends in complaining about his nagging mother. One day, however, a "Butterfly Warrior" arrived in Yamabiko Village, and all the mothers in the village were kidnapped. Hana Kappa and his friends set out on an adventure to rescue the mothers, accompanied by a mysterious boy named Polu, whom they met by chance.

A doctor at a prestigious Tokyo hospital is feeling dissatisfied with her life. Though she has a successful career, she sees her friends with boyfriends or husbands and feels like she has missed out on something. Determined to remedy the situation, she meets a charming reporter and quickly falls for him. It seems like her troubles are over, but has she made the right decision?

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Shomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here are six women who have ended up in this department known as "the dump" for office ladies. But Chinatsu Tsuboi (Makiko Esumi) declares that the value of woman is equal to the number of men. With her as the central focus they create a totally new type of office lady drama that does away with those heartless men still caught up in worn-out social ideas and the class system within the company.

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29-year-old Natsuki bumps into 25-year-old Sôichirô while on vacation in Hokkaido. Back in Tokyo, Natsuki discovers Sôichirô is her friend Haruko's younger brother, and they all end up living together along with Fuyumi, a third friend. Natsuki and Sôichirô form a strong bond, but become involved with other people all the while wondering who they should be with.