Keigo Higashino 3-week drama SP series 2011

Tokyo Revengers (2021 - 2023)

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Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2021 - 2023

Director: Katsuya Asano , Shouji Ikeno , Kana Kawana

Producer: Takahiro Sasaki , Hiroaki Matsuura , Yoshio Kaneko

Stars: Yuuki Shin , Azumi Waki , Ryota Osaka , Yuu Hayashi , Tatsuhisa Suzuki , Takuma Terashima

Bungo Stray Dogs (2016 - 2023)

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Atsushi Nakajima was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Osamu Dazai, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2016 - 2023

Director: Hiroki Ikeshita , Daisuke Chiba , Kazuhiro Yoneda

Producer: Mari Suzuki

Stars: Mamoru Miyano , Yuto Uemura , Masaaki Mizunaka , Hiroyuki Yoshino , Sumire Morohoshi , Junichi Suwabe

Black Lagoon (2006 - 2011)

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The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand near the border of Cambodia.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2006 - 2011

Director: Fumie Muroi , Takao Abo , Kenichi Kawamura

Stars: Megumi Toyoguchi , Daisuke Namikawa , Tsutomu Isobe , Hiroaki Hirata , Jouji Nakata , Toshiyuki Morikawa

BAKI (2016 - 2020)

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While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2016 - 2020

Director: Toshiki Hirano , Shigeki Awai , Oyunam

Stars: Nobunaga Shimazaki , Kenjiro Tsuda , Takehito Koyasu , Issei Futamata , Banjo Ginga , Chafurin

KochiKame (1996 - 2002)

6.3 /10

Ryoutsu, being an underpayed policeman, is always coming up with ways to make some quick money. But in the end, his plans which are ridiculous from the beginning always go wrong and land him in big trouble.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 1996 - 2002

Director: Shinji Takamatsu , Akira Shigino , Takashi Yamada

Stars: Haruki Sayama , Yukoo Doi , Shigeru Ushiyama , Yumi Morio , Maya Okamoto , Jin Nishimura

Monster (2004 - 2005)

8.7 /10

Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2004 - 2005

Director: Kenji Nagasaki , Kojiro Tsuruoka , Toru Takahashi

Stars: Hidenobu Kiuchi , Kiyu Morita , Masato Hirano , Chika Sakamoto , Masahiko Tanaka , Youichi Nishijima

Buddy Daddies (2023)

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When two hit men take out a dangerous mobster, the last thing they expect is for him to have a four-year-old daughter - now an orphan. But when they decide to take custody of the child, their life turns upside down! Between a mission here and a shootout there, the two hired killers will have to find time to prepare nutritious meals, stimulate the child's intellectual growth, and take the little one to daycare!

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2023

Director: Shinya Kawatsura , Yuri Hagiwara , Tomoaki Ohta

Producer: Yosuke Toba , Ai Hasegawa , Masahide Hashimoto

Stars: Toshiyuki Toyonaga , Koki Uchiyama , Hina Kino , Toshiyuki Morikawa , Shizuka Itoh , Ikumi Hasegawa

Redo of Healer (2021)

6.4 /10

In a world of monsters, adventurers and magic, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force. Keyaru gains the ability to rewind time and turns the tables on those who’ve exploited him in this dark fantasy tale of vengeance and fury.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2021

Director: Ryo Okubo , Norihiko Nagahama , Akira Shimizu

Stars: Yuya Hozumi , Ayano Shibuya , Shizuka Ishigami , Natsuki Aikawa , Natsumi Takamori , Minami Tsuda

Hikarugake (1977)

6.3 /10

The drama depicts the fateful meeting and falling in love between a man living in the glamorous world of the fashion business and a woman living in the social reality of law and order.

Average Episode Run Time: 55` . Year(s): 1977

Director: Katsumi Ohyama

Producer: Katsumi Ohyama

Stars: Jiro Tamiya , Sayuri Yoshinaga , Karin Yamaguchi , Masahiko Tsugawa , Noboru Nakaya , Sanae Nakahara

Cat's Eye (1983 - 1985)

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Cat's Eye is the most notorious group of art thieves in Japan. No one knows their identities, but for most of Tokyo, the mystery only heightens their allure.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 1983 - 1985

Director: Kenji Kodama

Stars: Tamio Ohki , Yoshito Yasuhara , Keiko Toda , Chika Sakamoto , Toshiko Fujita , Hiromi Tsuru

Eightman (1963 - 1964)

6.9 /10

A police officer working a routine case is hit by a car and mortally wounded. He is saved by a professor that transfers his consciousness into a powerful cyborg crime-fighter. Resurrected as the ultimate high-tech vigilante, it is up to 8Man to bring the lawless to justice and put an end to the escalating cycle of violence.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 1963 - 1964

Director: Kawashima Haruyuki

Stars: Takayama Sakae

Unfair (2006 - 2015)

7.7 /10

A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr . Year(s): 2006 - 2015

Director: Hideki Inada , Takehiko Hata

Stars: Ryoko Shinohara , Eita Nagayama , Susumu Terajima , Tae Kimura , Teruyuki Kagawa , Mao Kobayashi