Drama

Featured Programs

©NHK
10/ 2 (Mon) 2:35PM(ET) /11:35AM(PT)
This drama is about Fukuko, a cheerful and dedicated woman born in Osaka, who marries to a young businessman filled with vitality. From the prewar to the high economic growth period, they get through the turbulent times and revolutionize the world's food culture by inventing instant noodles.

©NHK
10/3 Tue.10:00PM(ET) /7:00PM(PT) Start
During the Edo period, the number of men decreased due to a strange epidemic with which only young men were infected. As a result, boys are raised as rare breed of person, girls replacing boys in the labor force, all family businesses taken over from woman to woman, and the shogun ruling Japan is also taken over by a woman. As if to prove the shogun’s prestige, Ooku (the inner chambers) keeps precious men around and creates a world of men known as the 3,000 beautiful men.

©Makoto Usami / Shodensha © 2021 WOWOW / FCC
10/4 Wed.2:10AM(ET) /11:10PM(PT)Start
A young woman is kidnapped. Her belongings are delivered one after the other. Shota Zaizen (Naohito Fujiki) is the CEO of Zaizen Corporation. He remembers a similar case 18 years ago, when he worked at a private detective agency. Shota is shaken, because he found success by using that case from 18 years ago. Now, Shota’s 18-year-old daughter Mika goes missing. Mika’s belongings are delivered to Shota...

10/ 5 (Thu) 8:00PM(ET) /5:00PM(PT)
Otose(Sawaguchi Yasuko), a poor peasant daughter, is sent to serve a samurai family at a very young age, just like everyone else. There, she meets her destiny, Tsuda, a samurai loyal to the emperor. However, as if testing her love, many challenges strike her. Tossed about by the times, she faces her destiny head-on and overcomes adversity.

©NHK
10/ 6 (Fri) 9:45PM(ET) /6:45PM(PT)
Hanada Suzuko (Shuri) is a pure and innocent young woman who loves singing and dancing. She graduates from elementary school and joins an opera troupe with the desire to make people smile. She rapidly progresses and shows exceptional singing talent. After moving to Tokyo, her fate dramatically changes with an encounter with a renowned composer Hatori Zenichi (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) just as Japan becomes embroiled in war. Despite facing many challenges, she ascends to stardom as the “Queen of Boogie.”

©NHK
10/ 7 (Sat) 4:30PM(ET) /1:30PM(PT)
During the Edo period, the number of men decreased due to a strange epidemic called ‘Akazurahoso (smallpox),’ with which only young men were infected. As a result, boys are raised as rare breed of person, girls replacing boys in the labor force, all family businesses taken over from woman to woman, and the shogun ruling Japan is also taken over by a woman. As if to prove the shogun’s prestige, Ooku (the inner chambers) keeps precious men around and creates a world of men known as the 3,000 beautiful men.

©NHK
10/ 7 (Sat) 10:00PM(ET) /7:00PM(PT)
One stormy night, a man named Kosaku (Abe Hiroshi) pays a visit to Tamiko (Tokiwa Takako), a dairy farmer in Nakashibetsu, surrounded by the magnificent nature of eastern Hokkaido. Kosaku is suspicious of the people around Tamiko, but he deftly helps out on Tamiko's farm, which is in need of help. Tamiko's young son Takeshi (Sato Yutaro), who has been living a lonely life since his father's death, takes to Kosaku, Tamiko comes to trust him deeply. However, Kosaku's secret is revealed and their fleeting happy days begin to crumble...

©NHK
10/ 8 (Sun) 8:00PM(ET) /5:00PM(PT)
The young Ieyasu thought he would end his life as a hostage of the Imagawa clan, driven by the enthusiasm of Mikawa samurai, plunge into a turbulent time ruled by monsters such as Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen. What awaits him is a dead or alive crisis! Many miscalculations! Limits of patience! What would you do, Ieyasu!?

©NHK
Eps 1-2
10/10 Tue.10:45PM(ET) /7:45PM(PT)Start (2 Episodes each)
A fictional drama series assuming that smartphones existed in historical times.

©2023 Fuji Television Network, Inc.
10/11 Wed.10:00PM(ET) /7:00PM(PT)Start
Three people come from different backgrounds and face their own troubles on December 24th. Their fate leads them to face each other as their destinies become intertwined.

©2023 WOWOW INC.
10/13 Fri.10:00PM(ET) /7:00PM(PT)Start
Fixer Karasawa Toshiaki stars as Shitara Kyoichi, a mysterious fixer who can resolve any disputes and problems in the political and corporate world which the law and the police cannot handle.

©NHK
10/14 Sat.8:00PM(ET) /5:00PM(PT)Start
One day, 50-year-old man Teppei, working for a medical company, gets to know that his wife has inherited 4.8 billion yen from her aunt. The property is still untouched and she had kept it a secret for 30 years. This fact changes Teppei’s life that has been common but happy, and lets him think what ‘family’, ‘money’, and ‘work’ really mean to his life.

10/16 Start Mon-Fri. Thu.11:50PM(ET) /8:50PM(PT)

©TBS SPARKLE/TBS
10/19 Thu.10:00PM(ET) /7:00PM(PT)Start
Shuji Nagumo (Ryohei Suzuki) played baseball for a long time. His life revolved around baseball, but, while he played for his university baseball team, he was injured. Due to his injury, Shuji quit baseball and dropped out of school. He then worked as a sports trainer, but he made the decision to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher...

©テレビ朝日・東映
10/21 Sat.11:15PM(ET) /8:15PM(PT)Start
Two unique outlaw police investigators, Sugishita, Ukyo(Mizutani, Yutaka) and Kameyama, Kaoru(Terawaki, Yasufumi) try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways.

©Masahito Kagawa,Naomi Kimura,Yoshinobu Sato/Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. ©Fuji Television Network, Inc.
10/ 22 (Sun) 3:00PM(ET) /12:00PM(PT)
Story starts from 1 & a half year after the last episode of Drama season 2;Asagao (Juri Ueno) continues her work as at a university forensic medicine class in Kanagawa and she finally find her mother's remains of her dead body...

©NIPPON TV
10/23 Mon.10:00PM(ET) /7:00PM(PT)Start
Marie Fukabori (Eiko Koike) is a legendary wedding planner. She runs her own company and is respected by the workers there. but, at home, she is surrounded by 3 losers. They are her husband, son, and father. Her husband is an unpopular manga artist. Her son dreams of becoming an idol, but he has failed at his auditions. Her father was informed that he was getting divorced and came to Marie’s home.

©Rito Asami・KODANSHA /2023 Fuji Television Network, Inc.
10/ 29 (Sun) 3:00PM(ET) /12:00PM(PT)
Michio Iruma (Yutaka Takenouchi) is a former lawyer. He now works as a judge in the first criminal court (commonly known as "Ichikei") of the Tokyo District Court. To avoid issuing wrong judgements, Michio seeks out the truth in cases by performing on-site inspections by himself. Due to this, lawyers and prosecutors are afraid of him.Other judges, including Chizuru Sakama (Haru Kuroki), believe a judge has a duty to handle cases quickly and efficiently...

Regulary Aired Programs

FIXER Season2
©2023 WOWOW INC.
Fri
 
10:00~11:00PM(ET) /7:00~8:00PM(PT)
Tue
RE
RE 2:10~3:00AM(ET) /11:10~12:00AM(PT)
Ooku: The Inner Chambers
©NHK
Sat
 
4:30~5:30PM(ET) /1:30~2:30PM(PT)
A Distant Cry from Spring
©NHK
Sat
 
10:00~11:00PM(ET) /7:00~8:00PM(PT)
Sun
RE
RE 5:10~6:00AM(ET) /2:10~3:00AM(PT)
My Worst Friend
©NHK
MonTueWedThu
 
11:50~12:05PM(ET) /8:50~9:05PM(PT)
Fri
RE
RE 6:00~7:00PM(ET) /3:00~4:00PM(PT)
What Would You Do, Ieyasu?
©NHK
Sun
 
8:00~8:50PM(ET) /5:00~5:50PM(PT)
Sat
RE
RE 1:00~1:50PM(ET) /10:00~10:50AM(PT)
Sun
RE
RE 1:15~2:00AM(ET) /10:15~11:00PM(PT)
Thu
 
8:00~8:50PM(ET) /5:00~5:50PM(PT)
Sat
RE
RE 12:45~1:30AM(ET) /9:45~10:30PM(PT)
Boogie Woogie
©NHK
SunMonTueWedThuFri
 
9:45~10:00PM(ET) /6:45~7:00PM(PT)
MonTueWedThuFri
RE
RE 10:00~10:20AM(ET) /7:00~7:20AM(PT)
MonTueWedThuFriSat
RE
RE 7:30~7:45AM(ET) /4:30~4:45AM(PT)
Sat
RE
RE 10:00~10:15AM(ET) /7:00~7:15AM(PT)
Mampuku
MonTueWedThuFriSat
 
2:35~2:50PM(ET) /11:35~11:50AM(PT)

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