


Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of Japan.
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The sweeping rags to riches story of the Hardacres, a working-class family in 1890s Yorkshire who strike it rich and move from a grimy fish dock to a vast estate.

In 18th-century Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo rises from a poor background to become a leading publisher. Despite political changes threatening his career, he works to shape Edo’s cultural scene through innovative books and collaborations with artists.

In 19th-century London, class lines are sharply drawn, and the social standing to which people are born dictates the path their lives will follow. Emma, an honest and hardworking young maid, never felt her place in life to be a burden. But then she met William, a member of the gentry and the eldest son of a wealthy family. His warm smile and earnest affection threaten to capture her heart... but can love truly conquer all?

Six strangers share a fabulous house in Tokyo, looking for love while living under the same roof. With no script, what happens next is all up to them.

Gabriel, an ordinary boy who has just moved from London to the countryside, is bored and misses the friends he left behind. He gazed out the window, as if wanting to escape from it all... until something strange caught his attention: mysterious smoke rising from the woods near his house. As he follows it to investigate, his world becomes intertwined with the hidden world of mages.

Dale is a cool, composed, and highly skilled adventurer who's made quite a name for himself despite his youth. One day on a job deep in the forest, he comes across a little devil girl who's almost wasted away. Unable to just leave her there to die, Dale takes her home and becomes her adoptive father. Devil or not, Latina is beyond adorable, and the adventurer soon finds himself head over heels with being a parent. But why was she out in the forest to begin with, and why does she carry the mark of a criminal?

Set in the 1940s, former lovers Zuo Shuangtao and Chen Jiaping unexpectedly reunite and rekindle their love in a sea of spies as they pursue the same goals.
Last of the Ninth is an HBO tv pilot for the 2008-2009 season. It was described as a cop drama, set in New York in the early 1970s, about the relationship between a young undercover cop and a veteran detective in a department fiscally crippled, under attack by revolutionaries, and which has been brought by allegations of systemic corruption into public disrepute. The series was not picked up.

Collection of short stories about women in various periods of Japanese history. Based on famous Japanese novels.

Akiko lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant. At the restaurant there's only two items on the menu: sandwich and soup.

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

An entertaining historical drama depicting Sanada Yukimura, a hero who has gone through the era from the incident at Honnōji Temple to the summer siege of Osaka Castle, as "a man of men".

Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose lifelong rivalry shapes their empires and families over decades. Their contrasting paths from poverty and wealth lead to a destructive, decades-long feud for power.

M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, the people he meets describe a woman very unlike the F he knew.

Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.

It follows a group of close friends in their seventies, still chasing their dreams and love lives to the fullest. Lee Sun Jae used to be a big star but now lives a simple life. Despite challenges, he handles neighborhood problems with humour and wisdom. Kim Yong Gun, another former star turned director, adds fun with his playful arguments. Lim Chae Mu, dreaming of YouTube fame after a career in lighting, completes the trio. Together, they show that friendship and adventure never get old and that age is just a number.

Opposites attract with the love story between a bibliophile, topper and a sorted girl with a practical approach and a laid-back guy.

Izumiko Suzuhara (15) was born and raised at Tamakura Shrine, and always destroys any electrical device she touches. She decides to try living in the city, and enrolls in Houjou High School in Tokyo. With her are her guardians son and Izumiko's childhood friend Miyuki Sagara. While she's there, an entity called "Himegami" appears. She learns she is something called a "kami" a vessel for a shinto spirit, while Miyuki is a "yamabushi", a warrior meant to protect the "kami."
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50 episodes • 2012
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two Fathers (ふたりの父) | Jan 8, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Villain Takeheita (無頼の高平太) | Jan 15, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Son of Two Clans (源平の御曹司) | Jan 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Court Assassination (殿上の闇討ち) | Jan 29, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Crush the Pirates (海賊討伐) | Feb 5, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Pirate King of the Western Seas (西海の海賊王) | Feb 12, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Unshining Prince (光らない君) | Feb 19, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Currency and the Minister (宋銭と内大臣) | Feb 26, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Two Outcasts (ふたりのはみだし者) | Mar 4, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Norikiyo's Fall (義清散る) | Mar 11, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Monster's Tears (もののけの涙) | Mar 18, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 12 | A Fateful Reunion (宿命の再会) | Mar 25, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Gion Incident (祇園闘乱事件) | Apr 1, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Iemori Rises (家盛決起) | Apr 8, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Chaos in the Clan (嵐の中の一門) | Apr 15, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Goodbye, Father (さらば父上) | Apr 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Heike’s Leader (平氏の棟梁) | Apr 29, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Emperor Go-Shirakawa (誕生、後白河帝) | May 6, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Toba's Will (鳥羽院の遺言) | May 13, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Prior Night's Decision (前夜の決断) | May 20, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 21 | he Hogen Rebellion (保元の乱) | May 27, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Price of the Victory (勝利の代償) | Jun 3, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Killing My Uncle (叔父を斬る) | Jun 10, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Kiyomori’s First (清盛の大一番) | Jun 17, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Unfulfilled Dreams (見果てぬ夢) | Jun 24, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Heiji Rebellion (平治の乱) | Jul 1, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 27 | A Fated Showdown (宿命の対決) | Jul 8, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 28 | A Friend’s Son, A Friend’s Wife (友の子、友の妻) | Jul 15, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Shigeko's Wedding (滋子の婚礼) | Jul 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Heike's Sutra (平家納経) | Jul 29, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Prisoner in Izu (伊豆の流人) | Aug 5, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Chief Minister for 100 Days (百日の太政大臣) | Aug 19, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Kiyomori's 50th Birthday (清盛、五十の宴) | Aug 26, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Shirakawa's Message (白河院の伝言) | Sep 2, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Fukuhara, my Capital (わが都、福原) | Sep 9, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 36 | A Great Man's Shadow (巨人の影) | Sep 16, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 37 | The Riding Incident (殿下乗合事件) | Sep 23, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Not a Heike, Not a Person (平家にあらずんば人にあらず) | Sep 30, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Usagimaru Mortified (兎丸無念) | Oct 7, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 40 | A Short Song (はかなき歌) | Oct 14, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 41 | How the Dice Rolls (賽(さい)の目の行方) | Oct 21, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Shishigatani Conspiracy (鹿ヶ谷の陰謀) | Oct 28, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Loyalty or Filial Piety (忠と孝のはざまで) | Nov 4, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 44 | The view from there (そこからの眺め) | Nov 11, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Prince Mochihito's Command (以仁王の令旨) | Nov 18, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Yoritomo Rebels (頼朝挙兵) | Nov 25, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Defeat of fate (宿命の敗北) | Dec 2, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Illusionary Capital (幻の都) | Dec 9, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 49 | When the Game Ends (双六が終わるとき) | Dec 16, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Were we Born to Play? (遊びをせんとや生まれけむ) | Dec 23, 2012 | 0.0 |

Arata Iura
Emperor Sutoku

Fumiyo Kohinata
Minamoto no Tameyoshi

Yudai Chiba
Emperor Takakura

Hiroshi Tamaki
Minamoto no Yoshitomo

Rei Dan
Fujiwara no Shoshi

Kyoko Fukada
Taira no tokiko

Ryo
Horikawa no Tsubone