Saho Takahashi, capable but a disillusioned nurse, has lost all motivation for her job working at Sumidaku Sakuraoka General Hospital. She seeks solace in the company of her bed-ridden patient, former Honorary Head Nurse, Sae Yukino. As she opens up about her despair, a sudden earthquake sends Saho into the depths of a strange, unfamiliar jungle.
A drug-addicted girl from an abusive family finds hope through kind people but her grim reality strikes back just as she sees a glimmer of light.
Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by donating her eggs. However, after taking the interview, she realizes it’s not for egg donation but for surrogacy. A former ballet dancer, Kusaoke Motoi, and his wife, Yuko, are looking for a surrogate mother to bear their child in exchange for high rewards.
Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?
Noe Ito. Women's liberation activist in the Taisho era. 100 years ago, with a stroke of her hand, she challenged the institution of marriage and social morality head-on. She uses her exuberant passion as her sole source of support. Admiration for Raiteu Hiratsuka, who wrote that “in the beginning, women were the sun”, her life with her first husband, Dadaist Jun Tsuji, and Sakae Osugi, the anarchist who became the better half of her life. Meeting with... She lived a wild life in search of freedom, and when she tried to flourish as a writer, unreasonable violence took her life at the age of 28, but her life was a life that boldly confronted social contradictions that are common today, such as poverty and gender disparity. is once again shaking the present filled with a sense of stagnation.
A new educational variety "Waruiko Atsumare" that both children and adults can enjoy suddenly started on NHK Educational TV from 8:25 on September 13 (Monday). While it was difficult to go out freely, E-Tele cooperated with Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori if they could learn about society while having fun and laughing for both children and adults. In this program, everyone who is curious and tries to come into contact with various values is called "Waruiko". And, we will deliver in omnibus format various planning corners that will lead to "learning". A way of looking at things unique to this era. People who are professionally active in a certain field. It is a program that fosters a soft sensibility to face the world with free ideas.
Gorō Inagaki (born December 8, 1973) is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. Inagaki is a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school, when his sister submitted his picture to a talent company; he was subsequently chosen to join SMAP, which has a considerable following in Japan. Inagaki's first major acting role was in the motion picture Saraba itoshino yakuza, released in 1990. His international film debut was in the romantic comedy Private Lessons II, playing the male lead role of a Japanese student who falls for his tutor. Private Lessons II also starred SMAP lead vocalist Masahiro Nakai. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gorô Inagaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.